Bicycle Network: Directory

Swan Hill riders - drafting of council Budget 2013/14 underway

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

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

Click here to tell your Council to invest in bike infrastructure (E-mail contact for Council provided) in the 2013/14 Budget.

Bicycle Expenditure Index (BiXE) 2012

15 November 2012. The Rural City of Swan Hill’s BiXE rating for 2012 is $0. This is below the Regional Zone council average for 2012, which is $6.47. This is based upon council spending of $0 and population of 22,275.

Relevant bicycle related investment for the 2012/2013 financial year includes but is not necessarily limited to expenditure upon the following projects/programs:
• Nil

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

The Rural City of Swan Hill was one of the Regional Zone councils added for the first time in 2011. Insufficient data is available to determine a five-year BiXE average.

See full BiXE report available here.

See media here.