View the updated designs
View key features and design summaries for each section of the GreenWay missing links, or watch a video presentation (18 mins) to learn about the project in more detail.
The draft design plan of the central and southern in-corridor missing links of the Cooks to Cove GreenWay is now available for comment.
On this page you can find:
- the draft design plan
- artist impressions
Community feedback dates
Tuesday 4 April - Wednesday 3 May 2023
The Cooks to Cove GreenWay is a biodiversity and active transport corridor linking the Cooks River to Iron Cove. The GreenWay is on the traditional lands of the Gadigal-Wangal people.
It mostly follows the route of the Inner West Light Rail and Hawthorne Canal and features cycle paths and foreshore walks, cultural and historical sites, artworks, cafes, bushcare sites and a range of parks, playgrounds and sporting facilities. Once completed it will measure 5.6km from Cooks River to Iron Cove.
We are completing this project in stages and delivering beautiful parks and natural areas, sporting facilities and public artworks along the corridor. Some sections of the GreenWay are already completed or in progress, such as the Bay Run upgrade, Richard Murden Reserve in Haberfield and Weston Street and the Hercules Street crossing in Dulwich Hill.
After more than 10 years of campaigning by the Inner West community and councils, funding has now been secured to complete the ‘missing links’: the central and southern sections of the GreenWay from Parramatta Road through Lewisham West and Dulwich Hill to the Cooks River. These sections run alongside the light rail line and are referred to as in-corridor works.
Council has engaged a building contractor (Gartner Rose) to complete the missing links in the GreenWay corridor and to implement the GreenWay Masterplan.
After extensive community consultation on the Masterplan, it was adopted by Council in 2018. The GreenWay concept designs have received community feedback and were finalised in 2020.
Council's consultants have now prepared a draft design for review.
Key features of the Cooks to Cove GreenWay draft design plan include:
- A suspended walkway under Parramatta Road and along the Hawthorne Canal
- A new path and upgraded natural areas in Gadigal Reserve
- A tunnel under Longport Street
- A new path, parklands and natural areas in the light rail corridor near Lewisham West
- A signalised crossing at Old Canterbury Road including the closure of Weston Street to cars
- A tunnel under Davis Street and a new boardwalk from Davis Street to Johnson Park
- Upgrade of Johnson Park including an upgraded path and playground
- A tunnel under Constitution Road and an elevated pathway through the light rail corridor from Constitution Road to New Canterbury Road
- A new path and upgraded natural areas in the light rail corridor near Hercules Street with the existing natural creek line retained and protected
Have your say on the draft design plan
The draft design plan for the remaining in-corridor works of the GreenWay shows the extent of the Masterplan works in detail.
We have sought community feedback to ensure the draft designs are true to the 2018 Masterplan.
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Attend a drop-in session
Out and about in the neighbourhood?
Come along to a drop-in session to find out more about the project and share your ideas.
Survey closed
Let us know whether you support the draft design.
This survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete.
Other ways to provide feedback
We are committed to making sure you can access the information you need in a format that is right for you.
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Frequently asked questions
How did we get to this stage?
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Timeline item 1 - complete
October - November 2017
Community invited to provide input to inform GreenWay Masterplan
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Timeline item 2 - complete
June 2018
Draft GreenWay Masterplan on public exhibition for final feedback
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Timeline item 3 - complete
August 2018
Masterplan adopted by Council
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Timeline item 4 - complete
March 2019
Draft concept design on public exhibition for feedback
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Timeline item 5 - complete
May 2019
Concept design finalised
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Timeline item 6 - complete
February 2021
Draft Detailed Design for Bay Run upgrades and Draft Review of Environmental Factors open for feedback
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Timeline item 7 - complete
June 2021
Detailed design for Bay Run and Review of Environmental Factors finalised
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Timeline item 8 - complete
4 April - 3 May 2023
Draft design plan available for the community to explore and provide comment
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Timeline item 9 - complete
Design finalisation
The contractor and their design team will prepare the final design for the GreenWay
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Timeline item 10 - complete
August 2023
Missing links in-corridor construction commenced.
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Timeline item 11 - incomplete
2025
Construction of priority works expected to be finalised
Document library
GreenWay Draft Design Plan Engagement Outcomes Report
Artist Impressions
Draft Design Plan Documents
Enquiries
If you have any questions or would like more information on this project, contact the GreenWay Engagement Officer.
| Name | Magda Jansen (Tue & Thu) |
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| Phone | 02 9392 5425 |
| magda.jansen@innerwest.nsw.gov.au |
Project history
We acknowledge that this land area traditionally belonged to the Gadigal and Wangal peoples of the Eora nation.
