SOP Safety Alert Thread
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Postby tez001 » Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:18 pm
http://www.sopa.nsw.gov.au/for_business ... ton_armory" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby SheikYerbouti » Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:47 pm
Thanks for that info, that's the route I take a couple of times a week. The document mentions a detour - anyone know where that'll be and if it'll be ride-able?tez001 wrote:Part of the Armoury path between the restaurant and ferry wharf will be closed wile asbestos removal works are being carried out.
http://www.sopa.nsw.gov.au/for_business ... ton_armory" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby thomashouseman » Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:06 am
http://www.sopa.nsw.gov.au/__data/asset ... Detour.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Sydney Olympic Park Authority will temporarily close part of the River Walk to allow for essential maintenance works from Monday 31 March – Friday 4 April and again on Monday 7 April – Thursday 10 April.
During these closures a detour will be in place, particularly to allow cyclists to continue their bike rides and pedestrians their walk or run.
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Postby wombatK » Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:13 pm
If so, it provides a safer way for road-shy riders to connect between SOP and the Meadowbank side of Parramatta River. Will be even better for the kiddies etc.,. when the traffic lights get completed at Blaxland Rd/Leeds Rd intersection.
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Postby thomashouseman » Fri May 16, 2014 12:12 pm
http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/lates ... w9MQ%3D%3D" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby SmellyTofu » Sun May 25, 2014 8:49 am
This set of stairs is pretty much useless for those with kids (or panniers) in the back seat/rack as the steepness of the stairs and those wheel tracks makes it next to impossible to slowly walk down the bike safely. Ideally it should have been a series of S bends so that the gradient wouldn't be as steep for the uninitiated.Hergest wrote:It's also worth mentioning that there's a new footbridge just down by the boat ramp that allows you to walk up to the bike path across the railway bridge by wheeling your bike as there's a indentation in the middle of the steps.
I did try use the new cyclepath on Blaxland Rd however, at the non existent traffic light, it is very very unsafe to cross the road down to the boat ramp. It was certainly something my wife had troubles with and we ended up going under the railway bridge to then continue down the road a bit to then U turn so we could rejoin the cyclepath.
Incidentally on the way back, it was very difficult to get onto this new path on Blaxland Rd to get back onto the entrance to the bridge to go back north, so I had to ride on the road and being very very slow noting when to pop in and out of parked cars, I still had to deal with this a stupid car in a blue Nissan Dualis come very close to me whilst carrying my son when the driver had all the room in the world to create a buffer.
If I didn't need to deal with a nephew who couldn't ride much further than our destination at SOP, I would have chosen to go over the Silverwater Bridge instead.
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Postby SmellyTofu » Fri May 30, 2014 7:51 am
So will rumble strips which should be applied in both directions on the western side of Walker St all the way to under the bridge.wombatK wrote:Lots of progress on lights today. Road markings, including turning lane, loop detectors installed, warning lights installed in Walker St. Local cafe owner says theres been one to two stacks every month, mainly cars turning under bridge from walker st too fast. Lights should fix it.
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Postby Hergest » Sat Jul 12, 2014 5:19 pm
Crossing over Australia Avenue from Bennelong Parkway is a right pain too going clockwise as those lights struggle to recognise a bike and it isn't the kind of intersection you can ride through safely on red. Most traffic there turns left as well so the straight on light doesn't get triggered.
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Postby SheikYerbouti » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:20 am
They are up and running now - might have been on for a couple of days, but today was my first SOP ride in a week. The lights have certainly reduced my anxiety when riding down from the Rhodes bridge to the waterfront path back towards Olympic Park.Hergest wrote:They were working on the new lights last week so fingers crossed they will be activated this coming week. I certainly hope so as they will make a world of difference at that horrible junction.
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby tubby74 » Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:01 am
Had a meeting with council this morning. The lights near the railway bridge have been fixed to they don't default to the carpark entry. I also raised the sensors at Australia Ave never picking up bikes, SOPA will look into it.Hergest wrote:Not a safety issue but if you ride the external loop of Olympic Park makes sure you do it anti clockwise. The lights at the corner of Sarah Durack Ave and Edwin Flack Ave outside the hockey centre have been changed to default to green for those coming down the rise even though nobody goes straight on when there's no hockey event on and the wait for them to change is a very long one. If you ride anti clockwise and come down the rise from the stadium direction then you nearly always have the green arrow so you can keep going.
Crossing over Australia Avenue from Bennelong Parkway is a right pain too going clockwise as those lights struggle to recognise a bike and it isn't the kind of intersection you can ride through safely on red. Most traffic there turns left as well so the straight on light doesn't get triggered.
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