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Hunter Street intersection
Bent Street to Bridge Street
Precinct 5: financial
Table 3-7 and Figure 3-20 to Figure 3-22 show the proposed traffic capacity
improvements within Precinct 5: financial.
Table 3-7
Precinct 5: financial traffic capacity improvement
Ref (refer
Fig 3-20
to 3-22)
Proposal description
Type of capacity improvement and
associated work (refer Table 3-2)
F1
A
Macquarie Street between Bent Street and Bridge Street
Introduce northbound capacity in the morning and evening periods on the approach
to Bridge Street.
Bent Street intersection: No change
B
Remove kerb extension on the
western kerb south of Phillip
Lane.
Type No. 2: Kerb extension alterations:
Temporary footpath
restrictions/closure
Kerb/kerb ramp relocation
Footpath alterations
Signage relocation
Localised resurfacing
Lane marking alterations.
Supporting work:
Remove two existing mature London
Plane trees
Relocate the phone booth.
Alter the parking and loading
provisions on the western kerb north
of the removed kerb extension to
Bridge Street:
Introduce ‘no stopping’
restrictions during the weekday
morning and afternoon peak
periods
Create loading zone provisions
during the weekday inter peak
period.
Type No. 5: Kerbside allocation
modifications:
Temporary traffic management
Signage relocation
Lane marking alterations.
Supporting work:
Remove the parking ticket vending
machine
Relocate the two bicycle rings on the
street signs (if they are removed).
C
F2
Bridge Street intersection: No change
Macquarie Street at the Hunter Street intersection
Overview: Remove right turn bay on Macquarie Street on the approach to Hunter
Street in order to increase right turn capacity for motorists accessing Shakespeare
Place and the Eastern Distributor.
A
Remove right turn bay on
Macquarie Street on the
southbound approach to Hunter
Street to prohibit right-turn
movements into Hunter Street
Replace with a right filter lane
northbound on the approach to
Shakespeare Place.
Type No. 1: Intersection reconfiguration
and geometry modifications:
Temporary traffic management
Signage relocation
Localised resurfacing
Lane marking alterations.
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Review of Environmental Factors