The Minister for Roads and Active Travel, Chris Steel has announced that work has begun on the Belconnen Bikeway.
The bikeway is being built to connect the Belconnen Town Centre with the University of Canberra, Radford College and the CIT’s Bruce campus with the first sod of its route turned last week.
“The 4.7 kilometre bikeway, comprises both shared and separated cycling and pedestrian facilities, to make it easier for people to move around Belconnen,” Mr Steel said.
“This active travel infrastructure will improve accessibility [and] provide safer and faster connections to places of work and recreation.”
He said the bikeway would start on Coulter Drive in Florey and continue along the old busway on Joynton Smith Drive to the Belconnen Town Centre, then along Emu Bank through to the University of Canberra to Haydon Drive via College Street.
“We’ve also been progressing design work on the Benjamin Way protected cycleway and the Belconnen Arts Centre foreshore path,” Mr Steel said.
“This work will be finalised in the coming months with construction expected to begin on the foreshore path early in the new year.”
He said the project would also see the planting of around 200 new trees to create “shadeways” along the route.
“A combination of native and exotic species will be planted helping to provide shade that supports active travel along the bikeway,” Mr Steel said.
