{"id":37,"date":"2017-02-03T03:44:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T03:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/innerwestbike.nfshost.com\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2024-12-04T18:42:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T08:42:46","slug":"greenway","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iwbc.org.au\/index.php\/current-issues\/greenway\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-66\" src=\"http:\/\/innerwestbike.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Greenway logo\" width=\"336\" height=\"186\" \/>After a long campaign the dream of Bruce Ashley from Bike Marrickville and other bicycle and environmental campaigners for a <a href=\"http:\/\/greenway.org.au\/about-the-greenway\/aerial-map\">green corridor<\/a> and bicycle and walking path through a restored bush corridor between Cooks River and Iron Cove in Inner Western Sydney has been almost realised. $15 million dollars has been allocated from Councils and State Government to construct the more difficult sections, such as road and rail underpasses. Construction should commence in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong> (Note added in Oct 2017: too optimistic, latest advice from the IWCouncil is construction will start in late 2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Nov 2019- project delayed because Sydney Trains won\u2019t sign off on the project!)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(May 2020.- Work underway on section from Marion St to Iron Cove. Path widening and realignment<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>(May 2021- work on the southern end underway, on Hercules St, Ness, Garnett Sts, Tennent Pde and the new bridge over Cooks River to Lang Rd , built by Canterbury Bankstown Council).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(2024- work underway on the section between Parramatta Rd and Canterbury Rd, including underpasses of Longport St, Davis St, Constitution Rd).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au\/live\/environment-and-sustainability\/in-your-neighbourhood\/bushland-parks-and-verges\/greenway\">New Council Greenway pages<\/a>&#8211; has maps and timetable of works.<\/p>\n<p>Wider issues of connectivity to the Rozelle Lilyfield Rail Yard and local bike routes such as Lilyfield Road and Allen St will be pursued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long campaign the dream of Bruce Ashley from Bike Marrickville and other bicycle and environmental campaigners for a green corridor and bicycle and walking path through a restored bush corridor between Cooks River and Iron Cove in Inner Western Sydney has been almost realised. $15 million dollars has been allocated from Councils and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwbc.org.au\/index.php\/current-issues\/greenway\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Greenway&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":31,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwbc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwbc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwbc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwbc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwbc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwbc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":731,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwbc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/731"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwbc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwbc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}