A0034887B VICTORIA ABN 82 104 322 096		Beaumaris Conservation Society Inc. (formerly Beaumaris Tree Preservation Society 1953-70)	P.O. Box 7016 BEAUMARIS VIC 3193
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Bicycle Road Extension from Cromer Road to Charman Road CLICK ON THE MENU OF MAIN PAGES HERE OR ON A LINK BELOW.
*	SUMMARY OF BICYCLE ROAD ROUTE THREAT: Incursion into Beach Park foreshore reserve if bicycle road is not confined to the road reserve
	Related pages are below. Click for Wikimapia view of the Foreshore Reserve, and a SLIDESHOW VIEW of Beach Park from Beach Road.
*	MOTION ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NOTICE PAPER: See Greens MLC Sue Pennicuik’s Motion No. 43 under General Business.
*	BICYCLE VICTORIA SUPPORTS ROADSIDE OPTION: Bicycle Victoria supports Bayside Council’s opposition to a route through bushland.
*	'CLIFFTOP' ROUTE REJECTED: Bayside Council to pursue 'back-of-kerb' route (P. 11), not cliff-top route (Agenda Item 4.2) for bicycle road
*	VICROADS DRAWING IS OF CONCERN: VicRoads cross-section could increase Beach Rd width, but at least it accepts a ‘back-of-kerb’ option.
*	BICYCLE ROAD PETITION NOW IN PARLIAMENT: Legislative Council Hansard of 2008-07-30 (Page 2753) records Andrea Coote MLC tabling a petition of 599 signatures.
*	GREENS MLC’s SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT: Southern Metropolitan MLC Sue Pennicuik’s speech explains how road edge space can save Beach Park, and asks Minister to meet BCS Inc.
*	FOUR BICYCLE ROAD OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: Bayside City Council (Item 7.1.2) will canvass 4 options, from the sound on-road option to the 2 bad bisecting options.
*	PETITION TO PARLIAMENT UNDERWAY: BCS Inc. members and others collected 599 signatures asking for the Roads Minister for sharing of Beach Rd with the bicycle road extension and handed the resulting petition to Andrea Coote MLC for her to table in Parliament.
*	BCS INC. LETTER TO ROADS MINISTER: A letter to Hon. Tim Pallas asks him to walk along the edge of Beach Road with BCS Inc. officers to show him how Beach Park can be saved.
*	BICYCLE ROAD PLAN WORSENS: A Bayside Council staff report (Item 4.1) to General Committee on Tuesday 2008-06-17 proposes bisecting Beach Park with a 2.5 metre concrete bicycle road. VicRoads and its Minister will apparently not provide room on the road reserve. The route alignment map shows how it would substantially replace the existing walking track with concrete. BCS Inc. urges adherence to the back-of-kerb road (11H) in the Foreshore Master Plan. A petition to Parliament will ask the Government to protect the reserve by providing room on Beach Rd.
*	POSSIBLE LAYOUT OF BEACH ROAD WITH BICYCLE ROAD ON THE ROAD: How bicycle road could fit on road space, & photos of truck catastrophes prompting 2-lane section
*	DISMAL LEAD BY KINGSTON & NILLUMBIK: Kingston Council’s new bicycle road meandering in its foreshore bush is a warning to Bayside, as is news of the Eltham death in The Age.
*	COMMENTS TO STAFF FROM MEETING AFTER WALK: BCS Inc. reminds Council staff of the 2 Master Plan priorities below, & seeks detailed plan of lanes for Beach Rd.
*	POINTS MADE AFTER SEEING THE ‘MEANDERING’ ROUTE: Representatives of interest groups, including BCS Inc, walked along proposed route with Council staff
*	STAFF REPORT TO COUNCIL FOR “MEANDERING” ROUTE: This October 2007 report (Page 22) cited $1.1 cost of the concrete bicycle road extension & a “meandering” route.
*	PHOTOS OF 8 ROAD EDGE SITES NEEDING SPECIAL TREATMENT: Dismounting zones or a split path could reduce impact here if VicRoads refuses room on Beach Rd
*	LEAFLET FOR RESIDENTS NEAR THE EXTENSION: The leaflet is the first page. It explains threats to the foreshore reserve. It suggests actions that can be taken.
*	PHOTOS OF MPs THAT WALKED THE ROUTE: Photos of the 5 MPs (A Robb, M Thompson, E Thornley, S Pennicuik & A Coote) that took up BCS Inc's offer to be shown the route
*	THE 2 EXTENSION OPTIONS IN MASTER PLAN: Bayside Council’s Foreshore Master Plan (Map 4 Action 11H) gives only 2 options – on the road, or at its edge.
*	BEAUMARIS BAY FOSSIL SITE ON REGISTER OF NATIONAL ESTATE: Nominated by Bayside Council last century, this site, whose ID is 18053, includes all the cliff top reserve.
*	GOVERNMENT’S “NET GAIN” POLICY FOR BUSHLAND: State policy is to avoid loss of indigenous bushland, and to mandate NET GAIN if loss is not to be avoided.
*	1951 LANDS DEPT. AERIAL PHOTO OF FORESHORE: Zooming in on this high resolution photo shows a 2-lane Beach Road, wide grassed verge, & fragmented reserve.
*	JOINING KINGSTON BICYCLE ROAD AT CHARMAN RD: PPCC Inc. has concerns about siting of Kingston’s bicycle road, which will join Bayside’s at Charman Road.
*	PORT PHILLIP CONSERVATION COUNCIL INC. ROAD WIDTH TABLE: Beach Road bitumen widths from Brighton to Mordialloc show Beach Rd is 1 metre wider east of Cromer Rd
*	PORT PHILLIP CONSERVATION COUNCIL INC. POLICY STATEMENT NO. 8: “Bicycle Roads around Port Phillip” – This statement warns against fragmenting bushland areas. Many of the indigenous plants in the threatened bushland appear in Columns A-E on the list here.

Link to the Port Phillip Conservation Council Inc., of which BCS Inc. has been a Member Organization since 1970