Recently Council accepted my motion that action be commenced to obtain agreement with RailCorp to design and construct the "railtrail" cycleway between West Ryde and Meadowbank rail stations. This pathway was proposed by the State Governments Bike Plan 2010, but work never commenced owing to State budgetary restrictions. Now that the CRI development (commercial/residential high rise) has been approved for RailCorp land adjoining west Ryde station, the opportunity has arisen to resurrect the rail trail project.
The CRI development approval requires the developer to construct the section of the rail trail passing through the development site. This will be several hundred metres long. My motion requires agreement to be negotiated for the adjoining section to be built. This is an extremely important connection because it includes a lightweight single span bridge across Victoria Road located between the rail bridge and the Sydney Water pipelines. A car-free crossing of Victoria Road will be a major safety improvement.
I believe this is the most beneficial cycle link that can be provided in Ryde at the present time.
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