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West St cycle link likely to go ahead – North Sydney Sun

West St cycle link likely to go ahead

North Sydney Council is currently seeking community feedback on the final concept design for the West Street cycling, walking and streetscape upgrades.

The proposed project will install a 100m segregated cycleway between Pacific Highway and Ridge Street, running along the Union Hotel side. Also included are six new trees and rain gardens to reduce run-off into stormwater drains. Plus a continuous footpath that will be built across the intersection of West Street and Church Lane.

Back in 2013, the Council adopted the North Sydney Integrated Cycling Strategy with the view to “increase cycling as a sustainable transport option, which will also help to reduce traffic congestion and demand for parking; reduce air and noise pollution; improve community health and wellbeing; and create opportunities for community interaction and connectedness.” This report put the Sydney Harbour Bridge to Cammeray via West Street as route 1 and marked it as high priority.

As part of this report, community and stakeholder feedback indicated from those living and cycling in the North Sydney LGA that 60-70% of non-regular bike riders would cycle if it was made a safer and more convenient transport option. The area’s natural and built features offer a pleasurable recreational ride also.

In 2019, the council built a bidirectional cycleway that linked West St to Neutral Bay via Ridge St and a Warringah Freeway pedestrian overpass. The new link extends this route from Neutral Bay to Pacific Highway.

Carolyn New from Bike North, a non-profit community based bicycle user group, welcomed the plans but believes they need to go further: “We urge that Council pushes Transport for NSW hard to build a separate bike path along the Pacific Highway from Arthur Street (near Middlemiss St) and connecting directly into a West Street Cycleway.”

On 26 September, Council resolved to progress the concept designs of Stages 2 and 3 while implementing Stage 1. These stages would likely include plans to connect the West St cycleway down to North Sydney CBD and up to Cammeray.

At the conclusion of the feedback phase, a final design will be adopted and construction is likely to begin mid-2023.

https://yoursay.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/west-street