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Bourke Street Bicycle Route

In April 2007 City of Sydney adopted the Cycle Strategy and Action Plan 2007-2017. The strategy’s aim is to increase cycling by 500 per cent in the city, by providing the infrastructure to make cycling a more attractive choice.
The Bourke Street bicycle route is an early part of the City’s Strategy to increase the cycling  network to almost 200 kilometres. This includes 55 kilometres of separated cycle lanes and approximately 145 kilometres of cycleways, dedicated cycle lanes and shared zones.
The project runs from Cowper Wharf Roadway, Woolloomooloo to Elizabeth Street, Zetland and will provide a key 4.3km north/south bicycle corridor through Sydney’s inner east.

Design Staging

The overall length of the Bourke Street bicycle route and variety of different traffic conditions means the project has been divided onto 3 separate precincts to enable a coordinated approach to the design and construction process. Each precinct has been broken down as follows.

  • Precinct 1: On road bicycle path - Cowper Wharf Roadway to Eastern Distributor, east Sydney
  • Precinct 2: On road bicycle path - Eastern Distributor to Crescent Street/Philip Street Redfern
  • Precinct 3: Shared off road path from Crescent / Phillip Street – Elizabeth Street, Zetland.

Detailed investigation of Precinct 1 (between, Cowper Wharf Roadway to Eastern Distributor) is currently underway, Detailed design of Stage 2 is planned for late 2008, with design of Precinct 3 planned for late 2009.

Submissions

Submissions on Concept plans closed Friday 6 June 2008.

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Consultation and Feedback

Consultation on Concept Design Plans was undertaken between 26 March and 6 June 2008. City of Sydney also held public meetings in key precinct areas, which were attended by more than 190 people. On 24 May, three information sessions and a community workshop were held. Residents and stakeholders examined detailed maps and drawings at work tables. The sessions were led by an independent professional facilitator. Feedback was noted on a range of issues.

At the close of the submission period almost 850 submissions were received on the project.

City staff and specialist consultants are now reviewing the feedback, investigating suggestions, holding discussions with agencies and refining the designs before presenting them to the community and Council later on this year.

The Bourke Street Proposal

Precinct Maps

Below are the 7 maps with Concept Designs for the Bourke Street cycle way route from Cowper Warf Road Woolloomooloo to Elizabeth Street Zetland presented for consultation during April-June 2008. These cycleway plans are still only in draft form.

For More Information

City Liaison Officer
Precinct
David Robinson
Mobile: 0419 615 806

Project Manager
Fiona Lewis
Tel: 02 9265 9333

 

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Last Updated: Wednesday 27 May, 2009

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