Bike boy's path to Port Melbourne is currently being screwed over by road works on the Montague Street intersection. I inderstand upgrades are needed but the way they've constantly moved the path (and narrowed it) and run it into a zebra crossing that no car in Melbourne would actually stop for has been a constant nightmare. All of that aside they've now closed that side of the path completely but the good news is they've managed to keep a shared path open away from the traffic on the opposite side. It'll save me having to do a suicide run along Montague Street to City Road every morning for the next month and isn't really that big a hassle after all.
Check out the map below for any other Cyclists out there that use the Port Melbourne paths. The map had text on the flip-side and the bit relating to cyclists is as follows:
• The footpath currently open on the West side of montague Street will close and a new footpath on the East side will open.
• The footpath on the West side of Montague Street will reopen in December 2009.
• Eventually Montague Street will have a 3m wide shared path (both directions), as well as a 1.2m wide on-road cycle lane.
