EVtalk Australia editor Geoff Dobson rides an e-bike
E-mobilities will benefit from the new $7.5 million Highfield and Toowoomba bikeway.
Works have started on the Palaszczuk Government’s bikeway, a two-lane, three-metre-wide path.
Transport and main roads minister Mark Bailey says bike riders currently have to take the New England Highway to reach either destination.
The project aims to get more students riding to school on their bike or scooter.
Toowoomba Region Bicycle Users Group (TRBUG) has been involved in talks with transport and main roads officials on the project.
“When finished, the possibility to commute from Highfield to Toowoomba, fully off-road, will become a real alternative for many Highfields residents, particularly now e-bikes are becoming a major part of Toowoomba’s cycling activity,” TRBUG’s Hugh Wilson says.
Bicycle Queensland spokesperson Andrew Demack says the bikeways are a great investment in making active transport available to everyone.
“This bikeway will be suitable for ages eight to 80. The great thing about using a bike, or an e-bike, for transport is that you get to your destination and you’re overcome your own personal physical inactivity problem,” Demack says.
“Let’s keep building liveable, activity, connected, communities across Queensland.”
