To whom it may cocern ,
We travel as a commuter on this bike track every day of the week . I am a business owner in new lambton nsw . I have travelled this cycle way for the last 20 years , it's extremely safe and very efficient with the connection of Wallsend to lambton . The proposal you are offering for the cycle way is actually very disappointing . This new plan is going to add 3 sets of traffic lights which at times is very unsafe as people dodge with the annoyance of waiting for the lights .I was always under assumption that you'd provide a tunnel of some sort .. This was one of the first cycleways of newcastle .. Seems so disappointing we are going backwards with cycleways in my area ... Dissapointed local , Daniel Aglio

Refer attached letter.

Please see attachment

The inclusion of a shared foot cycle bridge is a good improvement over the current traffic light crossing. However, the removal of the dedicated path through Jesmond park is a degradation to the existing infrastructure. This connection should be maintained via an overpass or underpass on the southern end of the intersection. Additional thought should be given to implementing a dedicated shared path connection on the western end of intersection to give pedestrian and bike access to the existing northbound shared path via the William St and Michael St footbridge when approaching from the western side in Jesmond. Please see the PDF attached with the changes in light blue.

Dear Sir/Madam
I am deeply worried that the RMS are installing a road and cutting the bike path in Jesmond park. They plan to install three sets of traffic lights and sever the path. This bike pathway is a main community link for the suburbs of Newcastle. I thought these works were meant to improve facility not degrade it

This bike path is frequented by commuters and other users who utilise the recreational facilities, including myself and my family. I utilise this facility to commute, fitness and recreation. My wife and children utilise it for similar purposes. They often ride their bikes to the Jesmond shops.

The Newcastle city council goes to great lengths to develop bike paths and it appears that the council were ignored or not even consulted. This is an important community facility and the RMS are ignoring the community.

What concerns me even more is that the response to our concerns from the RMS was just a tick in the box and they hope that the community will go away. Our concerns were ignored. They came back with only two options. One the most expensive, and the second the most problematic. ie they proposed unfeasible solutions. I have seen a couple of suggested alternative proposals which could be constructed at a fraction of the cost and without the flooding and security concerns.

Most important I am concerned about the safety of young children who use this facility. These are dangerous roads for young children. Three sets of traffic lights will endanger their lives as drivers accelerate onto the on ramp, or travel at speed from the off ramp.

Drivers would be annoyed if they have to stop more often for traffic signals. This also means higher fuel consumption and increased emissions. Surely there must be a much safer and economical alternative.

I have attached a simple layout of how to maintain continuity of this facility.

Yours sincerely,

Donald Zeman