As a part-time resident I read again, in recent issues of The Echo, that all councillors/candidates questioned were in favour of the rail trail through the Byron Shire. It has been years of positive words, yet no evident action.
So Byron Shire remains cut off from accessing the amazing (and safe) rail trail to our north. Currently users would know that at the southern end the Northern Rivers rail trail ends abruptly at Wooyung Road, where if you wish to continue cycling or walking south you run the gauntlet on the Tweed Valley Way. This is an extremely unsafe piece of road.
Yet, the remedy is so simple. If (when) the rail trail is extended from Wooyung Road to Billinudgel these few kms instantly enable safe access to residents from Billinudgel, Ocean Shores, New Brighton, South Golden Beach, The Pocket, Main Arm and Mullumbimby. It would connect up with the existing cycle paths in/around Ocean Shores. From Mullum, cyclists could access a Billinudgel rail trail point by using Coolamon Scenic Drive.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
