Project Status: Closed

Following consultation, we have published the Cooyong Street Concept Masterplan.

More information about the project is available on the City Renewal Authority website.

Thank you to those who provided feedback during the consultation period from 26 November 2024 - 26 February 2025. Consultation for Better City Streets has closed.

Thank you for taking part in the Better City Streets consultation for the Cooyong Street Concept Masterplan. Your contribution, along with more than 637 pieces of feedback from residents, businesses, property owners and managers, played a central role in shaping the final plan. Your insights helped us better understand how people use Cooyong Street how and what improvements would support a safer, greener and more accessible environment for the community. The full response to consultation findings is available in the listening report.

City Renewal sought your ideas and input on a concept masterplan outlining future public space upgrades on Cooyong Street to create better city streets.

A concept design master plan is a high-level plan for the future. It helps us know what to do and when to do it, so we can grow and improve the area.

The Cooyong Street project involves ideas and actions for improving north-south pedestrian connections between the City Centre and Braddon.

The goal is to make it safer and easier for residents, workers and visitors to move around Cooyong Street. This includes pedestrians, cyclists, those who use light rail and the bus network.

Many Canberrans rely on Cooyong Street to commute to work and to visit the city. We are focused on a design that compliments the current arrangements and achieves a balance of movement options including road and pedestrian and bike paths.

This will build on the Braddon streetscape upgrade and will invite more people to explore the precinct's bars, restaurants and retail shops, as well as nearby Haig Park.

We sought your insights on the potential impacts, opportunities, and challenges associated with the concept masterplan.

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

We were particularly interested in learning about:

• how you currently navigate Cooyong Street
• the features that bring you to the area
• your priorities for the street upgrades.

Your responses will inform the final concept masterplan and future designs.