Garden City Cycleway

Funding: $10 million for stage 1

Stage 1A - complete
The eastbound lane of Ipima Street between Torrens Street and Limestone Avenue is now open.

Stage 1B - complete
New traffic lights have been installed at the Limestone Avenue/Ijong Street/Angas Street intersection and the intersection opened to traffic in December 2024. The installation of traffic lights has changed the traffic arrangements at this intersection. We ask the community to please be mindful of the changes when using the new intersection.

Stage 1C - complete
Work is underway between Wakefield Avenue and Angas Street. To support these works, the road will be closed for 2 weeks from 28 January 2025, weather permitting.

Stage 1D - (design underway) - Cooyong Street between Torrens Street and Lonsdale Street.
Construction is expected to begin in the week commencing 25 May 2026 for stage 1D of the cycleway which runs along Cooyong Street from Torrens Street to Lonsdale Street. The Garden City Cycleway terminates at the intersection of Lonsdale Street and Cooyong Street where users can safely cross Cooyong Street and connect to the Bunda Street shared zone. These works are expected to take 6 months to complete, weather and site conditions permitting.

The route

The Garden City Cycleway will use existing streets to link Watson, Downer, Hackett, Dickson, Ainslie and Braddon before connecting to the city and lake edge via the inner-city cycle loop on Bunda and Allara streets.

The cycleway is made up of seven segments.

1. Cooyong Street
2. Torrens Street - Cooyong Street to Ijong Street
3. Ijong Street - Torrens Street to Angas Street/Limestone Avenue intersection
4. Angas Street - Limestone Avenue to Majura Avenue via Ainslie Oval
5. Majura Avenue - Ainslie Oval to Hawdon Street
6. (a): Majura Avenue/Phillip Avenue
   (b): Majura Avenue/Hawdon Place/Frencham Street/Bradfield Street/Windeyer Street
7. Knox Street to Antill Street via Simpson Street playground and Aspinall Street

Community engagement

We have held several consultation sessions with representatives from advocacy groups and inner north community groups. These included a series of route alignment rides, workshops, and presentations to the residents group.

We also undertook broader community engagement on the preliminary designs in October 2023. We held two pop-up information sessions and a ride along the proposed route on Saturday 11 November 2023 in partnership with Pedal Power.

Project benefits

• using a variety of streets and places, the route will accommodate both cyclists on local trips and visitors exploring the city.
• it will use existing streets to link Watson, Downer, Hackett, Dickson, Ainslie and Braddon before connecting to the city and lake edge via the inner-city cycle loop on Bunda and Allara streets.
• the route will connect schools, local centres and green spaces.

Find out more

Visit the City Services website for further details, construction updates and frequently asked questions.