LGA to consider Campbelltown Council bike registration proposal at meeting today

UPDATED: THE state’s local councils have voted against supporting a bid to get cyclists to register their bikes — only two Adelaide councils wanted it to happen. What do you think? TAKE OUR POLL

Cyclist Bill Peters on the road wants Campbelltown Council to better mark space for cyclists. Roads are currently dangerous.

• Campbelltown councillor Neville Grigg wants to lobby for bicycle registrations

THE state’s local councils have voted against supporting a bid to get cyclists to register their bikes — only two Adelaide councils wanted it to happen.

Campbelltown Council had hoped its motion — asking the LGA to investigate lobbying the State Government to force all riders over 16 to have identification on their bikes, effectively introducing a registration system — would get the support of the state’s councils.

South Australian councils are in Adelaide today for a Local Government Association meeting.

The eastern Adelaide council argued registration would make it easier for the police and the public to identify riders who broke road rules.

But only West Torrens supported the move.

Councils vote against @CampbelltownSA motion to look at identification for bikes. Story: https://t.co/dGxwmje3VA #lga16ogm

— Eugene Boisvert (@eugeneboisvert) April 15, 2016

Earlier this week, Bike SA sent an email to its 6000 members urging them to lobby local mayors to oppose the motion.

Bike SA chief executive Christian Haag said such a scheme would likely cost more to run than the money it would raise in fees and fines.

“Registration is a barrier to getting people on a bike and we want more people on a bike,” Mr Haag said.

Campbelltown councillors voted 6:3 in March to put the motion to the LGA.

The motion was opposed by Campbelltown Mayor Simon Brewer. “I hope other councils don’t support it,” he said, ahead of today’s vote.

The council was instead represented at the meeting by deputy mayor Marikja Ryan and Cr Neville Grigg, who put up the motion.

“I think there’s got to be accountability on behalf of the bike riders,” Cr Grigg had argued.

“Identification would allow us to identify bike riders who misbehave.”

Other motions at today’s LGA meeting have included Marion Council wanting the State Government to abolish the Natural Resource Management levy, West Torrens wanting a review of the Australian Constitution, Adelaide City wanting compulsory voting, and several councils wanting to tackle the social damage caused by poker machines.

In other votes so far councils have:

SUPPORTED a push to stop collecting the Natural Resource Management levy on behalf the State Government

AGREED to lobby the State Government to allow small bar licenses outside of the CBD

REJECTED West Torrens Council’s call to include local government in the Australian constitution

LOOK at ways for councils to better support domestic violence victims.

.@LGAofSA members support @CityofProspect @DavidOLoughlin_ push to expand small bar licenses outside of CBD #lga16ogm

— Eugene Boisvert (@eugeneboisvert) April 15, 2016

LGA members vote for individual councils to join Alliance for Gambling reform rather than as a whole #lga16ogm

— Eugene Boisvert (@eugeneboisvert) April 15, 2016

.@WestTorrens motions to reform Australian and SA Constitutions to include local govt fail to get seconder #lga16ogm

— Eugene Boisvert (@eugeneboisvert) April 15, 2016

.@LGAofSA to inquire into what services available for #domesticviolence #lga16ogm pic.twitter.com/8ATL0nJF1O

— Eugene Boisvert (@eugeneboisvert) April 15, 2016

.@LGAofSA members vote unanimously against @LiberalSAHQ rate capping plan #lga16ogm

— Eugene Boisvert (@eugeneboisvert) April 15, 2016