The State Government lists the Mike Turtur Bikeway upgrade as the first success of a decade of upcoming cycling infrastructure projects, but active transport advocates are disappointed sections of the arterial bikeway are still closed due to delays.
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City of Adelaide councillors this week voted to scrap plans for an east-west bikeway, with one councillor calling the move "an utter failure of leadership".
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The City of Adelaide is currently accepting online community feedback for the CBD's overdue east-west bikeway. One councillor says information supplied to the public about a potential new design was "factually incorrect and blatantly misleading".
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Following a motion from Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Couros, further community consultation will be undertaken before implementing the city's proposed east-west bikeway. Some councillors are concerned the move will kill off the infrastructure project all together.
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A jagged east-west bikeway cutting through the city along Wakefield and Franklin streets was proposed to the city council last night. The route must now find support in time to be constructed before the council's State Government funding expires.
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The Adelaide City Council is on the cusp of creating a new 10-year transport plan, spanning cycling, walking and e-scooter access. But elected members are split on whether to conduct another round of research or just "bloody do it" and start work now on shovel-ready projects.
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The Adelaide City Council always seems to have one elected member hellbent on building better bicycle infrastructure. For the class of 2022, it’s David Elliott, who wants to trial lowering speed limits for troublesome thoroughfares such as Hindley Street.
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Conservationists and cyclists would seem like good bedfellows, but a proposed bicycle overpass which will encroach upon a Forestville reserve pitted the two against each other in a clash of corflutes and Facebook posts.
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Reporter Angela Skujins started covering the capital city local government round in 2020 – half-way through its term – and immediately felt the burden of late nights, in-fighting and one particular shih tzu.
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