Dunning Avenue cycleway in Rosebury ditched by council for a new ‘quiet way’
Image: The City of Sydney is planning a new 'quiet way' cycleway in Rosebery, replacing a pop-up on Dunning Avenue. Photo: City of Sydney.
By AMBER GRIFFIN
From May 2023, Rosebery businesses and residents will be saying goodbye to the controversial Dunning Avenue Cycleway in Rosebery and saying hello to a new solution.
The City of Sydney is removing the highly contested pop-up cycleway and replacing it with a new proposed cycleway plan named the ‘quiet way’.
According to their website, the City of Sydney cycleway project will utilise different measures to calm traffic including: new garden beds, new trees, changes to parking, changes to traffic priority and reduced speeds.
“We also propose to reduce traffic through changes to access for local streets including closing Spring Street at Epsom Road and Primrose Avenue at Gardeners Road. Vehicle access to all properties is retained, sometimes via alternate routes.”
Dunning Avenue Cycleway unsafe, says community
The original pop-up Dunning Avenue cycleway was heavily opposed by the Rosebery community due to safety issues. Community members urged the council to upgrade and widen the cycleway path.
In response, the City of Sydney unveiled the plan for the long awaited ‘quiet way’.
Several residents shared on the Rosebery community news forum that the original cycleway was a ‘total waste of council rates’ and that they have witnessed cyclists almost get hit by cars coming out of their driveways.
A commenter said that “the blind spots to oncoming traffic with the current cycleway are truly terrifying, and unfortunately it is still there until May 2023.”
Rosebery resident Connie Attard spoke out about the danger of the cycleway, saying that no cyclist wants to use it due to the possibility of being “doored”, and that it was a bad idea from the start.
“If the new ‘quiet way’ removes the blindspots and cyclists feel safer and more inclined to use it, that can only be a good thing” Attard said.
