Yay!

It'll mean the very confusing old piece of "Y" intersection will be
finally gone, the main leg of the Y has for years misled city-bound
riders into heading straight for the back wall of the building --
Monash council refused to either dig up the old path or paint lines
directing riders to use the detour off to the left.

Amusingly, google maps still shows the old path that goes straight
through the building!

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-37.892538,145.097052&spn=0.003095,0.005085&t\
=h&z=18

Adrian

2009/2/27 David <dpawley@...>:
> For awareness of the large number of commuter cyclists to Monash who
> use this route, please note the following:
>
> =========================================
> Oakleigh pool dogleg to undergo surgery
>
> 26 February 2009. The confusing detour around the Oakleigh Aquatic &
> Recreation Centre on the Scotchmans Creek Trail is to be eliminated.
>
> Work to re-route the path will begin soon as part of the $9.21 million
> redevelopment of the Acquatic complex. The new trail section should be
> completed by November this year.
>
> It will be an asphalt shared footway of width varying from 2.4 to 3.0
> metres and will run between the redeveloped outdoor Pool and Oakleigh
> Golf Course.
>
> The works will remove the 360m detour around the Centre via the carpark.

Odd, the detour never used the carpark, it crossed two of the carpark
entrances, but went around the block along Bolch pl and Park road.

--
Adrian