Better Greenway.
What is The Greenway?
The Inner West Greenway is a dedicated shared cycleway and pedestrian path (walkers, joggers, roller bladers, scooters, prams etc), that connects to the Bay Run in the north, and the Cooks River in the south, running along the 6km length of the light rail tracks.
What is "The Detour"
At the crucial half way mark of the 6kl Greenway is an on-road and on-driveway detour, half a kilometer in length.
This is despite engineers proposing viable alternatives, each one enclosing the Greenway within the rail corridor.
Had any one of these alternatives been accepted, the Greenway would have been an entirely off-road experience.
Unfortunately, they were rejected by NSW State Government who put the cost and speed of implementation to complete the project above quality of user experience, integrity of the $57Mil project’s planning process and basic health and safety research and measures ruining what should be, can be and will be a fantastic finalised project.
Lets all work towards the vision of a seamless, safer 6km Greenway to give this $57Mil world class project the polish it deserves by revisiting the engineering plans to fix The Detour!
Already the Greenway is "going gangbusters" but users of the 6km track are thrown onto The Detour 3km's in !!!
What is the solution to The Detour?
The diagrams below show two different viable designs to safely enclose the Greenway entirely within the Light Rail corridor, as put forward by Engineers. There is also now funds allocated for Old Canterbury Road tunnel build that will link into it. Now is the time for action to get both parts built.
Vote for your favourite option now in the poll below.
The detailed off-road plans and high res diagram copies are currently secured on NSW Govt Dept of Planning website-
NSW Govt Dept Planning Greenway+LightRail Corridor