The proposal involves:

• Resurfacing the road, adjusting drainage and installing new line marking
• Providing right turn and left turn lanes into Stanford Street, Greta Street and Heddon Street
• Building three concrete pedestrian refuges and a wide painted central median to allow pedestrians to cross one direction of travel at a time
• Adjusting parking to accommodate the left turn lanes and pedestrian refuges, which will involve installing a section of angled parking between Merthyr Street and Stanford Street, and Stanford Street and Greta Street.
• Removing some parking spaces in front of properties to accommodate the new proposed pedestrian refuges.

Cessnock City Council are also proposing some work to complement Transport’s proposed safety improvements. This includes:

• Building a concrete footpath between Stanford Street and Greta Street connecting to the new refuge
• Building a concrete footpath from the bus stop near Heddon Street to connect to the new refuge located between Heddon Street and Cantwell Street.

Comments have closed and we're currently reviewing the feedback and investigating some possible changes to the design.

We will update the community as the project progresses.