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Cycling: Macgregor West Concept Plan

Macgregor West Concept Plan is found in the Territory Plan. Cycling in the Territory Plan is not mentioned all that often. Here are the extracts for Macgregor West.

Cycling: Casey Concept Plan

Casey Concept plan showing cycling path around the edge. Casey Concept Plan. Territory Plan, page 37

Casey Concept Plan is found in the Territory Plan. Cycling in the Territory Plan is not mentioned all that often. Here are the extracts for Casey.

Planning and Development Act 2007

The Planning and Development Act 2007 explains common urban planning terms in the ACT. Here is just a few.

Molonglo Valley Stage 3 timeline 2004-2040

Whitlam, Molonglo Valley, ACT. Top pond in stage 1 area.

This article is a chronological list of the Molonglo Valley Stage 3 development stages and contains the key documents to download. It is mostly for reference purposes.

Molonglo Valley: conflicts between environment and active transport goals

Can the construction of direct and fast cycle highways be reconciled with environmental management? Crossing the Molonglo River is not so easy. ACT Environment is blocking the way. The Reserve Management Plan creates challenges to build cycle infrastructure in the Molonglo Valley.

Molonglo Valley: opportunities lost in estate development

Estate development is a long and complicated process. Active travel can be lost in the process, buried under other priorities. We need to get it right. Should active travel infrastructure fall short, it will be expensive to fix. A generation would grow up being chauffeured around rather than riding to school or friends. This is a real culture change barrier.

Urban development in 8 steps

Good active travel infrastructure in the ACT requires some understanding of urban planning. The ACT Government provides many documents that are very detailed, and often highly technical, so that it is easy to become overwhelmed. A simple explanation of urban planning in Canberra is a good start.

Molonglo Valley: active travel Whitlam to Denman Prospect

Butters Bridge, Molonglo Valley, Canberra.

A case study of Denman Prospect and Whitlam – two suburbs in the Molonglo Valley, south and north of the Molonglo River – that are of particular interest to active travel in the Monlonglo Valley.