It’s just a 700 metre stretch of pathway but a soon-to-be constructed ‘‘missing link’’ has prompted celebrations among Brisbane’s northside cycling community.

Northside cyclists have long believed themselves to be the poor cousins of their southside counterparts when it has come to investment in cycling infrastructure, with no continuous off road path to take them into the CBD.

So the news that stage 1A of the north Brisbane bikeway went out to tender earlier this month has been greeted with joy.

The path will run behind the RNA showgrounds and link O’Connell Terrace in Bowen Hills with an existing path that runs beside Victoria Park Golf Course.

If all goes according to plan, the project will be complete in early 2015, according to state Member for Brisbane Central, Robert Cavallucci.