sydney-city-centre-review-of-environmental-factors

S5: Broadway and Wattle Street (four options)
Currently, the majority of traffic entering the city centre from the south uses George
Street. The objective at Broadway would be to encourage traffic to transfer onto
Wattle Street. Four options emerged to facilitate this. Under all options, the
northbound western kerb bus lane would be removed to provide a new dedicated slip
lane from Broadway to Wattle Street. All options would also include a signalised
pedestrian crossing on the left-hand turn lane from Broadway onto the Wattle Street
slip road. Specifically:
‘Option a’ would create a new slip lane for northbound traffic entering Wattle
Street from Broadway. It would also include a number of pedestrian
improvements, conversion of the northern westbound kerb on the approach to
Abercrombie Street to a through and right-turn lane, and a reduction in the
available parking on the slip road
‘Option b’ would maintain the existing junction arrangement for northbound
traffic entering Wattle Street from Broadway, and consistent with ‘option a’ it
would also introduce pedestrian improvements, convert the northern
westbound kerb on the approach to Abercrombie Street to a through and rightturn
lane, and reduce the available parking on the slip road
‘Option c’ would create a new intersection point for northbound traffic entering
Wattle Street from the Broadway slip road consistent with ‘option a’, but it
would not include any significant pedestrian improvements or lane changes on
Abercrombie Street
‘Option d’ would be consistent with ‘option a’, with the exception that the
northern westbound kerb on the approach to Abercrombie Street would be
converted to a through and right-turn lane.
S6: Pitt Street (one option)
The traffic modelling identified that northbound traffic entering the city is constrained
on its entry from George Street (south of the intersection) into George Street (north of
the intersection) and Pitt Street due to the loss of the kerbside lane to a bus lane and
the presence of a kerb extension on the entrance to Pitt Street. This section of Pitt
Street is also identified as a major traffic corridor in the Access Strategy, to
accommodate north-south traffic displaced by the closure of part of George Street
to traffic under the CSELR. By modifying the intersection in these locations, an
additional general traffic lane could be provided into both streets. The option
includes:
Altering the kerbside bus lane and allowing its use by general traffic and
removing the extended kerb on the entry to Pitt Street to create three lanes on
the exit from the intersection into Pitt Street.
Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 29
Review of Environmental Factors