{"id":119557,"date":"2025-09-05T00:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/119557\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T00:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:45:08","slug":"port-lincoln-releases-draft-walking-and-cycling-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/119557\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Lincoln releases draft Walking and Cycling Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Port Lincoln has released the draft Port Lincoln Walking and Cycling Strategy 2026\u20132036\u00a0 and is now inviting community feedback.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The strategy was developed with community input to guide the council as it seeks to improve and expand cycling, walking and wheeled transport infrastructure across the South Australian municipality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Key priorities identified in the strategy include:<\/p>\n<p>improved maintenance of existing paths and bike lanes<\/p>\n<p>more off-road paths and recreational trails<\/p>\n<p>wider paths and separation from traffic<\/p>\n<p>better connections and wayfinding signage<\/p>\n<p>improved crossing points at intersections<\/p>\n<p>more and better BMX and mountain bike tracks<\/p>\n<p>enhancements to the Parnkalla Trail<\/p>\n<p>more, safer, continuous on-road bike lanes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The draft strategy includes a map of a proposed walking and cycling network and a draft annual capital works program.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Port Lincoln Mayor Diana Mislov said: &#8220;We want to make it easier for people of all ages and abilities \u2013 whether walking, cycling or wheeling \u2013 to get around our city and enjoy our beautiful coastal environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By working closely with the community, we believe we have developed a plan that reflects local needs and priorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The draft strategy is available to view <a href=\"https:\/\/yoursay.portlincoln.sa.gov.au\/draft-walking-and-cycling-strategy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a>\u00a0and at the council office and Port Lincoln Library.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Written submissions must be received by 10am on Friday 26 September and can be submitted via the <a href=\"https:\/\/yoursay.portlincoln.sa.gov.au\/draft-walking-and-cycling-strategy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The strategy will be finalised and presented to the council for adoption in October.<\/p>\n<p>Like our articles?<\/p>\n<p>Become a Member and help fund our advocacy work.<\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"button_315681376\" href=\"https:\/\/bicyclenetwork.com.au\/membership\/\" target=\"\" class=\"button   inverted \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n      Join Now<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Or <a href=\"https:\/\/bicyclenetwork.com.au\/become-our-friend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">become our friend and subscribe<\/a> to receive our fortnightly newsletter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Port Lincoln has released the draft Port Lincoln Walking and Cycling Strategy 2026\u20132036\u00a0 and is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-119557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}