Lyell McEwin Health Precinct Master Plan - City of Playford

CyclingHaydown Road and John Rice Avenue are designated routes in the DTEI Bikedirect network(refer Figure 3.12). Although they are cycling routes, there are no bicycle lanes marked,and there is a general lack of coherent cycling facilities in the area.The Little Para shared path is within a two minute cycling distance. This path is used mainlyfor recreation and runs adjacent to the River between Main North Road (Salisbury Heights)and Kings Road, Paralowie.The State Government has identifi ed the Adelaide to Gawler rail line as a future Greenway.This will comprise a shared path along its entire length and is likely to encourage cycling inthe area. There are 19 bicycle storage spaces in the decked car park.WalkingThere are relatively high volumes of pedestrian traffi c crossing Haydown Road betweenthe hospital and the Elizabeth Vale Shopping Centre. This is facilitated satisfactorily with asignalised crosswalk and wide median islands.John Rice Avenue is diffi cult to cross with four lanes of traffi c and no median island. Thejunction alignment of John Rice Avenue and Haydown Road allows for a relatively highspeed left turn entry into Haydown Road across the line of pedestrian travel and the kerbramps are located at an acute angle to oncoming traffi c.It was identifi ed at the workshop that a ‘compact’ precinct would result in a more walkableprecinct.Figure 3.12: Cycling route20LYELL McEWIN HEALTH PRECINCT - MASTER PLAN