This is long overdue, the bike lane in this area is very bad (rough, potholed) and I recall a female e-bike commuter crashed there a year or two ago and was seriously injured.Asphalt patching tomorrow 20/3/18 Belconnen Way/Barry Drive, O’Connor. East bound from the Gungahlin Drive Extension to Dryandra Street - in the cycle lane and parts of the bus lane. Daily updates on ACT road resurfacing program at broken link removed
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Postby Noviss » Mon Apr 09, 2018 6:27 pm
It may be closed for a while as there seems to be a new batch of concrete barriers that have been placed in the lane further down adjacent to the new hospital.
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Postby Noviss » Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:27 am
Closed lane scheduled to be closed until the end of May. It may open earlier if works completed sooner than anticipated.Noviss wrote:The on road cycle lane Westbound on Ginninderra Drive is closed at UC (Allawoonah Drive). There is only one sign across the lane notifying this.
It may be closed for a while as there seems to be a new batch of concrete barriers that have been placed in the lane further down adjacent to the new hospital.
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Postby Noviss » Tue May 01, 2018 7:38 pm
Also, watch out for the gravel detour on the path between Curtin and Phillip just near the Yarra Glen roundabout. There isn't much warning of the detour and the gravel is fairly loose.
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Postby Ross » Tue May 01, 2018 9:44 pm
Also, further up the road (NB Ave/FH) at Exhibition Park at the left turn into Flemington Rd the on-road bike lane suddenly takes a left turn and there is now a concrete curb where the bike lane used to continue straight. I presume the left turn of the bike lane is so bikes can cross the rail lines at ~90 degrees rather than ~45 degrees and risk crashing but if you are head down and bum up while riding you could miss seeing the turn and smash straight into the new curb with potentially dire consequences.
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Postby Noviss » Fri Aug 10, 2018 7:26 pm
And now the main path to Gungahlin is cordoned off for works where the lake path meets the Gungahlin path. Once again, no warning signs on the approach only on the plastic mesh.Noviss wrote:The path that goes under the western side of the bridge over lake Ginninderra has a number of fenced off sections. There are no warnings or signs on the Southern approaches other than on the plastic mesh. There are about three fenced off areas. Very clever of ACT Gov or their contractors particularly at night!
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Postby Ross » Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:27 pm
Also, centenery trail concete path near Forde blocked - again by orange safety webbing - near the dog park, before you get to Forde shops
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Postby Ross » Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:45 pm
Now the path is smoothed out I better make it a Strava segment and try for a KOM!
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Postby Noviss » Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:31 pm
Careful what you wish for. The new tar/bitumen on the sections of repaired path I rode over tonight are already starting to lift and tear up. Not sure its safe to be trying to set strava KOM's. I think ACT gov must have used the same contractors to fix the path as the ones that thought it was a good idea to put speed humps/trip hazards on the shared paths of the Northern side of the Ginninderra Drive bridge.Ross wrote:It seems I spoke (typed) too early. There are several different sections of the Ginninderra Dr to Barton Hwy path that have been ripped up and new bitumen has been re-laid and they are still fenced off with orange webbing. I expect the webbing will be gone by early next week and the path will be back to (better than) normal.
Now the path is smoothed out I better make it a Strava segment and try for a KOM!
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Postby Ross » Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:14 pm
Further along Ginninderra Dr opposite William Webb Dr there is some temporary fencing gone up, looks like they are going to close off the path that goes around to the right adjacent to the lake.
Also, there is a dead wombat in the cycle lane of Majura Parkway (southbound), just after the second exit to Majura Rd
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