[bikeqld] Walking shoes for Coro drive... again?

[Ian Lister]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Anthony Lee wrote:
> Did anyone noticed that they are building a raised platform on Coro 
> Drive?

Yep. BCC has previously been planning to do it progressively in 100m 
sections but in more recent news they are going to do the whole 400m in 
one go to try to get the project finished by the end of financial year.

> Didn't they learn anything from the Sewerage debacle?

Apparently not. The word from BCC at the CBD BUG meeting yesterday was 
that they were considering requiring cyclists to dismount and walk through 
the affected section of path. IIRC the path (platform) width is 2.2m. This 
is expected to be in place for three or four months.

The path through the Hale Street Link works is also about to reduced in 
width for an expected two or three months. The path width will be 2.2m, 
down to 1.9m in some parts. The affected length of path will vary between 
20m and 80m.

Apparently the HSL people are also getting antsy about behaviour of path 
users on their section. They've allegedly had workers involved in 
collisions, and cyclists ignoring traffic controllers (continuing when 
told to stop). The police have been called in (I've seen them around there 
a few times recently) and declared it a "project" of theirs, which 
apparently has some bureaucratic consequences requiring "results" of some 
sort. Thus far the police have only been issuing warnings but of course 
can fine/arrest/etc people if they feel the need.

Ian