Work Begins on Stage 2

With the busier holiday months behind us, we’re starting works on stage 2 of the Helensburgh Streetscape Masterplan project.

From Monday 21 February 2022, we’ll be onsite at Walker Street to prune the lower branches of the Brush Box trees that line the western side of the road. Once the trees are trimmed, we’ll begin work to install the new footpath and other traffic calming infrastructure to create a safer and more pleasant environment for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles.

Stage 1 of the Helensburgh Streetscape Masterplan was completed last year. Stage 2 will build upon these completed works to improve safety and accessibility for our community.

The Stage 2 upgrades include:

• a new pedestrian path along the western side of the street
• an upgrade of the pedestrian crossing at Coles and footpath upgrades on the eastern side from the crossing at Coles to the Short Street intersection
• pedestrian and road safety improvements at Short Street
• flattening of the steep parking lanes in Walker Street
• construction of a new roundabout and raised pedestrian crossing on the Lilyvale and Walker Street intersection.

Transport for NSW manages speed zone changes on our road network and have expressed support of the Helensburgh Town Centre becoming a 30km/h speed zone. These changes to speed zones will be looked at once stage 2 works are complete. We’ll continue to work closely with Transport for NSW to communicate any future changes to residents as they occur.

There will be intermittent disruptions to parking and detours during the works, but access to Short Street and Walker Lane will be retained at all times. Traffic control will be onsite to support drivers and pedestrians sharing the space and we ask that everyone drives to the conditions.

One of the parts of the project that we know interests our community is our work to preserve the important Brush Box trees that line Walker and Parkes streets. Council has a plan to preserve and protect all of the trees now and into the future and to achieve this, we’ve carried out detailed aboricultural investigations.