Greenway proposal for Haberfield
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Greenway proposal for Haberfield
Postby slowK » Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:12 pm
Last week some proposal signs were place along the track by the Council showing their plans.
It involves:
1. widening the path to 3m
2. improving the lighting along this section and installing more benches/rest stations
3. levelling the path so gradients are less steep to meet accessibility standards
In order to widen the path, council have marked 47 large fig trees between the path and the adjacent light rail line to be cut down. They are all currently marked with paint and stickers. This will significantly reduce (pretty much remove) the leafy canopy that currently covers the path.
For those who cycle along this path, do you think it needs widening in this section? It is already wider than other sections that see more bike and pedestrian traffic (e.g. the continuation of bike path north of Marion St towards the Bay Run, or the Bay Run along the City West Link). One of the really nice things about this section is riding under the lovely canopy of trees, and this would be removed for the sake of a path that will be about 50cm wider. I ride here with our kids regularly, and have never thought it was too narrow, especially considering the light usage it gets.
I'm all for better cycling infrastructure, but it doesn't seem very "green" to destroy 47 lovely trees for very little benefit in this section of the Greenway.
Conflict of interest: our house backs onto the canal and bike path in the affected section. Removing these trees will remove sound and visual barriers between us and the light rail line. For selfish reasons, we'd much rather look at beautiful green trees and listen to the birds that live in them, than the light rail, or have all the train passengers looking into our bedroom.
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Re: Greenway proposal for Haberfield
Postby find_bruce » Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:37 pm
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Re: Greenway proposal for Haberfield
Postby slowK » Mon Aug 24, 2015 11:28 pm
Yep - it's quiet as it just peters out at Parramatta Road. Which makes spending $400000 and cutting down 47 big trees to widen this little section seem nonsensical.find_bruce wrote:I frequently ride in the area, but almost never along that section, mainly because it doesn't go anywhere useful
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Re: Greenway proposal for Haberfield
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Re: Greenway proposal for Haberfield
Postby SteveTheTiger » Thu Aug 27, 2015 2:59 pm
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Re: Greenway proposal for Haberfield
Postby mikesbytes » Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:22 pm
That has been proposed for as long as I can remember. There has been suggestions of building a path under Paramatta rd, but it doesn't meet the water/bridge clearance policy or somethingSteveTheTiger wrote:Shouldn't they be spending that money on extending this path through to Cooks River?
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Re: Greenway proposal for Haberfield
Postby find_bruce » Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:00 pm
Part of the issue is that the proposed path goes through Leichhardt, Ashfield & Marrickville Councils
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Re: Greenway proposal for Haberfield
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Re: Greenway proposal for Haberfield
Postby roberto73 » Sun Sep 06, 2015 4:42 pm
Leichhardt is looking at new path surfaces and subsoil drainage that encourage the fig tree roots to stay deep and not ruin the path, as they have done regularly, requiring constant repaving. An alternative is a boardwalk of some kind but they say that would be 3 times more expensive than the new path treatment. Might be cheaper in the long run, if those roots, plus the casuarinas, destroy the new path.
There is a public meeting on the 22/9 I think to discuss the latest options.
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Re: Greenway proposal for Haberfield
Postby slowK » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:17 pm
Roots will be an ongoing issue for any path with trees nearby - the section north of Marion St is worse in this regard, for example.
Meeting is this Sat at Leichhardt town Hall, 10.30am.
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Re: Greenway proposal for Haberfield
Postby roberto73 » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:40 pm
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Yep, meeting on 12/9, Leichhardt Town Hall.
they budgeted $400K for this project, including removal of many big figs, which compares to only another 400 K for their entire new bike plan this year. State Govt should fund the Greenway anyway.
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Re: Greenway proposal for Haberfield
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Re: Greenway proposal for Haberfield
Postby slowK » Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:55 pm
A sensible outcome - good news!
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Re: Greenway proposal for Haberfield
Postby JoshGray » Fri Oct 02, 2015 12:47 pm
Note that you can cross Parramatta road by using the ramp up to the over pass or by taking the lift up to the light rail station and continue along the canal to Summer Hill
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Re: Greenway proposal for Haberfield
Postby roberto73 » Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:14 pm
When it was closed before, for the Light Rail works, cyclists were detoured to Hawthorne Parade. Another alternative is to go up to Tebbutt St and use Lords Rd/Flood/Allen/Moore/ Catherine/ Brenan to get through Leichhardt if heading for the City. Cuts out Lilyfield Rd Hill at least.JoshGray wrote: What alternative will be offered during any works?
Note that you can cross Parramatta road by using the ramp up to the over pass or by taking the lift up to the light rail station and continue along the canal to Summer Hill
Heading home you can use Tebbutt, cross P'tta Rd at lights and then left into Old Canterbury Rd through to Railway Pde/ Longport St to get to Lewisham or Summer Hill. Use footpaths (some sections are shared paths) if traffic too scary.
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