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Alert below, provided by Bicycle Queensland. If you are interested,
there has been some discussion on the BikeQld email list (http://
www.bikeqld.org.au/wiki/Email_list). This is an important one to give
feedback to Brisbane City Council on (http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/
BCC:BASE:c=PC_76). The whole issue is a furphy - some of the
employees of the TV stations on top of the hill don't appreciate being
delayed briefly behind the many cyclists who train on both sides of
the hill. Rather than get out of bed a minute earlier, they want to
ban cyclists from virtually the only metro hill in Brisbane.
Donga
>From Bicycle Queensland Manager:
It has come to our attention that residents near Mt Coot-tha have been
advised that council is considering a plan to make part of the Mt Coot-
tha circuit (Sir Samuel Griffith Drive) one way - in part stemming
from complains from tv stations who occasionally get held-up behind
training cyclists on the road.
>From Simpsons Road to Channel 10 is the most likely section to be
affected.
If correct, we believe this will restrict cyclists from one of the
most popular and best training circuits in Australia - riding Mt Coot-
tha up and back the 'back' way.
Further, as the state government has agreed to provide a $6 million
link from Toowong (Anzac Park) to Mt Coot-tha Road, largely to
accommodate the large numbers of cyclists who have to otherwise cross
the extremely busy and hostile Centenary Highway and its multi-lane
roundabouts, restricting cycling by making Sir Samuel Griffiths Drive
partly one-way will waste some benefits of this project.
Between 5 and 7pm tonight (Thursday 15 February) 'interviews' will be
being conducted with people at the Summit Cafe on what they think of
the proposed changes by project representatives.
Riders who are heading up for their evening hill-ride might well want
to look for these people doing the surveys and let them know their
opinion on restricting traffic this way.
there has been some discussion on the BikeQld email list (http://
www.bikeqld.org.au/wiki/Email_list). This is an important one to give
feedback to Brisbane City Council on (http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/
BCC:BASE:c=PC_76). The whole issue is a furphy - some of the
employees of the TV stations on top of the hill don't appreciate being
delayed briefly behind the many cyclists who train on both sides of
the hill. Rather than get out of bed a minute earlier, they want to
ban cyclists from virtually the only metro hill in Brisbane.
Donga
>From Bicycle Queensland Manager:
It has come to our attention that residents near Mt Coot-tha have been
advised that council is considering a plan to make part of the Mt Coot-
tha circuit (Sir Samuel Griffith Drive) one way - in part stemming
from complains from tv stations who occasionally get held-up behind
training cyclists on the road.
>From Simpsons Road to Channel 10 is the most likely section to be
affected.
If correct, we believe this will restrict cyclists from one of the
most popular and best training circuits in Australia - riding Mt Coot-
tha up and back the 'back' way.
Further, as the state government has agreed to provide a $6 million
link from Toowong (Anzac Park) to Mt Coot-tha Road, largely to
accommodate the large numbers of cyclists who have to otherwise cross
the extremely busy and hostile Centenary Highway and its multi-lane
roundabouts, restricting cycling by making Sir Samuel Griffiths Drive
partly one-way will waste some benefits of this project.
Between 5 and 7pm tonight (Thursday 15 February) 'interviews' will be
being conducted with people at the Summit Cafe on what they think of
the proposed changes by project representatives.
Riders who are heading up for their evening hill-ride might well want
to look for these people doing the surveys and let them know their
opinion on restricting traffic this way.