Wider Footpaths At Luxford Road, North Mount Druitt And People That Change Signs!

Blacktown City Council are not only looking at improvements, they are doing more improvements. I have noticed at Luxford Road, North Mount Druitt, the old footpaths are being replaced by wider footpaths at the east end of Shennan Walk Way.
 
This could be so that it is suitable for a shared cycle way, that Blacktown City Council  has on Bike Paths and Cycle ways Plan: Click here under Council's Bike Plan 2013 

In fact, this widen of the footpath is path for the new Mount Druitt Hospital to Shennan Walkway shared cycle path.

In Mount Druitt there is a few suburbs that don't even have shared cycleways  or cycleways going through their own heart shops area: Bidwill, Shalvey, Willmot, Emerton, Tregear, Lethbridge Park, Hassall Grove, Whalan, Mount Druitt Village and no connection between Rooty Hill to Mount Druitt via North Parade.

This sign was placed to prevent the community to walk up the path and not proceed in the area, where Blacktown City Council's contractors  were working on above. You wouldn't believe what happened to me on last Thursday the sign was turned around  by a community member that wanted to confuse the rest of the community and have people walk up and ride their cycles up the path, where it was closed.  I turned it so it was how it was on the picture. A gentleman said, 'Why did you do that? I'll turn it around when I come back!' as he rode his cycle without helmet up the path. I actually said Blacktown City Council put it there for a reason!

People in the community don't understand signs are there for a reason, even if this this sign was there for a temporary time. I think it would look more official if it  had a "Blacktown City Council Sing" not a "DMR Sign", which is out of date as it stands for "Department of Main Roads"!