Councillor Abiad moves to have one lane of traffic between Carrington and Wakefield but two lanes north of Wakefield


The agenda of the special meeting to be held on Tuesday 7 March 2017 has been uploaded to our website.

20170307 Adelaide City Council Special Meeting Agenda

The essential elements of Councillor Abiad’s motion are that the previous motion to replace the existing bikeway to enable two lanes of peak hour traffic be revoked, and that Council

1, Approves the following detailed design approach for the separated North-South City Bikeway:

  1. 1.1  Regent Street North and Frome Street, between Carrington Street and Wakefield Street (2 city blocks) to be one lane of traffic in each direction at all times, with on-street parking at all times, as per the existing configuration.
  2. 1.2  Frome Street between Wakefield Street and North Terrace (5 city blocks) to be two lanes of traffic in each direction during peak periods only, and on-street parking at all other times.

That is, the existing Frome Bikeway between Wakefield and Pirie Streets would be replaced with a (thinner) bikeway that would consistent with the design north of Pirie Street.