- Comments opened: Fri 19 Jun 2026
- Comments close: Sun 19 Jul 2026
At the council meeting on 17 December 2025, the council accepted the tender of Nangle Pty Ltd for the sum of $170,900 excluding GST for design services for the permanent installation of the one-way shared zone, and in keeping with the character of Avalon Beach, prepare a design for 'high-quality upgrades to seating, lighting, landscaping and other infrastructure'.
Nangle as the landscape architect, led a team of experts including civil, hydraulic and stormwater engineers and has prepared the concept plan to make the shared space permanent, the council states.
These concept plans are now on exhibition, with the council inviting residents to provide feedback for the same.
These show the one-way zone is being extended beyond the shared zone. The council states the extension of the one-way zone aims to:
- simplify traffic movements
- reduce vehicle conflicts
- improve pedestrian safety and comfort
- support a more cohesive shared street environment.
One of the key priorities for this project was to address the existing flooding issues at the site. While flooding cannot be fully eliminated due to the site’s position as a natural low point and in an ancient flood zone, the council states the project improves stormwater management by:
- introducing better drainage and flow paths
- using permeable paving and water sensitive urban design
- adjusting pavement grades to keep water moving through the shared zone and avoid ponding.
There are a number of proposed changes to parking arrangements, to make vehicle movements simpler and safer along with improving flooding issues:
- Closing the existing carpark entrance to provide a single entry and exit point for the carpark, further away from the shared zone.
- Replacing the 90-degree and parallel parking along Old Barrenjoey Road with 60-degree parking on both sides.
- The short-stay parking will be formalised, with 3 spaces proposed to be located on the eastern side of the street to improve access and passenger safety.
The council states the proposed changes are intended to improve vehicle movements and increase pedestrian safety and will result in the addition of one car parking space.
Council states it anticipates the works will commence in Autumn 2027. Construction updates will be provided on the project webpage.
As works are scheduled currently being undertaken by Sydney Water along this stretch of the village until late Spring, and then the Summer peak Season commences soon after, the council will not have undertaken works which would disrupt trade or find itself repatching roadway after the contractors for Sydney Water have dug it up again.
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Avalon shared space roadway patches, March 2026
The council invites you to 'review the final concept plan and share your feedback by either':
- completing the council's online form
- emailing: council@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au - use ‘Streets as Shared Spaces - Avalon Beach’ plan' as a header so it doesn't get lost among other emails the council would receive
- writing to the council marked ‘Streets as Shared Spaces - Avalon Beach’ to Northern Beaches Council, PO Box 82 Manly NSW 1655.
Comments close 11.59pm on Sunday 19 July 2026.
The project webpage is at: yoursay./streets-shared-spaces-avalon-beach - where you can also download the full concept plan, which shares more details
The montage of the new plans, courtesy of the NBC and Nangle, is:
Concept plan
Birdseye view
Perspective – visual delineation between pedestrian and roadway
Perspective – representation of informal seating areas
Proposed parking
Proposed water management