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October 20, 2021
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Closed bypass

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Kevin Hunt, Byron Bay

I do not understand why The Echo has not tried to drill down to why the Council has not opened the completed town bypass for the two busiest traffic months of the year in Byron.

A few incomplete sound walls is the ‘official reason’, but why is the completed footpath not open to pedestrians and cyclists?

Something does not seem right.

 

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