Grand Pacific Walk, Austinmer

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Consultation has concluded

As part of our commitment to improve cycling links throughout Wollongong, we are proposing to build a 2.5m wide shared user path in Austinmer. It will run alongside the coastal roads from Herah’s Beach to Headlands Hotel.

This proposed section of the Grand Pacific Walk will make it safer for cyclists and pedestrians to ride and walk in Austinmer. These upgrades are an important connecting link in the Wollongong cycling network being developed as part of the Wollongong Cycling Strategy 2030.

This project is funded by the NSW Government under the Get NSW Active Program 2022/23.

Check out the draft plans here.

For more information and to share your thoughts on the Grand Pacific Walk in Austinmer.

You can find out more by reading the FAQs and viewing the plans. To make comment, you can:

Accessibility, mobility or language assistance
If you’re d/Deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech or language difficulty, you can contact us through the National Relay Service. If you need an interpreter, you can contact us through the Translating and Interpreting Service on 131 450. You’ll need to provide our phone number 02 4227 7111 for either service. If you would like to attend the information sessions and have accessibility or mobility requirements, please let us know how we can support your attendance. We can also arrange for an interpreter to come along to help residents who have difficulty communicating in English. To arrange support, please contact engagement@wollongong.nsw.gov.au

Join the conversation
Share your feedback with the project team by 14 December 2023

Submissions become public documents and may be viewed by other persons on request. Please read Council's Privacy Policy before submitting your feedback.

As part of our commitment to improve cycling links throughout Wollongong, we are proposing to build a 2.5m wide shared user path in Austinmer. It will run alongside the coastal roads from Herah’s Beach to Headlands Hotel.

This proposed section of the Grand Pacific Walk will make it safer for cyclists and pedestrians to ride and walk in Austinmer. These upgrades are an important connecting link in the Wollongong cycling network being developed as part of the Wollongong Cycling Strategy 2030.

This project is funded by the NSW Government under the Get NSW Active Program 2022/23.

Check out the draft plans here.

For more information and to share your thoughts on the Grand Pacific Walk in Austinmer.

You can find out more by reading the FAQs and viewing the plans. To make comment, you can:

Accessibility, mobility or language assistance
If you’re d/Deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech or language difficulty, you can contact us through the National Relay Service. If you need an interpreter, you can contact us through the Translating and Interpreting Service on 131 450. You’ll need to provide our phone number 02 4227 7111 for either service. If you would like to attend the information sessions and have accessibility or mobility requirements, please let us know how we can support your attendance. We can also arrange for an interpreter to come along to help residents who have difficulty communicating in English. To arrange support, please contact engagement@wollongong.nsw.gov.au

Join the conversation
Share your feedback with the project team by 14 December 2023

Submissions become public documents and may be viewed by other persons on request. Please read Council's Privacy Policy before submitting your feedback.

Consultation has concluded

  • Update - Engagement Findings

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    Thank you to everyone who participated in this engagement by providing comments on the Grand Pacific Walk, Austinmer proposed shared path plans.

    What we heard from the community

    Community response was enthusiastic about the connectivity of the proposed shared path, the much-needed upgrade to the current path and the positive effects on the local community’s health, safety and increased accessibility to Wollongong

    However, submissions highlighted the community’s concerns on the safety of the shared paths, specifically the conflict between cyclists, pedestrians, residents and traffic. Additional concerns included the plan’s effect on the environment, parking and traffic.

    A number of submissions detailed possible alternate plans for the proposed shared path, specifically requesting the path continue along Lawrence Hargrave Drive as an alternate to the Little Austinmer Lane route.

    Council received multiple submissions from Little Austinmer Lane residents concerned about how the shared path and how it’s construction would affect their properties, amenities and safety. Council reassured residents that were concerned about losing access from

    Glastonbury Gardens to Little Austinmer Beach that access would remain.

    Engagement Participation

    147

    surveys and emails received

    45

    face to face conversations

    192

    voices heard



    Next steps

    Your feedback is important and is one factor of the decision-making process for Council. There is a whole range of things that are important in how we make a decision. The graphic below shows some of the factors we consider in our decision making:

    Engagement on this project has now closed for any future enquiries related to this project, please contact our Community Facilities Team on 02 4227 7111 or at council@wollongong.nsw.gov.au(External link). As this project progresses, you will be able to see updates on our media channels.

    Read the full Engagement Report