Cooks River cycleway near Tempe Station

[find_bruce]

I took the long way to work this morning along the Cooks River cycleway & discovered that the path is closed at near Tempe Station for construction work.

My google skills have failed however I can find no details of what is being constructed. I would love to hear that someone has come up with a solution to the flood prone area but thought I would check my facts before getting excited.

[Hergest]

I believe they are dropping the river there by a metre to prevent the flooding.

[biker jk]

I believe they are dropping the river there by a metre to prevent the flooding.

Perhaps they should future proof for global warming by dropping the river 2 metres.

[rogan]

I believe they are dropping the river there by a metre to prevent the flooding.

So the water is salty, there, right? So it's at sea level, give or take a few cm, it must be, right?

Dropping the level of Cooks River by a metre might be a much larger undertaking than they envisaged!

[Hergest]

I believe they will be using the same construction company that created the 4000 holes found in Blackburn back in the 60s. When they were finished they knew how many holes it took to fill the Albert Hall so they have some experience.

[Warin]

Employing someone or a firm from the Netherlands may help with that... how much are new windmills?

[mikesbytes]

I live about a K from there

The sign posting is horrible, cyclists turn up and have no idea how to ride around. One lady wanted to cross the river on the road bridge, ie go past the velodrome. Its probably about a 8k diversion + a massive hill to go that way. I sent her in the other direction to go over the road bridge over the railway tracks

[find_bruce]

What are they constructing Mike ?

[mikesbytes]

They are doing something to the sea wall to make it less leaky I understand. I think the details are up on the Bike Marrickville FB page

[mikesbytes]

It's closed till the end of August

[tcdev]

Rode from the NW yesterday, and followed the signage up over the overpass and down to the roundabout. The signage directs you along Gannon St whose southern footpath has been temporarily designated as shared.

However I would advise riding on the road instead, at least until you get to the crest of the hill, because that footpath is very uneven and I encountered one car parked (illegally) across the footpath which forced me out onto the road and around a van parked on the roadside (briefly into oncoming traffic).

It's perhaps unfortunate timing as the Cooks River bridge is under construction which means you also need to stay on the NW side of the highway if you're headed along the track towards Kyeemagh. I didn't see any signage directing you back onto the track so I stayed on the footpath until crossing at the lights at Gertrude St which runs you back down to Marsh St to join the track.

It'll be so much more pleasant (and safer!) if/when they move the track from Marsh St to the water-side of the Golf Course, which is reportedly on the cards.

[tez001]

Came up on my Facebook feed, it appears a wall has been built to stop the flooding across the path.
Not sure if the path under the bridge has been dropped though or if one still needs to duck

[mikesbytes]

Yeh I saw that photo, John Caley posted it on the Marrickville bike group FB page. I live in Tempe, if I get a chance this arvo I'll go have a look

[Strawburger]

I wonder what happens to all the rain water now that they have removed the drainage holes to cooks river? They may have created a dam if they didn't put a pit in. I'll have to go check it out.

Looks usable in all conditions! Great stuff.

[find_bruce]

I wonder what happens to all the rain water now that they have removed the drainage holes to cooks river? They may have created a dam if they didn't put a pit in. I'll have to go check it out.

Looks usable in all conditions! Great stuff.

There are pits

I presume there is also a pump, otherwise the pit is not going to drain to the river in high tide

Came up on my Facebook feed, it appears a wall has been built to stop the flooding across the path.
Not sure if the path under the bridge has been dropped though or if one still needs to duck

While it looks low, no need for me to duck. Maybe that's because I am vertically challenged