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Under the bicycle strategy Action for bikes – BikePlan 2010 the NSW Government has Cyclists along the Western Sydney network can visit
sites with interesting historical or environmental
committed $251 million to create, on average, 200km of cycleways across NSW per year.
features. These places are marked on the map overleaf.
All new RTA major road projects will have provision for Network links in Western Sydney:
1 Fairfield City Farm – a 40 hectare working farm.
bicycles, with off-road cycleways created wherever possible. Major employment centres such as Parramatta,
By 2010 in metropolitan Sydney alone, 420km of major Liverpool and Wetherill Park. 2 Restoring the Waters program – conversion of
off-road cycleways and 214 km of major links on residential 2.7km of concrete-lined channel into a natural stream.
University of Western Sydney.
streets will be built. Stage 1 – 550m between Edensor Road and
Retail and food centre, Cabramatta,
The State Government’s aim is to ensure that cycling is a viable Brisbane Road.
along the Parramatta-Liverpool Rail Trail.
form of transport as well as a recreation that many people of all 3 Lansdowne Bridge – opened on Australia Day 1836.
ages can enjoy.This is already being achieved through accessible, Recreational areas of Parramatta Park, Western
Designed and constructed by stonemason David
safe cycling networks across NSW and by promoting the many Sydney Regional Park including Fairfield City Farm,
Lennox. A team of convicts made the bridge from
benefits of cycling to individuals and the community. Prospect Reservoir, Mirrambeena Regional Park
stone quarried at the Georges River.
and the Duck River corridor.
The Western Sydney cycleways network will be linked to
4 Greystanes Aqueduct – built during the 1880s
important destinations including employment and education Sydney Olympic Park.
to transport water to farms and houses in Holroyd
centres, retail areas and recreational venues. Innovative solutions Key features of the off-road cycleways:
are being used to overcome problems such as the space from Prospect Reservoir. It is 225m long with
Wide, shared concrete path. 22 arches and now forms part of the cycleway
needed for cycleway connections. These include cycleways in
rail corridors and alternative use of current assets. Landscaping along cycleways. along the disused Sydney Water Canal.
Information signs along the route. 5 Linnwood House, Byron Street Guildford –
Below and right:The Western Sydney network development revives historic routes
Bicycle parking and storage at some railway stations. designed and built by George McCreadie in 1891
as well as creating new ones. Examples are the new bridge built over James Ruse Drive
and the 19th Century Sydney Water aqueduct at Greystanes, both important links. Bicycle parking at transitway station. in a Victorian Italianate style, the house was placed
on the NSW Heritage register in 2002.
6 Warali Wali Project along Prospect Creek Cycleway
is an Aboriginal history trail initiated to explore
the significance of the environment to the local
Darug Aboriginal Tribe through a series of interpretive
artworks and markers.
7 Prospect Reservoir – when completed in 1888,
this earth-clay core embankment was the largest
dam in Australia. Although no longer the main
dam in the water system, the reservoir continues
to supply Sydney with water. Extensive picnic
facilities at the reservoir are ideal for a great
family outing.
The RTA has more comprehensive, free maps. Please phone 1800 06 06 07 to obtain copies.
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