New Community Path Priority Request List

The ACT Government recognises the importance of improving community paths and cycling facilities to provide safe and attractive routes in the ACT for people to use. Community paths in Canberra have been built over many years to the design standards of the era in which they were built. The ACT Government is working hard to better connect existing path networks and create new connections. This is a significant undertaking that needs to be approached strategically, which involves assessing and prioritising requests.

To deliver these requests in the best way, the process involves assessing and prioritising new path requests to ensure those with the most benefit to the community are delivered first. Requests are assessed on whether a safe path can be provided for all path users, and if this can be met then four assessment criteria are applied to prioritise the requests:

  • Strategic - how the request completes the routes identified in the ACT Strategic Cycling Network plan or Town/Group Centre Masterplans, which outline the priority improvement corridors, connections to the proposed surrounding network and its value within the network;
  • Community – proximity to community trip generators and attractors within residential areas, such as schools, shops, businesses and parks;
  • Public Transport – proximity to relevant public transport facilities; and
  • Demand – presence of desire lines or expected demand for a path.

All community path requests are subject to future capital upgrade funding from Treasury and other competing priorities across the ACT Government.

Path requests that have been assessed will be placed on the Community Path Priority Request list to be considered in future upgrades.

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Identified locations that have completed detailed design drawings and are awaiting funding for construction (PCF)

Street – Road Name / Suburb / Description / Pending funding for Construction
Mildura Street / Fyshwick / Connect path from outside 19 Mildura Street (Jim Murphy’s) to existing bus stop number 2945 (Mildura St Opposite Fyshwick Markets) / PCF
MirrabeiDrive Roundabout with Paul Coe Crescent (south) / Ngunnawal / Provide addition path adjacent to Mirrabei Drive and connect to existing path and kerb ramp at Paul Coe Crescent. / PCF
Cowper Street / Dickson / Widen existing path from Cowper Street bridge near Dickson Place along path until path nears fence line. / PCF
Canberra Avenue (near Underwood Street) / Harmon / Provide path link from main community path to on-road cycle path (shoulder) / PCF
Coulter Drive (Southern Cross Drive with Luxton Street Intersection to Nettlefold Street / Belconnen / Provide path on eastern verge from existing path on Nettlefold Street, along verge of Coulter Drive and connect to existing path at intersection. / PCF
Drakeford Drive / Wanniassa / Connect path from existing bus stop 1372 (Drakeford Drive before Taverner Street) along verge of Drakeford Drive and provide a connection to existing intersection and path from Langridge Street. / PCF
Glenorchy Street / Lyons / Provide path along the entire verge of Glenorchy Street, from Launceston Street intersection to Marrawah Street.
Due to existing services, path is located on eastern verge from Launceston Street up to Deloraine Street, where it crosses the road and continues along the northern verge until Marrawah Street. Kerb ramps are provided across Glenorchy Street. / PCF
Longstaff Street / Lyneham / Complete path along Long Staff Street and connections into side streets. / PCF
Were Street / Calwell / Connect existing paths along northern verge of Were Street from existing roundabout through to existing path at intersection of Webber Crescent. Zebra crossings to be provided on the approach and departure of the roundabout on Were Street. / PCF

Identified locations that are awaiting funding to complete detailed design and construction (PDCF)

Street – Road Name / Suburb / Description / Pending funding for Design and Construction
Moore Street / Turner / Widen existing path from McKay Street to Barry Drive. / PDCF
Sternberg Crescent / Wanniassa / Regrade existing steep paths to Sternberg Crescent underpass / PDCF
McBryde Crescent / Wanniassa / Pave desire line from Wynne Street, along McBryde Crescent and connection to existing shared path. / PDCF
McBryde Crescent / Wanniassa / Provide path from existing path outside Trinity Christian School, along verge of McBryde Crescent to existing pedestrian refuge and bus stop 1181 (McBryde Crescent opposite Mackillop College) / PDCF
Barr Smith Avenue / Bonython / Provide missing link between existing paths at Ebenezer Street to just after Derrington Crescent. / PDCF
Angas Street / Ainslie / Pave desire line on Angas Street verge, from existing path into Ainslie Football Park northward to connect to existing path outside Ainslie Football and Social Club. / PDCF
Link Tyrrell Circuit to Baldwin Drive / Kaleen / Open Space link from existing path near Tyrrell Circuit westwards adjacent to Kaleen Community Garden and Baldwin Drive / PDCF
Link Wambool Street to Kootara Crescent / Narrabundah / Open Space link from existing pedestrian walkway from Wambool Street, past playground and around school oval and connect to Kootara Crescent / PDCF
Cockcroft Avenue / Monash / Provide path from bus stop 1441 (Cockcroft Avenue after Barraclough Crescent) along verge of Cockcroft Avenue, up to existing paths near intersection with Barraclough Crescent and pave desire line into shopping area. / PDCF
Liardet Street / Weston / Pave design line along Liardet Street verge from Streeton Drive underpass, northwards past bus stops and connect to existing path at 41-43 Liardet Street.
Provide path from end of existing path from Hindmarsh Drive underpass, east along front of car park and connect to existing path by roundabout. / PDCF
Off Batchelor Street and Horrocks Street Intersection / Torrens / Pave pedestrian walkway between 35-37 Batchelor Street, through to verge of Athllon Drive. / PDCF
Antill Street / Watson / Provide path from existing bus stop 3196 (Antill Street after Antill Service Road) along verge until cross road and down Antill Street Service Road. / PDCF
Macpherson Street / O’Conner / Widen existing path on Macpherson Street between Moorhouse Street and Bluebell Street. / PDCF
Ellenborough Street / Lyneham / From Barton Highway crossing, continue existing on-road path adjacent to Ellenborough Street around corner and provide new connection to off-road network. / PDCF
Launceston Street / Lyons / Provide missing path link from bus stop 2072 (Launceston Street after Burnie Street), past Lyons Informal Oval to connect with existing paths at Launceston Street underpass. / PDCF
Howett Street / Kingston / Widen existing path on western verge of Howett Street, between Eyre Street and Dawes Street. / PDCF

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Current New Community Path Priority Request List as at 16 March 2018

MCR – Main Community Route

Number / Road / Location / Type / Suburb
1 / Worgan and Melrose Drive Intersection / Worgan Street / Off-road / Phillip
2 / Torrens Street / Torrens Street from Cooyong to Girrawheen St / Off-road / Braddon
3 / McCaughey Street - Widen existing MCR / Masson Street to Barry Drive / Off-road / Turner
4 / Darling Street / Intersection with Belmore Crescent / Off-road / Barton
5 / Corinna St West and Melrose Drive Intersection / Corinna St and Melrose Drive Intersection / Off-road / Phillip
6 / Clunies Ross Road / Link to West Basin path / Off-road / Acton
7 / Canberra Ave and Sturt Ave Intersection / Missing link on left hand verge area / Off-road / Griffith
8 / New South Wales Crescent / Arc link in front of School Entrance / Off-road / Barton
9 / Horse Park Drive and Gungahlin / Provide connection to Casey shops / Off-road / Ngunnawal
10 / Streeton Drive and Freemantle Intersection / Provide link to community route through open space (south) / Off-road / Stirling
11 / Mawson Place / From Heard Street to the tennis courts / Off-road / Mawson
12 / Darling Street / between Sanford and Lysaght St / Off-road / Mitchell
13 / off Sherratt Place Car Park South / Provide connection to link Community Route / Off-road / Stirling
14 / Soward Way / Soward Way link from Hockey Car Park / Off-road / Greenway
15 / Elouera Street / From Torrens Street to Donaldson Street / Off-road / Braddon
16 / Streeton Drive On-Road Cycle Lanes / Between Hilder Road and Namatjira Drive / On-road / Holder
17 / Between Neemarang Crescent and Damala Street / Open Space - widen MCR / Off-road / Waramanga
18 / Bowen Place / Kings Avenue Bridge to Bowen park / Off-road / Barton
19 / Phillip Avenue / Widen paved area at zebra crossing to match desire lines / Off-road / Hackett
20 / Taverner Street to existing underpass - Request 2 / Adjacent Taverner Street in open space / Off-road / Oxley
21 / Blackman Crescent / Blackman Crescent / Off-road / Macquarie
22 / Gill Street / Complete short section of path on Gill Street / Off-road / Lyneham
23 / Bowman Street / Bowman Street / Off-road / Macquarie
24 / Well Station Drive / from Thea Astley Street to Flemington Road / Off-road / Franklin
25 / Southern Cross Drive / From Kingsford Smith Drive to underpass east of Chewings Street (southern side) / Off-road / Scullin
26 / Haydon Drive On Road Cycle Lanes / All Haydon Drive both ways / On-road / Bruce
27 / Fairbairn Avenue On Road Cycle lanes / Complete on-road cycle lanes up to Northcote Drive / On-road / Campbell
28 / Brookes Street / Between Lysaght St and Sandford St / Off-road / Mitchell
29 / National Circuit / 3 - 7 National Cct / Off-road / Barton
30 / Haydon Drive / Between Purdie Street and Mary Potter Circuit / Off-road / Bruce
31 / Drakeford Drive On-Road Cycle Lanes - north / Northbound Athllon Drive and Taverner Street / On-road / Wanniassa
32 / Drakeford Drive On-Road Cycle Lanes - south / Southbound Athllon Drive and Taverner Street / On-road / Wanniassa
33 / Empire Circuit - Canberra Ave / Pave both desire lines across intersection / Off-road / Forrest
34 / Southern Cross Drive Off Road / Southern Verge Coulter Drive to Chewings Street / Off-road / Page
35 / Clive Steel Ave / Provide path links across Isabella Drive roundabout / Off-road / Monash
36 / Athllon Drive and Shea Street Intersection / Link over stormwater drain and connect to MCR / Off-road / Phillip
37 / Medley Street / Medley Street / Off-road / Chifley
38 / Federal Highway / Link MCR between Stirling Avenue and Antill Street / Off-road / Watson
39 / Flynn Drive - 2nd link / Lake Path Link to MCR / Off-road / Yarralumla
40 / Fullagar Cres - Higgins Oval / Fullagar Cres - Higgins Oval / Off-road / Higgins
41 / Canberra Avenue / On service lane, at Ipswich Street end cul-de-sac / Off-road / Fyshwick
42 / Jerrabomberra Ave / on-road cycle lane and off-road cycle path in northbound Jerrabomberra Ave across Symonston and Narrabundah / Off-road / Narrabundah
43 / Eloura Street / Provide path around Rugby League Park / Off-road / Braddon
44 / Denison Street / From King St to bus stop outside The Mint / Off-road / Deakin
45 / Open space behind Beracchi Street / Widen existing off road main path from Mawson Dr / Off-road / Mawson
46 / Well Station Drive / from Hoskins Street to Flemington Road / Off-road / Mitchell
47 / Jerrabomberra Avenue On Road Cycle Lanes / From Goyder Street to Sir Harold Reggatt / On-road / Symonston
48 / Belconnen Way / From Kingsford Smith Drive to Coulter Drive / Off-road / Page
49 / off Jabanungga Avenue / Pave desire line from intersection to shops / Off-road / Ngunnawal
50 / Bagot Street - open space / End of Bagot Street to MCR / Off-road / O'Connor
51 / Higinbotham Street / Link MCR along street alignment and school / Off-road / Watson
52 / Ginninderra Drive / UC entrance to Aikman Drive (southern side) / Off-road / Bruce
53 / Drakeford Drive On-Road Cycle Lanes / northbound between two intersections with Ohalloran Circuit / On-road / Kambah
54 / Wentworth Avenue / Crossing Wentworth Avenue near Burke Cres / Off-road / Kingston
55 / Brisbane Ave/Telopea Park / Crossing from Brisbane Ave towards the lake / Off-road / Barton
56 / Flinders Way / Pave Desireline near AMAYA - steep grades / Off-road / Griffith
57 / Telopea Park On-Road Cycle Lanes / Full length both directions / On-road / Barton
58 / Chowne Street and Page Street / entire streets / Off-road / Campbell
59 / Ainsworth Avenue / Ainsworth Avenue near Alsop Close / Off-road / Mawson
60 / Flynn Drive - 1st link / Lake Path Link to MCR / Off-road / Yarralumla
61 / Gilmore Crescent / Widen intersecting paths in open space at underpass / Off-road / Garran
62 / Yamba Drive / from Mawson Drive to Julia Flynn Drive / Off-road / Mawson
63 / Cotter Road / Complete main off road path from Pearlman Street bridge / Off-road / Coombs
64 / Jerrabomberra Avenue On-Road Cycle Lanes / from Hindmarsh Drive to Captain Cook Crescent / On-road / Kingston
65 / Heysen Street / From Hilder St to Devonport St / Off-road / Lyons
66 / Garran Primary School / Complete path from Robson Street to Gilmore Crescent adjacent car park / Off-road / Garran
67 / Bernacchi Street / Bernacchi Street / Off-road / Mawson
68 / Federal Highway On Road Cycle lanes / Near Stirling Avenue / On-road / Watson
69 / Newcastle Street On-Road Cycle Lanes / From Iron Knob Street to Dairy Road / On-road / Fyshwick
70 / Carnegie Crescent / Finniss Crescent to Walker Crescent / Off-road / Narrabundah
71 / Limestone and Majura Avenue On-Road Cycle Lanes / Limestone and Majura Avenue / On-road / Ainslie
72 / Annabelle View / Between existing path and the share path / Off-road / Coombs
73 / Southern Cross Drive before Ratcliffe / Pave desire line from off road path to Bus Stop 5028 / Off-road / Florey
74 / Cowper Street On-Road Cycle Lanes / Limestone Avenue to Antill Street / On-road / Ainslie
75 / Monaro Crescent Part 2 / From existing bus stop to Golden Grove / Off-road / Red Hill
76 / Boronia Drive / extend shared path along Boronia Drive to bridge located on Wattle Street / Off-road / Lyneham
77 / Cohen Street / Between Nettlefold St and Lathlain St / Off-road / Belconnen
78 / Open Space behind Dooland Crescent / Adjacent Gungahlin Drive from Lexcen Avenue / Off-road / Nicholls
79 / Taverner Street to Soward Way - Request 1 / Adjacent Drakeford Drive open space / Off-road / Oxley
80 / Nudurr Drive / Nudurr Drive Extension - shorter length to school / Off-road / Palmerston
81 / Grevillea Park / Foreshore path parallel to Menindee Drive / Off-road / Barton
82 / Moyes Crescent / Southern verge between Flack Street and Starke Street / Off-road / Holt
83 / Belconnen Way On-Road Cycle Lanes / From Kingsford Smith Drive to Coulter Drive / On-road / Page
84 / Captain Cook Crescent / Pave alleyway next to McDonalds drive-thru / Off-road / Griffith
85 / Horse Park Drive / Off Road path from Anthony Rolfe to Gundaroo Drive / Off-road / Gungahlin
86 / Kuringa Drive / Kingsford Smith Drive to Barton Highway / Off-road / Spence
87 / Drakeford Drive Underpass Noorooma Street / Drakeford Drive Underpass Noorooma Street / Off-road / Isabella Plains
88 / Macfarland Cres - Open Space Link / From Whitelaw St to Macfarland Cres / Off-road / Pearce
89 / Limestone Avenue / Provide link from Anzac Parade to bus stop / Off-road / Reid
90 / Antill Street On-Road Cycle Lanes / from Federal Highway to Aspinall Street / On-road / Watson
91 / Haig Park Link / Between Condamine Street and Masson St / Off-road / Turner
92 / Hoskins Street / Between Well Station Drive and Vicars St / Off-road / Mitchell
93 / Haines Street to Yolla Place / Open space connection / Off-road / Curtin
94 / Dumas Street / entire street / Off-road / McKellar
95 / Eyre Street / Between Causeway and Jerrabomberra Wetlands / Off-road / Kingston
96 / Dexter Street / Dexter Street / Off-road / Cook
97 / Lister Crescent / Lister Crescent / Off-road / Ainslie
98 / Maribyrnong Avenue / Pram Ramp Request / Off-road / Kaleen
99 / Giles St / Giles St / Off-road / Kingston
100 / Monaro Crescent Part 1 / Provide link from roundabout to existing bus stop / Off-road / Red Hill
101 / Jardine Street / Jardine Street near Telopea Park / Off-road / Kingston
102 / Groom Street / Groom Street / Off-road / Hughes
103 / off Michael Holt Crescent / Open Space bridge improvement / Off-road / Conder
104 / off Katoomba Street and Wimmera Street / behind school / Off-road / Harrison
105 / Parkin Street / Horrocks Street to Beasley Street / Off-road / Torrens
106 / Pialligo Avenue at Brindabella Circuit roundabout / Complete missing link in on-road cycle network / Off-road / Pialligo
107 / Arndell Street / Complete path from Richmond Street to Fulton Street / Off-road / Macquarie
108 / Dixon Drive to Cotter Road Underpass / Dixon Drive to Cotter Road Underpass / Off-road / Holder
109 / Gurrang Avenue / Adjacent to open space Between Bunburung Close and Barunga St / Off-road / Ngunnawal
110 / Cycle Ramp on Barton Highway / southbound offroad cycle path 60m sth of Gungahlin Dr offramp / On-road / Mitchell