Holroyd Happenings 2010
Holroyd Bike Plan
Holroyd Council have plans to complete the path gap between the M4 path at Fox St and the T-Way path at Coleman St. This will be the beginning of the “M4 from Auburn to ? path”. Where it ends will be up to how much effort is put into demanding it.
Pemulwuy
Internal cycleways in this new estate and the opening of a small road link toward Blacktown now make this a through route for cyclists from Blacktown to the Lower prospect canal path. The connection of Pemulwuy to the Prospect Canal cycleway is another example of advocacy in action as we wouldn’t have this link without it. A ride from Northmead to Greystanes is now possible, making a neat triangle with the two T-Way paths. An idea for a Spring ride perhaps. Here is the route.
Liverpool T-Way
There appears to be no progress on the last kilometre up the hill to Coleman St, which the RTA is reluctant to build as there is already concrete there but the path is less than 1.8 metres wide. This kilometre is subject of pictorial article on Camwest website. RTA show no interest in completing this km to Austroads standard. This needs to be addressed in Holroyd’s bike plan, as engineering director has the opinion that ALL paths should be to Austroads standard. The ‘completed’ T-way still has some uncontrolled road crossings at Coleman St, Burnett St, Widemere Rd. In Bossley Park 100% of the T- Way road crossings are controlled by traffic lights, but in Holroyd that is not the case. This is because the path route diverges from the bus lane route. Camwest needs to carry out a path audit of the entire T-Way, split into the relevant Council area sections.
Closure of Canal path at Prospect
The cyclepath through to Prospect Reservoir is now open most days of the week between 8.30 am and 5pm. The path is not great, but at least normal access is restored, the fight for a bridge over the eventual road continues.
