Cycling advocacy group Cycle Safe Network are pushing for a path to be built between Charlestown and the Dudley Coast.
The group is working with the Lake Macquarie Council to build the five-kilometre path so cyclists and pedestrians can avoid busy roads and intersections such as Dudley Road.
The path could be included in the Newcastle cycle plan as the path would occupy an old rail corridor in Dudley as well as bisecting the Fernleigh Track.
An active member of the group Deborah Moore says the pathway will link the community to certain places safely.
"Charlestown to Coast is linking key destinations. It's close to schools so kids making their way to school on bikes or through walking on a designated path.
"It offers an opportunity to go through a safe corridor for commuters or for recreational pedestrians or cyclists".
She also explains the new path can open up multiple opportunities to get to places and is a better option for residents to use.
"There's also a great connection to the Fernleigh track. If you can get onto the Charlestown to Coast track, then you've got a short distance to the Fernleigh track where you can either head down to Belmont or you can make your way into Newcastle City".
"We are working really well with the Lake Macquarie city council, they are very supportive of the concept and what we're pushing for.
"We feel the cycleway network proposed for the Charlestown to Dudley link is a much safer one, it is closer to all the schools. So it is potentially a much better corridor".
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| Cyclists on the Fernleigh track. Credit- Newcastle Cycleways Movement |
