Wigram Street Pop-Up Cycleway Conversion - revised

This consultation closed at 5pm on Tuesday 29 August 2023.

In early 2023, Council invited the community to comment on the proposal to convert the Wigram Street pop-up to a permanent cycleway with additional streetscape improvements. We asked, which of two possible traffic configurations do you prefer?

The original options

Option 1 - proposed a route including a change to one-way northbound traffic on Wigram Street between Bowden Street and Allen Street.

Option 2 - proposed the existing pop-up cycleway route.

Option 1 (one-way traffic between Bowden Street and Allen Street) was preferred by the majority of survey participants.

Council also received feedback from NSW Fire and Rescue requestingone-way southbound traffic as their preference to maintain quick response times from Parramatta Fire Station to areas in Granville and Clyde.

The revised option

Council invited feedback on the southbound alternative:

• One-way southbound traffic on Wigram Street between Bowden Street and Allen Street;
• Make permanent and widen the separated cycleway from 2.4m to 3.0m;
• Replacement of the pop-up cycleway’s temporary barrier with a low 1.0m wide concrete separator;
• Removal of 1 x on-street parking space on the east verge of Wigram Street south of Bowden Street (previous option was for removal of 4 x on-street parking spaces at this location);
• Pavement marking and regulatory signs for the one-way on Wigram Street and advisory signs on Bowden Street.

Other features (same as original consultation)

• Widening the Cambridge Street south verge between Wigram Street and the zebra crossing near the rail bridge by 1.5m to allow for a widened footpath and separated cycleway;
• Undergrounding of overhead powerlines on the Cambridge Street south verge between Wigram Street and the zebra crossing near the rail bridge;
• Reinstating 7 x on-street parking spaces along the south verge of Cambridge Street between Wigram Street and the zebra crossing near the rail bridge;
• Widening the existing 2.1m wide shared path on the north verge of the Cambridge Street rail bridge to 3.5m wide;
• Constructing a new continuous footpath treatment on Tottenham Street at its intersection with Cambridge Street;
• Constructing a new continuous footpath treatment on Station Street W at its intersection with Cambridge Street;
• Providing a new raised zebra crossing on Wigram Street south of Allen Street;
• Raising the existing zebra crossing on Allen Street near Wigram Street;
• Landscape work on the affected Cambridge Street south verge;
• Tree replanting of any trees removed;
• Box marking of on-street parking;
• Reinstatement of signage and pavement marking; and
• Utility adjustments as required.

Proposed one-way southbound option - traffic arrangement

The revised traffic plan can be viewed under Resources with more information in the Frequently Asked Questions below.

Upon review and support by Council, and pending award of grant funding, the project will likely be delivered in 2025.