GeurieMTB
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Hi all,
the NSW Govt has just released a draft planning framework for TSR's for 2016-19. So what you say? More red tape you say?
Well, currently cycling is an approved activity on TSR's under the relevant act (Local Land Services Act) and some TSR's are among the best preserved native woodlands left in the state so we, as riders and trail builders should be hunting these areas out and using them for recreation. Were doing exactly that in the Central West, the Dubbo EvoCities round was held on a TSR and the opportunity is enormous across the state.
However, the new planning framework specifically doesn't list cycling as an approved passive activity, in fact says some passive activities can be conflicting "such as bird watching and mountain biking". Bird watching, family bbq's and bushwalking are the only three listed passive recreation activities.
If the draft planning framework isn't challenged in its draft stage and cycling reinstated this network of currently accessable reserves could be lost to cycling for ever. This link will take you to the relevant web page, please have a read and consider commenting, either individually or as a club, the more support for reinstating cycling the better.
http://www.lls.nsw.gov.au/livestock/stock-routes
Cheers
the NSW Govt has just released a draft planning framework for TSR's for 2016-19. So what you say? More red tape you say?
Well, currently cycling is an approved activity on TSR's under the relevant act (Local Land Services Act) and some TSR's are among the best preserved native woodlands left in the state so we, as riders and trail builders should be hunting these areas out and using them for recreation. Were doing exactly that in the Central West, the Dubbo EvoCities round was held on a TSR and the opportunity is enormous across the state.
However, the new planning framework specifically doesn't list cycling as an approved passive activity, in fact says some passive activities can be conflicting "such as bird watching and mountain biking". Bird watching, family bbq's and bushwalking are the only three listed passive recreation activities.
If the draft planning framework isn't challenged in its draft stage and cycling reinstated this network of currently accessable reserves could be lost to cycling for ever. This link will take you to the relevant web page, please have a read and consider commenting, either individually or as a club, the more support for reinstating cycling the better.
http://www.lls.nsw.gov.au/livestock/stock-routes
Cheers