At the Council Meeting on Wednesday 12 June, Council decided to proceed with the extension of the two-way bike lane on O’Hea Street between Sussex Street and Irvine Street.

Community feedback on this project was very positive, with 72 per cent of the 212 survey respondents responding in favour of the proposed bike lane extension.

Changes to the proposed design

Some changes will be made to our initial proposed design, based on community feedback.

The most common concern raised during the community engagement period was the safety of people walking and riding bikes crossing the side streets while travelling along O’Hea Street. As such, the design will be updated to improve safety at these crossings.

The design will also be updated to retain 10 well-established trees between Irvine Street and Hatter Street on the south side of O’Hea Street.

Keeping these trees requires changes to the initial design’s car parking impacts, as these trees will no longer be removed to create parking spaces. Instead, 6 new parking bays will be constructed further east on O’Hea Street without tree loss.

What happens next

We will now commence the final, detailed designs for this project, including design for the proposed diagonal bike crossing with a dedicated signal. The crossing design is subject to detailed design and approval from the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP).

The designs and signal plan are expected to be finalised by the end of 2024, so that construction can commence in the first half of 2025.

We will be in touch with affected residents prior to any works.

Thank you for your involvement and interest in this project.