The duplication of Gobbagombalin Bridge has again been touted, this time as a solution to planning problems involving the city's network of commuter cycleways.
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On Monday night, councillors will vote to adopt changes to the $13 million plan that will connect the city via 10 individual links.
But the University Link from Boorooma to the main city precinct is causing difficulty. Creating a stand-alone pedestrian bridge alongside the Gobba Bridge will cost in excess of $2 million.
Bolting a separate bridge onto either the Wiradjuri Bridge or Gobba Bridge would cost more than $1 million.
"It's far too expensive, if we did that we would be looking at deleting a lot of the 43km network just to meet the costs," said mayor Greg Conkey.
The solution is to produce a temporary link until funding could be garnered for the duplication of the bridge.
"We're seriously going to have to look at duplicating it, and that's a discussion that has started some time ago," Cr Conkey said.
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An attempt to allocate cycle space on the Wiradjuri Bridge will still go ahead, but Cr Conkey said this too was not ideal.
"It is very narrow and will need to have cyclists and pedestrians carefully navigating it at the same time," he said.
"It will have to be addressed in the future, but the main priority is to get a link out to Estella and the university."
Bicycle Wagga Wagga committee member John Lewis has proposed a separate solution.
"The current route following the road is fairly boring. The better route would be to go down through the wetlands and follow the river," he said.
Alongside its function as a commuter cycleway, Mr Lewis believes the network would open the city up to new tourism operations.
"If you follow the scenic parts of the city, you take visitors around the best bits. It's off-road, through beautiful scenery," he said.
On the other side of the city, the Eastern Link through Forest Hill is also causing drama due to its proximity to the disused rail corridor.
Mr Lewis is in agreement with fellow active traveller Peter Fitzgerald, who lives near the most notorious stretch of the journey on Baker's Lane.
Taking the cycleway along the rail trail, instead of cutting across Vincent Road, will be the safest route.
"I'm a truck driver and in the fog, you just can't see a cyclist. By the time you spot them, it's too late and pulling out to give them that 1.5 metres distance makes it dangerous for cars coming the other way," Mr Fitzgerald said.
"The safest way to do it is to have the cyclists and runners and pedestrians going off-road, and that's along the rail corridor."