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Infrastructure is going in on Castray Esplanade on Hobart's waterfront, the northern approach to the Battery Point Route, although drivers mistakenly think its for them to park on.
Castray Esplanade is an important part of the Battery Point route that will connect the central city with the university, casino and southern suburbs.
The Esplanade is the wide road outside CSIRO and the university's new marine research building (IMAS).
The lack of car parking around the waterfront means that more people are wanting to ride to work, increasing the need for separated routes.
Hobart City Council has finished work marking out space for car parking, pedestrians and bikes. However, the project is only partially completed because the University of Tasmania still has exterior work to do in finishing off landscaping outside the IMAS building.
Because there is more work to be done, the current arrangement of poles and paint is confusing and leading to people parking on the shared path. The cars shown in the photo are all illegally parked on the shared path.
Fortunately, the space between the building and the road is very wide, which means that the tangle of people, bikes and parked cars can be negotiated.
The university's vision for the 'apron' around the building is a people friendly space. They plan to stop cars entering with kerbing, street furniture, and signage.
This will address the current confusing arrangement that sees cars parking across the path and even driving down the path, mistaking it for an IMAS access lane.
The designs are waiting for approval by university management and the university is aiming to have this implemented later in 2015.
The designs will be consistent with its use as a working port and will not include trees or planter boxes, but street furniture and clearer demarcation of the shared paths.
In the meantime, watch out for cars parked across the path!
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