CBD What the Community told us Concerns • Walking and Cycling • No pedestrian routes for walkers travelling to the CBD from Estella
Opportunities • Maintained cycling and pedestrian paths. Ideally paths should be separate low-levelled bridges
• Jay-walking • Gobbagombalin Bridge is not sufficiently built for safe walking particularly from the city to the university • Insufficient number of cycle paths around the city and Pine Gully Road • Safety concerns for shared zones with vehicles and pedestrians particularly throughout the CBD • Due to the safety (particularly at night) and infrastructure concerns for pedestrians, walkers have become discouraged and are relying on cars
• Link Estella and Wagga Wagga City by cycling/pedestrian paths • Make Baylis Street a ‘naked street’ (car free) to increase the number of walkers and socializing • Encourage more bicycle use and walking by promoting different walking themes around town. - “Heritage” walk around CBD – churches, streets named after battles and soldiers
• Lack of connectivity of cycle paths around Wagga Wagga • Vehicles are often unaware of cyclist’s presence. This hinders the safety of bike riders, pedestrians and vehicles; in particular those who are less experienced and are of the younger generations • Cars, Traffic and Roads
• Link Estella and Wagga City, as well as between San Isidore and CBD by simple cycling paths. In particular, Council should look to widen the Gobbagombalin Bridge from and approaching the CBD and connecting paths to surrounding suburbs due to the lack of cyclist safety
• Heavy traffic causing danger at roundabouts • Safety • Too much reliance on cars • Traffic in CBD
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• Implement traffic lights for when drivers are approaching the Mecure roundabout • Provide consistent speed limits within city, conduct more regular maintenance of roads
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