Courtenay Place Revitalisation - Kent/Cambridge Terrace

Work begins this month on the Kent/Cambridge Terrace pedestrian crossing/island in late April and runs until November 2025. This is the visual from the Council’s website.
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This is our understanding of what is happening, where and when.

This image shows the stages of work.
Green means daytime work = 9-4pm. Monday to Saturday.
Blue means nightshift work = 8pm-6am. Sunday to Thursday.

  • Stage 1: April-May. Temporary cycleway installed

  • Stage 2: May: New kerb installed

  • Stage 3: May-Oct: Centre island redevelopment

  • Stage 4: Sept-Oct: Embassy footpath

  • Stage 5: Oct: Removal of transitional cycleway/cycleway finalised going through the centre island

  • Stage 6 & 7: Oct: Underground utility works completed and centre island finished.

Stage 1: April-May - Temporary cycleway installed

This is the first piece of work. The cycleway will move from the Cambridge Street side to the Kent Terrace side. This will stay until October.

This is where the crossing will move to.
Pedestrians crossing from Kent Terrace will arrive near the Napoli restaurant side of Courtenay Place.

In this area
The cycle racks will stay. The motorcycle parking will move to allow the pavement to be expanded.

More things to know.

  • the existing crossing will remain in place until the new centre island work is completed.

  • there will be some traffic lane reductions during the work - which will be explained in a traffic management plan.

Mt Victoria Residents Association (MVRA) is very familiar with the current crossing and has asked the Council team to consider the following.

  • MVRA has asked for the current shelter arrangement on the Canal Reserve (that runs between Kent & Cambridge Terraces) to remain.
    They are hopeful the shelter will work for both north and south winds as the current one does (it is a reserve but here Council calls it an 'island'),

  • MVRA has also raised concerns about the design of a completely novel approach to pedestrian crossings with a bike lane running through the middle, which will create conflicts,

  • MVRA is concerned that the design does not provide enough space for this high use pedestrian area for pedestrians to wait in the middle - the proof of how well it works will come down to how long it takes to cross this new design and so the timing of the traffic lights is key,