Vehicle and Pedestrian Streets

Primary street access into the Macquarie Point site is via Evans Street. Streets are located adjacent the existing site buildings (Long House/Goods Shed/Red Shed) and, while convenient, this also extends the existing opportunities for sneaky ambling pedestrian connections through the existing Henry Jones/UTAS precinct from the waterfront.

Streets are 2-way with a dedicated cycle lane and ensure access to all buildings. Street layouts do not allow vehicle access all the way through the site. Street widths accommodate parking where required but preference pedestrians with generous footpaths, quality street furniture and vegetation.

The streets are sustainable and friendly. The Vision proposes electric fast-charging points in parking locations, impervious paving, bio-swales and rain gardens to limit, catch and treat surface water, and self-generating street lighting for safety and amenity. Streets will be activated by “lived in” features to generate community connectedness such as mini street libraries and street side stalls where residents can pass on that thumbed copy of Fifty Shades of Grey or offload an excess of the summer’s jam.