A cyclists’ protest on one of Melbourne’s busiest arterial road comes as the Greens release budget office costings showing the price tag for level crossing removals. | ClayLucas
Debate over the future of one of Melbourne’s busiest arterial routes – Sydney Road in Brunswick and Coburg – will ratchet up a notch on Friday with a peak-hour protest by hundreds of cyclists who want cycle paths and wider footpaths.
When asking for costings on the level crossing removals – which the Greens support – the party also asked the budget office to estimate of the cost of redesigning Sydney Road.Under the plan the Greens asked the budget office to cost, the two-lane Sydney Road would be rebuilt with wide footpaths, disability-accessible tram stops and dedicated cycling lanes.
Sydney Road is one of Melbourne’s busiest arterial roads, with about 19,000 motor vehicles using it each day, Department of Transport figures released on Thursday showed. By comparison, Bridge Road in Richmond and High Street in Prahran both average 18,000 vehicles per day.Over the five-year period ending in December 2021 there were 73 reported crashes involving cyclists on Sydney Road between Bell Street and Brunswick Road – 22 of them resulting in serious injury.
Labor’s candidate for Brunswick, Mike Williams, said that a re-elected Andrews government would make Brunswick level crossing-free by removing boom gates on eight roads.
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