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Belconnen Bikeway
The Belconnen Bikeway is a commuter cycleway in the district of Belconnen, a northern suburb of Canberra, Australia. It is designated as route C3a (City to Belconnen via Town Centre) by Transport Canberra, and connects the Belconnen Town Centre with the University of Canberra, Radford College and Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Bruce campus, as well as to the broader cycle network. The bikeway is one of two routes diverging from the main C3 trunk route. It was the second fully separated off-street cycle route in Canberra to be completed, providing an east–west link across the Town Centre. Resulting from a commitment made by the ACT Government during the 2016 Territory election campaign, construction began in 2019. During construction, 200 trees were planted to provide shade along the route. Stage 1 of the bikeway opened in November 2020, at a cost of $6.291 million, exceeding the estimated tender cost of $5.653 million. Description of route From its western end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belconnen
The District of Belconnen () is one of the original eighteen districts of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), used in land administration. The district is subdivided into 27 divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks. The district of Belconnen is largely composed of Canberra suburbs. As at the , the district had a population of people; and was the most populous district within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Belconnen is situated approximately to the north-west of the central business district of Canberra, and surrounds an artificially created, ornamental lake, Lake Ginninderra. Lake Ginninderra was made possible by building a dam at an elbow of Ginninderra Creek. Exiting the lake, via a simple overflow, Ginninderra Creek continues, and runs north-west to its confluence with the Murrumbidgee River just beyond the north-western ACT border. Establishment and governance Following the transfer of land from the Government of New South Wales to the Commonwealth Governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikeway UC
Cycling infrastructure is all infrastructure cyclists are allowed to use. Bikeways include bike paths, bike lanes, cycle tracks, rail trails and, where permitted, sidewalks. Roads used by motorists are also cycling infrastructure, except where cyclists are barred such as many freeways/motorways. It includes amenities such as bike racks for parking, shelters, service centers and specialized traffic signs and signals. The more cycling infrastructure, the more people get about by bicycle. Good road design, road maintenance and traffic management can make cycling safer and more useful. Settlements with a dense network of interconnected streets tend to be places for getting around by bike. Their cycling networks can give people direct, fast, easy and convenient routes. History The history of cycling infrastructure starts from shortly after the bike boom of the 1880s when the first short stretches of dedicated bicycle infrastructure were built, through to the rise of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
