State Bicycle Fund

Mrs POWER (Elder) (14:57): My question is to the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Planning. Can the minister update the house on the State Bicycle Fund?

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning) (14:57): I can and I thank the member for Elder for her question. Providing appropriate cycling infrastructure is an extremely important part of this government's agenda. In fact, we have—

Mr Hughes: Especially if it's not a train.

The SPEAKER: The member for Giles is warned.

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: We have a strong desire to make sure that we provide appropriate cycling infrastructure not only to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians and other road users but also in relation to cyclists dealing with cars on our roads. There needs to be a place for all forms of transport in and around our road network, whether they be pedestrians, cyclists, public transport users or private car users.

That is why this government is investing a lot of money in projects right across the state not only as part of the State Bicycle Fund, where $279,000 is going towards $2½ million worth of projects where we are combining with councils to be able to provide solutions for seven different projects around Adelaide, but also in committing to improve conditions for bicycle riders through a range of funding programs and major infrastructure projects. These are all projects being undertaken in 2018-19.

On the Torrens to Torrens, there will be shared use paths and crossings of South Road and Park Terrace and a bridge over Chief Street on the Outer Harbor Greenway between Day Terrace, Croydon, and Chief Street, Brompton. Further works are being delivered this financial year that will extend the path across Chief Street Bridge—something that I know the former member for Croydon has a keen Twitter interest in—along the rear of the former gasworks site at Bowden. This will provide a significant improvement to the Outer Harbor Greenway and improve public transport and city access from the north-western suburbs. But there is more.

On the Northern Connector project, we are delivering 15 kilometres of shared use path between the Port River Expressway and the Stuart O'Grady Bikeway. In addition to that, we announced that we are delivering a further five kilometres of shared use path, which will be delivered as part of the project, adjacent to the Port River Expressway, connecting the Northern Connector path to Eastern Parade. In 2018-19, we're also spending over $7 million implementing significant improvements for bicycle users, including:

a section of the Gawler Greenway between Islington railway station and Henschke Street, (including between Mawson Lakes and Kings Road) utilising sections of shared use paths linking the local street network;

a complete street project on Hart Street from Military Road to the Anna Rennie Loop Path, providing parking protected and buffered bicycle lanes from Coast Park to Port Adelaide;

buffered full-time bicycle lanes on Port Road from Old Port Road to Tapleys Hill Road;

bicycle and pedestrian actuated crossing of Park Terrace on the Levels-City Bikeway connecting to Melbourne Street;

an improved arterial road crossing of Stephen Terrace at Ninth Avenue, St Peters;

fixing a bicycle lane gap on Lady Gowrie Drive at Strathfield Terrace, Largs North;

fixing a bicycle lane gap on Stephen Terrace between North East Road and Walkerville Terrace, Gilberton;

bicycle lanes on Frederick Road between West Lakes Boulevard and Old Port Road;

bicycle lanes on West Lakes Boulevard between Albert Park railway station and Port Road;

improved pedestrian and bicycle rider access across Nottage Terrace between Main North Road and North East Road;

secure bicycle cages at Woodville, Salisbury and Mawson Lakes railway stations;

improved crossings of arterial roads at Park Terrace, Brahma Lodge; Dyson Road, Christies Beach; Grange Road, Findon; Wellington Road, Mount Barker; and OG Road, Klemzig;

initial works, including fencing relocation to provide for an improved Grange Greenway between Port Road and Alma Terrace, Albert Park; and

various access improvements at railway stations to encourage more walk-up and ride-up patronage, including Blackwood, Islington, Ethelton, Broadmeadows, Mitcham, Seaford Meadows and Hallett Cove Beach railway stations.