{"id":3500,"date":"2020-03-03T18:29:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T07:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?p=3500"},"modified":"2025-04-06T00:58:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T13:58:25","slug":"yarrabug-radio-show-585-monday-2nd-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2020\/03\/03\/yarrabug-radio-show-585-monday-2nd-march-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"YarraBUG Radio Show #585 Monday 2nd March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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National Award for Malop Street Green Spine<\/a>: October 2019. Image from City of Greater Geelong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Greater Geelong votes to remove separated bike lanes from Malop Street Green Spine project<\/a>: on this weeks program Chris discusses the\u00a0City of Greater Geelong<\/a>\u00a0vote on 25 February to remove recently constructed\u00a0separated bicycle lanes<\/a>\u00a0that are part of the\u00a0Malop Street Green Spine project<\/a>\u00a0with two interviews with Dr Fiona Gray and Simon Howell from\u00a0Bicycle Users Geelong<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local news includes Melbourne could become the Copenhagen of the south<\/a> but what part of Melbourne, given the huge residential development in the outer suburbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Fiona Gray<\/a> talks about her initial involvement with Malop Street Green Spine project, the consultation process, pop up installation, the entire plan involving six blocks of the Geelong CBD, state government funding, the project winning the Civic Landscape category of the 2019 Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture National Awards<\/a>, last week’s council vote<\/a> and state government moving to potentially cease future council infrastructure funding<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simon Howell from Bicycle Users Geelong<\/a> talks about the seperated bike lanes, it’s positive benefits for the Geelong CBD, the council vote and further action people can take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n