New bike locker to help the daily bike commute

4 August 2017

Staff and shoppers making the daily journey to Orange’s main shopping area have a more secure place to store their bicycle with the opening of a new bike-locker in the Orange City Centre car park.

The new locker was installed by Orange City Council with funding from the NSW Government’s RMS Cycle Towns program.

Owner of the City Centre business, ‘Snack Shack’, Garry Kearl is a regular bike rider.

“The new bike locker will make it easier,” Garry Kearl said. “It’s got to be safer than it was before.”

SECURE : Enjoying the new bike locker in the underground car park at the Otrange City Centre are (l. to r.) Snack Shack owner Garry Kearl, Centre Manager Nicole Chapman and Urban PLanning consultant Shah Alford.

Orange City Centre Manager Nicole Chapman has welcomed the opportunity to broaden the parking options for both staff and customers and highlight that no carparking spaces were lost in the creation of the new locker facility.

“We were delighted to work with Orange City Council on this project as we believe it is a great addition to the existing services provided within the Centre,” Nicole Chapman said.

“We hope the free facility provides a more secure area for staff to store their bikes and we would love to see more people take advantage of this too, both in Centre and other members of the community who work within the CBD.”

“The Centre car park is open from 7.45am to 6.30 daily.”

There is no charge for using the locker. People who want to use the facility can get access to a key from the centre manager. The option of a key-pad system that can be unlocked with a code is being explored.

The locker is well-lit and enclosed in steel mesh. It has been built in an under-cover section of the car park, near the Post Office Lane pedestrian entrance to the car park. It’s open for all CBD commuters to use.

The locker includes 5 hanging-racks where each rider can lock their own bike using their own bike chain. There is further space for casual bicycle ‘stabling’ adjacent, using four other bicycle hoops. Any rider who wants to use the locker should contact the Centre Management on 6361 3879.