Absolutely brilliant work by you here and shame on the City of Greater Geelong! I hope all councillors see this. Have you made them aware of the video?
Brilliant. Something to ad. At 11:41 the proposed off-road cycle path from the Boundary Road intersection to Limeburners along Ryrie, it mentions the aim to connect with a shared path along the foreshore. Let's unpack that a little. Upon traveling down this supposed off-road cycle path from the Boundary Road/Ryrie intersection towards Limeburners, there is a sign at the start indicating it is a shared path. The condition of the path is not good and it appears that no one has done any maintenance to it since it was thrown down. Eventually, the path abruptly dumps you onto the narrow Limeburners Road, mingling with cars, with no indication of where cyclists should go. No signage. Nothing. It's not until around 1.2km further towards the foreshore that anything resembling a bike lane is visible. This path is a significant failure, leading cyclists into hazardous conditions and effectively nowhere. No mans land. Adding to the irony, bicycle hoops are installed at the entrance to the Botanical Gardens, yet there is no clear path or road markings indicating a safe route for cyclists to reach there. It would be funny if it wasn't such a pathetic tragedy
The strategy just says to install an off road cycle path from the intersection of Boundary Road to Limeburners Road. I guess that is done, but is that path older than the strategy? It appears pretty old. It also says to "seek to connect [the earlier mentioned path] to a shared path along the foreshore" Maybe CoGG have "seeked to" but not done......
@@bikeroutebuddy So, I checked Google Maps and no sign of the track in 2007, 2010, or 2015. But at some point between 2015 and 2023, the track showed up. The age? Yeah, it's old. It's closer to 2015 than 2023 I'd say. I ride this track sometimes, but it's not the best. It's all bumpy and cracked and unmaintained. If there’s a pedestrian coming in the other direction, it's a total mess. The path is so narrow that usually the bike or pedestrian has to concede by going on the adjacent grass. I wouldn’t call this a shared path; I'd call it a game of chicken.
a tiny percentage of the road budget?? I don't think you have gone down to assess the road.... I work here and see trucks and cars constantly stopping or slowing down due to lack of space... no way you can put a bike lane without major roadwork. meaning businesses would have to close down for some time and would need to be compensated for the time they can't work.. Since there is a major concrete business, Radiator shop, Plumber, and Powercore I don't see how it would be a small percentage of the budget or possible to do such a thing..
They don't have one. I don't see any purpose of the council claiming they are wanting people to ride or walk to school or work yet do nothing about making that happen.
Absolutely brilliant work by you here and shame on the City of Greater Geelong! I hope all councillors see this. Have you made them aware of the video?
Hi Carlo, yes we have a weekly email that goes out to the COGG Councillors. We have only had engagement from one of the Councillors so far.
@@bikeroutebuddy well you must let us know who not to vote for at the next council election!
I am working on that, it will come out as a UA-cam video prior to the elections.
Brilliant.
Something to ad. At 11:41 the proposed off-road cycle path from the Boundary Road intersection to Limeburners along Ryrie, it mentions the aim to connect with a shared path along the foreshore.
Let's unpack that a little.
Upon traveling down this supposed off-road cycle path from the Boundary Road/Ryrie intersection towards Limeburners, there is a sign at the start indicating it is a shared path.
The condition of the path is not good and it appears that no one has done any maintenance to it since it was thrown down.
Eventually, the path abruptly dumps you onto the narrow Limeburners Road, mingling with cars, with no indication of where cyclists should go.
No signage.
Nothing.
It's not until around 1.2km further towards the foreshore that anything resembling a bike lane is visible.
This path is a significant failure, leading cyclists into hazardous conditions and effectively nowhere.
No mans land.
Adding to the irony, bicycle hoops are installed at the entrance to the Botanical Gardens, yet there is no clear path or road markings indicating a safe route for cyclists to reach there.
It would be funny if it wasn't such a pathetic tragedy
The strategy just says to install an off road cycle path from the intersection of Boundary Road to Limeburners Road. I guess that is done, but is that path older than the strategy? It appears pretty old. It also says to "seek to connect [the earlier mentioned path] to a shared path along the foreshore" Maybe CoGG have "seeked to" but not done......
@@bikeroutebuddy So, I checked Google Maps and no sign of the track in 2007, 2010, or 2015. But at some point between 2015 and 2023, the track showed up. The age? Yeah, it's old. It's closer to 2015 than 2023 I'd say. I ride this track sometimes, but it's not the best. It's all bumpy and cracked and unmaintained.
If there’s a pedestrian coming in the other direction, it's a total mess. The path is so narrow that usually the bike or pedestrian has to concede by going on the adjacent grass. I wouldn’t call this a shared path; I'd call it a game of chicken.
Poor design and build for that period and it has deteriated quickly.
The strategy is what is called a Write Only Document
I would suggest that there were two steps, 1) pay a consultant to write it, 2) put it under a rock without reading it.
how could you make bike lanes on Roseneath st?? it barely has room for 2 cars and trucks use it very frequently
Just need some creative thought and a tiny percentage of the road budget.
a tiny percentage of the road budget?? I don't think you have gone down to assess the road....
I work here and see trucks and cars constantly stopping or slowing down due to lack of space... no way you can put a bike lane without major roadwork. meaning businesses would have to close down for some time and would need to be compensated for the time they can't work.. Since there is a major concrete business, Radiator shop, Plumber, and Powercore I don't see how it would be a small percentage of the budget or possible to do such a thing..
They don't have one. I don't see any purpose of the council claiming they are wanting people to ride or walk to school or work yet do nothing about making that happen.