Hi all,

fyi - Princes Bridge issues.

cheers,

Chris


Note: forwarded message attached.

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Clifton Hill, Cremorne, Collingwood, Fairfield,
Fitzroy, Fitzroy North, Princes Hill, Richmond
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Hi

You are urged to write to:

enquiries@...

to politely but firmly request that Melbourne City Council reinstate the shared paths on Princes Bridge. More info about this can be found in the correspondence below:

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Hi Robin,
Thank you for your email. After speaking to MCC in early January I was under the impression that works were going to resume on the bridge immediately and that they had only stopped due to the New Years eve fire works display.
I called MCC yesterday asking them what was going on. Aparently they will be starting work on the bridge again after the Moomba celebration. Therefore the bike lane could have been reopened back in January and remained open until after Moomba. I told the engineer this was not good enough and questioned the bike lanes closure.
I have updated our webpage and asked members to write to MCC and question why the bike lane is still closed whilst road works are dormant. Please do the same, the MCC email address is enquiries@.... Please include Bicycle Victoria in the CC: bar when writing to council.
I hope this is useful
Regards,
Graeme Cameron
Bicycle Victoria, Campaigns Assistant
(03) 8636 8841

-----Original Message-----
From: Gallagher, Robin [mailto:Robin.Gallagher@...]
Sent: Tuesday, 8 February 2005 10:12 AM
To: Bicycle Victoria Campaign Enquiries
Cc: 'persia@...'
Subject: RE: princes bridge shared path (east side)

Hi Graeme
I was given to understand that the lines had been removed because the hoardings that narrowed the path across the bridge were to be reinstated this year. It's clear, however, that the work requiring hoardings is finished and the full width of path is again available, so there is no reason not to reinstate the bike markings.
I have also heard from someone who spoke to MCC about this, that there is no intention to reinstate the bike section on the bridge.
Perhaps it's a case of one part of MCC not knowing what the other is doing, or perhaps it's more sinister?
It's certainly outrageous that cyclists are expected to risk life & limb on the pathetically inadequate on-road "lanes" across the bridge, when there is ample space on the path for all users.
Could you please chase up MCC on this?
Thanks
Robin Gallagher

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Please contact me if you need more information about this issue.

Ciao

Robin