Queanbeyan CBD Transformation

• Project typeCapital Works

We have developed a eight-stage program to transform and revitalise the Queanbeyan CBD.

The objectives of the projects are to:

• improve the accessibility and appeal of the CBD for residents and visitors
• make the CBD dynamic, smart, safe and connected
• increase high value jobs
• Position the CBD as an attractive destination to do business
• Increased private investment activity in commercial, residential and public amenity
• Increased residential variety in the CBD
• Increase the desirability of the CBD as a place to live, visit and work and accordingly improve the viability for commerce

The eight stages in the plan are:

1. Smart City Pilot and River Walk – Financial Year 2018-19 - Completed

• Smart lighting, sensing and Wifi: Crawford lifestyle precinct
• Smart parking: Crawford Street lifestyle precinct and Collett Street car park
• Low level pedestrian bridge
• Paved shared pathway, both sides, from low level bridge to pedestrian suspension bridge

2. Lowe car park  – Financial Year 2019-20 - 2023-24 - Completed

• Offices and smart hub
• Mixed use redevelopment of vacated council building
• Develop Queanbeyan Civic and Cultural Precinct, integrating head office, commercial offices, smart hub and library
• Integrate new smart public realm and civic square

3. Monaro corridor - In Progress (Monaro Street Refresh Project)

• Widening and refurbishment of footpaths
• Expansion of lighting, seating and plantings
• Reduction of median
• Addition of cycleway
• Modifying pedestrian refuges
• Refurbishment of pavement
• Slowing CBD traffic to 40kph
• Re-phasing traffic controls 

4. Morisset car park

• Multi-level smart car park, with some commercial
• Smart public domain
• Laneway connectors

5. Rutledge car park

• Mixed use redevelopment, commercial and aged care residential
• Smart public domain
• Laneway connectors

6. Crawford car park

• Multi-level smart car park

7. Morisset Street river boulevard

• Provide a green boulevard from Queanbeyan Park to the Queanbeyan River to enable to the creation of a 'social spine' between these two anchor points
• Prioritise pedestrian activation with an emphasis on amenity and connection to retail centres and the new centres
• Examine and analyse traffic and pedestrian flow to enable the activation of this precinct

8. Botanical Sister City Garden

• Curated botanical garden along Queanbeyan River connected to the river walk

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Location

Queanbeyan CBD, Queanbeyan 2620  View Map

-35.351891, 149.233434

Queanbeyan CBD , Queanbeyan 2620

Queanbeyan CBD , Queanbeyan 2620

Queanbeyan CBD Transformation