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Westgate Bike Punt “The Missing Link” in bike budget

May 27th, 2008 at 10:48am

By Colleen Hartland, Greens MLC and shadow Minister for the Western Suburbs.

“The Westgate Bike Punt is the missing link in this plan.”

“It would take peanuts to run, and could potentially be self-funding after a few years,” said Ms Hartland

” I welcome the new shared bike and walking path along Whitehall and Hyde Streets in Yarraville, but it’s a missed opportunity not to have included funding for the Westgate Bike Punt to run on weekdays,” she said.

“The current bike path along Whitehall Street is the most dangerous thing I’ve ever seen. Trucks park in it. I would feel unsafe using it.”

“If the new path is off the road, it will attract lots of new cycle commuters, so why doesn’t the government fund the Westgate Bike Punt to take those riders across the Maribyrnong River to Sth Melbourne in safety? Otherwise they’ll have to use the hazardous Shepherd Bridge over the Maribyrnong River, not to mention ride an extra half hour each way.”

For more information, go to The Punters website.