Green Infrastructure

Our Mayor tells me he enjoyed the opportunity to go to Canberra last week - especially since he came home with a promise of some $285K to spend on infrastructure projects before September next year. He and other NSW Mayors must have found it refreshing to be treated respectfully after the contemptuous way in which our state government and its Ministers deal with local government! We must prepare a submission in order to secure the funds and our GM will be working on it right now. An additional $50M is being made available - on a competitive basis - and in this regard, I'll be asking Willoughby and northside Councils to advocate for an iconic piece of Green Infrastructure HarbourLink Have a look and see what you think:


If you like the idea, please send an email to :
1. Your local Council
2. Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government and Federal member for Grayndler, A.Albanese.MP@aph.gov.au
3. cc info@sydneyharbourlink.com
As soon as you can, thanks!

HarbourLink

Ever cycled across Sydney Harbour Bridge?

Its a great experience - except for the 5 flights of steps at North Sydney....
So its hats (helmets?) off to Russ Webber (North Shore Bike Group) and North Sydney's Councillor Nick Ritten for their work in advocating for the visionary HarbourLink project! The concept is an elevated 2km shared path at minimal grade (about 3%) extending from the deck level of the Harbour Bridge up to St Leonards Park at Falcon Street. If you were amongst the thousands (yes, thousands) of people who crossed the Bridge by pedalpower on October 17th, Ride to Work Day (when these pics were taken) you might have met them spruiking for the project. Russ tells me he handed out over 800 brochures within an hour

Considering climate change, fuel costs, unfit adults and overweight children - active transport has to be part of our solution doesn't it?