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Maribyrnong draft Budget 2013/14 available for public comment

08 May 2013. Maribyrnong Council's draft Budget 2013/14 is available for public comment until 7th June 2013, see council website here.

As a ratepayer and rider in the City of Maribyrnong now is the time for council to hear from you if you want more funding to improve the Maribyrnong riding environment. We encourage you to make a submission to council.

Bicycle Network's own budget submission to Maribyrnong Council is available here.

Bicycle Network Victoria needs your membership support to continue to campaign for improving riding conditions for all riders. Become a member and receive crash cover and support, rider information and deals and help improve riding conditions.

Maribyrnong riders - drafting council Budget 2013/14 underway

05 March 2013. As you read this Maribyrnong City Council is preparing its draft 2013/14 Budget. The time to act is now for more bike infrastructure funding!

Last financial year was a very lean year, with council only funding $0.91 per resident on bike related infrastructure. In comparison, surrounding councils spent an average $16.89.

Meanwhile, cycling participation in Maribyrnong is on the increase: On census day in 2011, 972 people rode to work by bicycle. In the 2006 census, this number was 585. (This is a +66.15% change).

Click here to tell your Council to invest in bike infrastructure (E-mail contacts for local Council and Councillors provided) in the 2013/14 Budget, to keep up with the increase in riders in Maribyrnong.

As a ratepayer and rider in the City of Maribyrnong now is the time for Council to hear from you if you want more funding to improve the Maribyrnong riding environment.

Bicycle Network Victoria needs your membership support to continue to campaign for improving riding conditions for all riders. Become a member and receive crash cover and support, rider information and deals and help improve riding conditions.

More information can be found in the Bicycle Expenditure Index (BiXE) report.

Bicycle Expenditure Index (BiXE) 2012

15 November 2012. The City of Maribyrnong’s BiXE rating for 2012 is $0.91. This is below the Inner Zone council average for 2012, which is $16.89. This is based upon council spending of $67,000 and population of 74,005.

Relevant bicycle related investment for the 2012/2013 financial year includes but is not necessarily limited to expenditure upon the following projects/programs:
• Bicycle plan implementation project
• Promoting school travel planning and bike education in schools
• Restoration of BMX track: Cruikshank Park

Additional spending sourced from external grants and funds may apply, but that is outside the scope of BiXE reporting.

The City of Maribyrnong achieved a five-year BiXE average of $3.61. This is below the Inner Zone council five-year average for 2012, which is $10.81.

See full BiXE report available here.

See media here and here.

VoteBike - Local Council Elections 2012

27 October 2012. Local council elections are being held in Victoria on October 27 2012. Bicycle Network Victoria is once again running VoteBike that allows you to engage with potential candidates on local cycling issues. We will collect statements from candidates about their commitment to cycling in Maribyrnong and publish them on the VoteBike Facebook event page for you to comment on.

Bicycle Network Victoria has identified the following key projects for the City of Maribyrnong that need the support of local councilors: 

To view candidate statements for Maribyrnong go to our Find a Candidate page. Or to comment on candidate statements as well as voice your support for particular local cycling projects, visit our Facebook events page for Maribyrnong.

VoteBike allows you to have your say and make sure your vote counts for improved cycling conditions in your local area.

BiXE 2009: City of Maribyrnong

Maribyrnong City Council has a BiXE 2009 of $3.44. This shows Maribyrnong is below the average BiXE 2009 of $10.66 for councils in this zone and is not even meeting the threshold recommended $5 per resident. Maribyrnong’s 3 year BiXE average is $3.98.

Maribyrnong City Council has opportunities to invest its funds into cycling infrastructure such as:
• Sunshine Rail Path
• Ensuring Footscray Central Activity District plans cater for bike routes and bike parking
• Providing more on road bike lanes on Council-maintained roads, particularly around schools.

Bike Plan launched

Oct 03 Council launched their bike plan on Ride to Work Day on 8 Oct which will provide a strategic framework for developing bicycle facilities over the next 10 years. Unfortunately there is no annual bicycle budget yet that would allow the works in the plan to be completed.

Bicycle Network Victoria's priorities are:

Bicycle projects that we consider to be high priority include: