Sydney Road Improvement Project
Location:
Brunswick, Coburg
Type:
Road
Status:
Planned
We’ve created a survey so you can tell us what you think of Sydney Road now, and what you would like to see in the future.
Project update - Have your say
The survey will be open from Monday 24 June - Sunday 14 July 2019 and will take 10 - 15 minutes to complete.
Information sessions
Come and see the options, talk to our project team and give us feedback.
Brunswick
Where: Barkley Square, 90-106 Sydney Road, Brunswick
When: Wednesday 3 July 2019, 11am-2pm
OR
Where: Brunswick Town Hall, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick
When: Wednesday 10 July 2019
Times: 2-4pm or 6-8pm
Coburg
Where: Victoria Mall, 46 Victoria Street, Coburg
When: Thursday 4 July 2019, 11am-2pm
OR
Where: Coburg Court House, 1A Main Street, Coburg
When: Thursday 11 July 2019
Times: 2-4pm or 6-8pm
Project background
Sydney Road is a bustling shopping, entertainment and transport corridor, used by cars, pedestrians, cyclists and trams each day. Stretching north from Park Street, in Brunswick to Bell Street in Coburg, Sydney Road spans four kilometres.
In the five-year period to December 2018, there was a total of 223 casualty crashes between Park Street and Bell Street. Of those, 90 accidents involved cyclists, 23 were the result of car dooring, and one life was lost in March 2015.
As a result, the Sydney Road Improvement Project was developed to identify possible safety improvements for all road users.
VicRoads is using the Movement and Place framework to balance the limited road space along Sydney Road, identify new ways to move people, and support places where people work, play and stay.
See more information about Movement & Place.
Sydney Road co-design group
In early 2017, VicRoads coordinated a co-design group consisting of representatives from key stakeholder groups with an interest in Sydney Road including:
- Department of Transport (DoT)
- City of Moreland
- Coburg Traders Association
- RACV
- Revitalise Sydney Road
- VicRoads
- Yarra Trams
- Sydney Road Brunswick Association
- Bicycle Network Victoria
The co-design group worked collaboratively to propose ideas with the potential to improve safety for cyclists, pedestrians, motorists and public transport users. VicRoads is now seeking feedback on these proposals, to help us make decisions about Sydney Road in the future.