Demand share of footpath windfall

The council has now written to new Minister for Active Transport, Rob Stokes, to make sure it is prioritised for funding.
“We ask you to intervene and make this safe for all people,” she said.
“Unfortunately, we still have 255km of our local roads without a footpath and 70km of cycleways to build as per our Active Transport Action Plan that we adopted in April last year,” she said.
A request for funding last year “fell on deaf ears”, but Cr Downey said Mr Stokes recently “let the cat out of the bag” and admitted it had not done enough and needed to double its investment in footpaths and cycleways.
Her original motion followed at least 25 requests in the two years for new footpaths from residents in the Revesby Ward, who were all seeking safer and more healthy ways of moving around their local communities.
Stressing that the council has limited resources and she was seeking financial assistance from the State Government, Cr Downey said it was becoming increasingly difficult and unsafe for residents to walk and children to cycle through their own suburbs.
She said the increased density limits which are being slapped on the council also means many more cars/vehicles moving around and parking in our suburban streets – bringing with it a much greater risk.