Car-free green corridor connecting Cooks River to Sydney Harbour to open in 2025

<p>Local mayor says inner west GreenWay and new Metro line will be ‘truly transformative’, getting people out of cars on to bikes, scooters and walking</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/07/results-2025-federal-election-live">Full federal election results: live Australian Senate seat count</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-election-2025">See our full coverage of the Australian election</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>A 6km bicycle and pedestrian path that will run along a 100-year-old rail corridor and connect two of Sydney’s most popular waterside walks is set to open later this year.</p><p>The Minns government said on Friday that the GreenWay – stretching north from the Cooks River in Earlwood through the inner west to the Bay Run on Parramatta River at Iron Cove – was 80% complete.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/09/car-free-green-corridor-connecting-cooks-river-to-sydney-harbour-to-open-in-2025">Continue reading...</a>