[bikeqld] coro drv bikeway specs....

[Michael Yeates]

Mmmmmm ...

Doesn't sound too flash ... thanks for the details Kim.

I note that for just $600 Main Roads is currently offering a course 
in how to provide for pedestrians and cyclists ...

I would be more than a little concerned if it turns out the 
"lecturers" are those building the stuff we get today ... and more so 
if they import guests ... especially so if the result is more of the 
same facilities for the same or similar reasons ...!

Let's face it ... there is NO problem with defining what is required 
or how it "should" be built ... that has always been easy and 
available ... for at least 20 years and probably quite a lot longer 
.. for anyone interested or competent.

So what is it that prevents provision of proper facilities given the 
multi-million dollar budgets involved ... plus all the experts?

MY.............

At 11:21 PM 24/08/2009, kim wrote:

>I raised some design issues relating to the upgraded section with BCC;
>in particular the use of the split face wall blocks, the clearance of
>the rest stop on the bike side and width of the path. BCC responded that
>everything was per the Austroads guidelines and furthermore that
>"Bicycle Queensland has been a major stakeholder in this project and
>continues to provide advice for future stages of the Bicentennial
>Bikeway upgrade." BCC advises me that the finished path will provide an
>edge line 0.5m from the split face wall, a 3.5m bike section, a 2m
>pedestrian section and a further 0.5m shoulder on the river side. They
>also advise that the bike rest area provides a 1m clearance from the
>bikeway in accordance with the good book.
>That all had me a bit confused. So I took a tape to it today.