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Belinda Pursey and Don McAllister (both pictured) of Wollumbin BUG (Bicycle Users Group) want everyone to get on their bike and cycle with safety.
Wollumbin BUG has pushed for 30 signs to be put up in areas within the Tweed Shire where bicyclists may be ‘squeezed’ off the road by cars.
‘We’ve been working with Dan Walton, sustainability officer from Tweed
Council, to identify squeeze points,’ Belinda, president of the group,
said. ‘He’s been really supportive.’
The community-based group is also in the process of establishing a
bicycle advisory committee to provide feedback to council on the needs
of bicyclists in the region.
‘Council has a bicycle budget but no committee to work with them,’ Don,
a former Tweed Council engineer, said. ‘They have traffic and water
committees, why not bikes?’
A keen bike rider since age 14, Belinda is car free and is getting
ready to join in a non-competitive ride from Sydney to Melbourne later
this year.
‘BUG has been formed to promote safer riding and get more people on
bikes,’ she said. ‘There are a lot of people with bikes in the shed
with a puncture. We’d like to get them out.’
Wollumbin BUG is having an official launch this Sunday, September 20,
at 11.30am at the Seventh Day Adventist complex on Racecourse Road on
the outskirts of Murwillumbah.
As well as refreshments, displays and entertainment, bike rides will be
running throughout the day. Riders need to bring a helmet, bike, water
and bright clothing. To book a place email
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