Community Path Priority List: 19 km bike paths, just $10.2 million

TCCS is the department of many lists. The Community Path Priority List is one of these lists. The ACT Government’s own Active Travel Standards (MIS05) for bike paths mandate a minimum 2.5 m path width in retrofit (replacement) and even wider for new paths. Many paths on the Community Path Priority List are not compliant as cycle infrastructure. Those that are compliant, belong to the strategic cycle infrastructure and are found here.

Overview

The TCCS FOI 21-126 Community Path Priority List (2021-11-17) contains 569 projects but only 40 match the minimum criteria or better for strategic cycle infrastructure. The total length of the strategic paths is close 19 km and could be built for $10.2 million. Some projects are quite short but 8 projects are greater than a kilometre in length.

total projects	569
strategic	40
%	7%
total distance	18970 m
min length	7 m
max length	2200 m

2021-11-17 FOI 21-126 Community path priority list, compiled canberra.bike, 19 March 2022.

ACT Greens have adopted a wishlist approach to strategic cycle infrastructure inviting everybody to suggest where they would like the path. Community Councils have another opinion on investment priorities. The proposed active travel network shown in the Active Travel Infrastructure Practitioner Tool is not up-to-date. The TCCS strategic policy documents – ACT Transport Strategy – show the CBR Cycle Routes as a strategic network but investment in this network has largely been neglected.

The problem is not a lack of ideas but rather where to start, how to find the FTE to do the work, and including the necessary capital in the budget. We need more building instead of making new lists. Many of the bike paths on Canberran’s wish lists have been discussed since 2003. TCCS tends to procrastinate when overwhelmed with along list. This article focuses on the 39 strategic cycling projects TCCS Community Path Priority List (stand 2021-11-17).

The cost lies around $1 million for 6000 square metres of surface. For a 3 m wide path, the length of the path would be about 2 km.
Analysis by canberra.bike from the data from FOI 21-126 and FOI 21-008 Community path priority list

Investment required for strategic cycle infrastructure

The total investment is estimated to be $10.2 million. Cost estimates were missing for three projects – perhaps the projects were new to the list. Good value for money!

rank 10 Dec 21	Road	Suburb	score	estimate $000	comment
2	Luxton Street	Belconnen	71	$24
3	Kingsland Parade	Casey	70	$5
12	Hardwick Crescent	Holt	58	$518
17	Callam Street	Phillip	52	$61
24	Yamba Drive	Garran	49	$394
34	Taverner Street	Oxley	46	$296
40	Haydon Drive	Bruce	45	$812
41	Stockman Avenue	Lawson	45	$678
54	Athllon Drive	Phillip	43	$347
76	Yamba Drive	Mawson	39	$398
79	Wonga Street	O´Connor	38	$291
90	Newcastle Street	Fyshwick	37	$1338
99	Tharwa Drive	Calwell	39	$162
103	Lennox Crossing	Acton	35	$86
109	Athllon Drive	Mawson
125	William Slim Drive	Giralang	34	$33
130	Eyre Street	Kingston	33	$180
142	Bugden Avenue	Fadden	33	$17
146	Michael Holt Crescent	Conder	32	$303	bridge
148	Katoomba Street	Harrison	32	$165
153	Menindee Drive	Barton	32	$158
158	Dixon Drive	Holder
164	Victoria Street	Hall	32	$508
200	Cotter Road	Holder	31	$72
213	Schlich Street	Yarralumla	30	$101
220	Julia Flynn Garden	Isaacs	30	$71
242	Shannon Circuit	Kaleen	29	$422
247	Athllon Drive	Wanniassa	28	$26
254	Cotter Road	Duffy	28	$86
291	Gungahlin Drive	Mitchell	26	$5
316	Trinity Christian School	Wanniassa	25	$64
351	Charles Weston School	Coombs	23	$12
359	Riley Place	Chifley	22	$28
370	Isabella Drive	Isabella Plains	22	$203
378	Alexandrina Drive	Yarralumla	21	$153
381	Hindmarsh Drive	Duffy	21	$634
456	Traynor Court	Melba	17	$1576	bridge
464	Kavangal Circuit	Ngunnawal
503	Mackellar Crescent	Cook	14	$7
Totals	39			$10234

2021-11-17 FOI 21-126 and 2021-01-28 FOI 21-008 Community path priority list, compiled canberra.bike, 19 March 2022.

How much does a community path cost in the ACT? Cost of the project versus the area of the path.

Canberra.bike has been interested in costing the construction of bike paths in the ACT for some time. TCCS has the data but does not make it public. The TCCS FOI 21-126 and FOI 21-008 provide a sizeable sample of data to do so.

How much does it cost to build a bike path in the ACT?

The cost lies around $1 million for 6000 square metres of surface. For a 3 m wide path, the length of the path would be about 2 km.

The strategic cycle infrastructure

Rank	Road	Suburb	length (m)	width (m)
2	Luxton Street	Belconnen	65	2.5
3	Kingsland Parade	Casey	10	2.5
12	Hardwick Crescent	Holt	1150	2.5
17	Callam Street	Phillip	110	3
24	Yamba Drive	Garran	700	2.5
34	Taverner Street	Oxley	985	2.5
40	Haydon Drive	Bruce	1880	3
41	Stockman Avenue	Lawson	1130	2.5
54	Athllon Drive	Phillip	120	4
76	Yamba Drive	Mawson	1100	2.5
79	Wonga Street	O´Connor	60	3
90	Newcastle Street	Fyshwick	2200	3
99	Tharwa Drive	Calwell	450	2.5
103	Lennox Crossing	Acton	183	3
109	Athllon Drive	Mawson	755	2.5
125	William Slim Drive	Giralang	52	3
130	Eyre Street	Kingston	400	2.5
142	Bugden Avenue	Fadden	45	2.5
146	Michael Holt Crescent	Conder	7	2.5
148	Katoomba Street	Harrison	500	2.5
153	Menindee Drive	Barton	435	2.5
158	Dixon Drive	Holder	164	2.5
164	Victoria Street	Hall	1085	3
185	Morshead Drive	Campbell	660	4
200	Cotter Road	Holder	200	2.5
213	Schlich Street	Yarralumla	258	2.5
220	Julia Flynn Garden	Isaacs	183	2.5
242	Shannon Circuit	Kaleen	1074	2.5
247	Athllon Drive	Wanniassa	60	2.5
254	Cotter Road	Duffy	240	2.5
291	Gungahlin Drive	Mitchell	11	2.5
316	Trinity Christian School	Wanniassa	85	2.5
351	Charles Weston School	Coombs	34	2.5
359	Riley Place	Chifley	78	2.5
370	Isabella Drive	Isabella Plains	520	2.5
378	Alexandrina Drive	Yarralumla	425	2.5
381	Hindmarsh Drive	Duffy	1300	2.5
456	Traynor Court	Melba	210	2.5
464	Kavangal Circuit	Ngunnawal	28	2.5
503	Mackellar Crescent	Cook	18	2.5
Totals	40		18970	2.5 min

Overview

Investment required for strategic cycle infrastructure

The strategic cycle infrastructure

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