Coastal protection
NSW Coastline Cycleway
This program provides grant funding to non-metropolitan coastal councils to improve cycling facilities by constructing the NSW Coastline Cycleway route. Grants are to be matched dollar-for-dollar by the participating councils.
The Coastline Cycleway program was announced in March 2003 to provide seed funding as part of a larger coastal protection package. Between 2003 and 2007, the NSWCC program has funded 56 projects with grant funding of more than $5.4 million, resulting in the construction of more than 59 kilometres of cycleway. A further $1.5 million was announced in the 2007-08 budget.
The Coastline Cycleway project is based on a 30-year-old vision of retired urban planning academic Elias Duek-Cohen. The 1,500km route stretching from the Queensland border to the Victorian border was originally defined in a set of five studies which were co-ordinated by Bicycle NSW and largely funded by the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority.
The route defined in these studies is currently being reviewed by the Department of Planning (DOP) in conjunction with councils, other NSW Government agencies and local bicycle user groups to ensure that the route remains viable and that current local priorities are accommodated. The route alignment is shown in maps held by DOP. Grant funding is available to councils for cycle projects on this revised route.
The route aims to avoid major roads and highways and link together separate communities along the NSW coastline. Approximately 300km (or 20 per cent) of the route is now either in place or funded in the form of shared pedestrian/cycle paths or on-road cycle lanes along local streets. The key benefits include improved and more sustainable transport choices, increased tourism, better coastal recreation access and the growth of bicycle-tourism industries.
Grants funded in 2006-07 include:
| Location | Description | Length | Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweed | Cudgen Creek Foreshore Boardwalk (Marine Pde to reserve, Kingscliff) | 0.3km | $263,000 |
| Wollongong | Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Thirroul (The Esplanade to Mountain Road) | 0.5km | $100,000 |
| Shellharbour | Barrack Point Shared Path Stge 2(Headland Pde to Little Lake entrance) | 0.6km | $150,000 |
| Great Lakes | Yamba Street and Tuloa Avenue Shared Path, Hawks Nest | 1.5km | $90,000 |
| Eurobodalla | Dalmeny to Narooma Shared Path Stge 2(Cresswick Cove to Ocean Pde) | 0.4km | $30,000 |
| Port Macquarie-Hastings | Pacific Drive Regional Cycleway Stage 1 (Flagstaff to Hill Street, Port Macquarie) | 1km | $85,000 |
| Wyong | Wilfred Barrett Dr Shared Path Stge 2 (Two Shores Caravan Park north to picnic area) | 1km | $88,000 |
| Greater Taree | Northern Cycle Link Stage 1 - Planning and design for bridge over Browns Creek, Taree | $10,500 | |
| Coffs Harbour | Northern Beaches Cycleway Stage 2 (Wharf St to Nightingale St, Woolgoolga) | 2.14km | $125,000 | Lake Macquarie | The Fernleigh Track Stage 3B (Oakdale Rd, Dudley to Cowlishaw St, Redhead) | 2.25km | $272,000 |
| Shoalhaven | Mollymook Coastal Cycleway - Mitchell Parade (Blackwater Creek to Donlan Ave) | 0.4km | $90,000 |
| Ballina | Planning and Approvals Study for NSWCC between Lennox Head and Northern Shire boundary | $70,000 |
Project grants offered in 2007-08 include:
| Location | Description | Length | Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byron | Ewingsdale Road, Ewingsdale, (McGettigans Lane eastwards to Quarry Lane) | 0.14km | $80,000 |
| Ballina | Ballina CBD to West Ballina, design and approvals study | - | $25,000 |
| Clarence Valley | Kent Street, Grafton, on-road path plus signposting of Grafton Bridge approaches | 0.2km | $16,400 |
| Great Lakes | Tuncurry Cycleway, Beach St - North St to Parr Rd, | 1.4km | $185,000 |
| Great Lakes | Pacific Palms to Elizabeth Beach Shared Path (West of Bellman Ave to Lakeside Crescent) | 0.7km | $80,000 |
| Wyong | Wilfred Barrett Drive Shared Path, The Entrance North, Stage 3 | 0.31km | $142,290 |
| Gosford | Woy Woy Foreshore Shared Cycleway Stage 3, Woy-Woy (Foreshore to Memorial Ave at Warrigal St) | 0.85km | $204,063 |
| Wollongong | George Hanley Drive Shared Path, N. Wollongong (Para Creek to Corrimal St) | 0.65km | $146,000 |
| Shellharbour | Barrack Point Stage 3, (Bucknell St to Headland Parade, plus Elliot Lake bridge) | 0.55km | $247,500 |
| Shoalhaven | Sanctuary Point Cycleway, (Community Centre,Paradise Beach Rd to Anson St) | 1.73km | $81,250 |
| Eurobodalla | Bay Coast Route signage, Batemans Bay to Batehaven | - | $2,500 |
| Eurobodalla | Kianga Creek bridge, (adjacent to Dalmeny Drive, Kianga) | 0.02km | $39,000 |
| 6.55km | $1,249,003 |
Further information
T 02 9228 6270E richard.griffiths@planning.nsw.gov.au
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