Project Status: Active

The ACT Government's City Renewal Authority is seeking your ideas and input on the next stage of public realm upgrades along City Walk from Ainslie Place through to Allara Street to create better city streets.

The upgrades will transform more of Canberra’s main pedestrian-only shopping precinct into a more beautiful, accessible and functional outdoor living room.

These public realm upgrades are a crucial part of our ongoing urban renewal initiative, driven by the central location and the historical importance of this space as a meeting and gathering points for the people of Canberra.

The project – which builds on recent City Walk upgrades – is about creating a thriving central public space that drives economic activity in the City Centre.

We are seeking your insights on the potential impacts, opportunities, and challenges associated with this next stage of public realm upgrades.

Your feedback will help us understand what is important to all community members, including residents, workers, businesses and other visitors.

We're particularly interested in learning about:

• how you currently navigate City Walk
• the features that bring you to the area
• your priorities for the public realm upgrades.

Your responses will inform preliminary sketch plans and future designs.

Come and speak with us and share your feedback on the draft plans for City Walk from Ainslie Place through to Allara Street.

Complete our survey

Click here to complete the survey.

Visit a pop-up

Participate in a pop-up session to provide feedback on this project and all of our Better City Streets projects.

Additional engagement

We are also directly engaging with First Nation representatives, peak organisations, community groups, residents, businesses and building owners.

Your feedback is crucial to the success of the next stage of the City Walk upgrades and will inform the final plans. By sharing your thoughts, you'll help us:

• identify key priorities
• improve the quality of our streetscapes
• create greener and more pedestrian-friendly public spaces.

Your input will influence the design decisions that shape the future of City Walk.

Garema Place and City Walk are not only primary pedestrian areas of the city, but they are also a central part of Canberra’s central business district dominated by retail and commercial uses.

The upcoming design for a public realm upgrade for City Walk aims to extend and complement the successful 2020 upgrades to City Walk and align with the Garema Place upgrade (under construction).

The 2020 City Walk improvement project introduced landscaping, street furniture, and public art from Garema Place to Ainslie Place, creating a vibrant high street experience that has been warmly embraced by the community. As a result, there has been a remarkable 340 per cent increase in evening visitation to the area, leading to positive social and economic outcomes.

Building upon this success, the City Renewal Authority is now directing its efforts towards revitalising the City Walk area from Ainslie Place to Allara Street.