Million dollar makeover for Hindley St west
The western end of Hindley Street will have narrower driving lanes, wider footpaths and new garden beds in the latest stage of city council upgrades to the street.
An Adelaide City Council visualisation of the stage 2 upgrades.
Information packs will be distributed to local traders and other stakeholders this week on the $1.25 million stage 2 redevelopment of the street.
A ‘draft detailed design’ for the upgrades includes a reduced road width with three metre-wide traffic lanes and significantly widened footpaths.
New street lights and new trees and garden beds will be added to the western section of the popular Adelaide strip, plus new parking spaces.
The Adelaide City Council’s administration has asked councillors to approve the budget for the project, which it says is “long overdue”.
“Hindley Street (west) is an important connector … between the river bank, residents, students and the medical precinct,” the administration’s bid for the 2016-17 budget says.
“… Hindley Street stage 2 is long overdue.
“This is a high-profile location with urgent works required to realise its role as a key city connector.”
The council’s head of city design and transport Daniel Bennett told InDaily that “construction will take place in line with feedback from traders”.
“It is likely that construction will occur on one side of the street then the other side, in order to minimise disruption to traders and the street.”
The council’s earlier upgrades to Hindley Street west were criticised when slippery pavers used on the road had to be covered by bitumen last year.
Bennett said the bitumen would remain.
