Chapter Three |
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GMR 9 - Voyager Point |
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| Sub-section |
| Start and finish |
Deadmans Creek (Pleasure Point) to Lieutenant Cantello Reserve (Hammondville) |
| Distance |
5.0km |
| Grade |
2-3 |
| Main features |
- Lt Cantello Reserve (former golf course)
- Voyager Point wetlands
- Pleasure Point Reserve
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| Description |
Section would start in Department of Defence lands (if military use ceases in the future) - through Pleasure Point - under rail bridge - along existing River Walk to East Hills Footbridge (links with Bankstown network) - along Sirus Road into existing walking track network at Voyager Point - across proposed small bridge over Williams Creek into Lt. Cantello Reserve |
| Opportunities and constraints |
- Section would link to Sutherland through Mill Creek/ Wallaby walking track and over East Hills Footbridge to Bankstown
- Pleasure Park - Voyager Point Master Plan provides other opportunities
- GR foreshore is transition sandstone/ clay - bank stabilisation required at Voyager Point
- Opportunity to improve access to sports facilities and parks in Hammondville
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| Actions |
- Investigate route options outside Dept. of Defence land
- LCC adopt this route into LEP or Strategic Recreation Plans
- LCC - ensure Delfin Corporation deal to transfer River Walking Track network to council's ownership and management
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| Priority |
A + B (Defence land possibly long term) |
| Estimated cost |
Not estimated |
| Key stakeholders |
LCC/DIPNR/DOD |
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Rationale:
The route is almost all off-road, safe and on easy grades. Walking only from East Hills footbridge south to Deadman's Creek. It is shared use north of the bridge to Cantello Reserve and uses existing Voyager Point tracks and improves access to Hammondville sporting fields. The route gives good foreshore access to Georges River at Pleasure Point as well as giving clear a plan of action when opportunities emerge due to subdivision of private land at Pleasure Point and, possibly, withdrawal of Defence Department from Camp Sapper (Pleasure Point).
This subsection would link Sandy Point and Mill Creek with Voyager Point and Moorebank. |
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