{"id":12717,"date":"2021-08-30T04:42:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T04:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=12717"},"modified":"2021-08-30T04:42:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T04:42:47","slug":"missing-eastern-suburbs-cycling-link-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/08\/30\/missing-eastern-suburbs-cycling-link-on-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Eastern Suburbs cycling link on the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cyclists will soon be able to ride safely from Sydney\u2019s east to the CBD, with work now underway on new pathways through Queens Park.<br \/>\nMinister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes said the new bike and pedestrian paths along Darley Road will form a critical link in the active transport network.<br \/>\n\u201cThis project will be welcome news to the many people who visit Centennial Parklands or cycle from the east to the CBD as their journey will no longer be along a goat track on the edge of the park,\u201d Mr Stokes said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re replacing it with wider pathways for cyclists and pedestrians, providing safe bike access through the Parklands as well as providing an alternative to driving a car.\u201d<br \/>\nMinister for Transport and Roads Andrew Constance said the works were the result of collaboration between Transport for NSW, Greater Sydney Parklands, and Randwick and Waverley councils.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a fantastic active transport link that will make the journey between the eastern suburbs and the CBD much safer, and will also attract new cyclists,\u201d Mr Constance said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt will run along Darley Road, connecting York Road to Carrington Road, and will be complete early next year.\u201d<br \/>\nMember for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton said there had been strong demand from local residents, park users and cycle advocacy groups for the project to go ahead.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is great news,\u00a0particularly for\u00a0kids and parents who use Queens Park for\u00a0weekend sport.\u00a0 Now they will be able to cycle to sport instead of getting caught in traffic jams,\u201d Ms Upton said.<br \/>\nProject details can be found on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.centennialparklands.com.au\/about-us\/parklands-projects\/queens-park-pedestrian-cycle-path\">Centennial Parklands website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyclists will soon be able to ride safely from Sydney\u2019s east to the CBD, with work now underway on new pathways through Queens Park. Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes said the new bike and pedestrian paths along Darley Road will form a critical link in the active transport network. \u201cThis project will &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/08\/30\/missing-eastern-suburbs-cycling-link-on-the-way\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Missing Eastern Suburbs cycling link on the way&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}