City of Sydney moves ahead with cycleways

The City of Sydney has moved into the implementation phase of its plan to build 55km of separated cycleways across the council area and eventually link to a 200km cycle network across fifteen city councils.


Yesterday the City of Sydney announced it would be moving ahead with five major separated cycleway projects as well as the construction of 35km of separated cycleways on local streets and a study into a city-wide bicycle hire service.


The five major new cycleway projects are:


King Street, Sydney


A dedicated cycleway on King St between Sussex and Kent is currently under construction in the CBD.  This will form an East-West connection between the Pyrmont Bridge and Clarence Street, which is planned to become the major North-South cycle route through the CBD.  The bottom end of the Clarence Street cycleway will connect with Druitt and continue East along Park.


Bourke Street


The Bourke Street cycleway is the main north-south cycleway connecting William Street, Darlinghurst to the new major centre to be developed at Green Square.  Plans for comment on this development will be made available on the City of Sydney website tomorrow.


Missenden Road

A separated cycleway will be built along the Eastern side of Missenden from Parramatta Road to King St, Newtown.  The Southern end will connect with existing cycle paths on Bucknell and Wilson Streets while the Northern end is planned to connect to future cycleways along Pyrmont Bridge Road and on to Glebe.  Construction on this cycleway is expected to commence in mid 2009.  The proposed plan is currently online here and the public have been invited to discuss the route with planners at the Ridges Hotel, 9 Missenden Road, Camperdown at 6.30pm on Wednesday 10 December.


College Street, Sydney


The footpath along College Street alongside the park will be widened to allow a pedestrians and cyclists access to a new shared path along the route.  The widening of the footpath will absorb the parking lane along the western side of College Street.  Plans can be viewed here and comments will be sought when the development application goes to the Planning Department.


Union Street, Pyrmont


This cycleway will connect to the Anzac Bridge via Miller Street in the West and with the Pyrmont Bridge in the East and connect with the King Street CBD route.  This plan is currently on exhibition and submission for comment close tomorrow.  The plans can be viewed here.