Active Transport Strategy

• Project StatusIn Progress
• Last reviewed 22 November 2024

The latest

By the end of December 2024, we’ll be making final amendments to the strategy to address the feedback we received, and the documents will then be considered final according to the Council’s 15 August 2024 resolution.

About the project

The Active Transport Strategy aims to:

• Identify priorities for pedestrians and cyclists
• Continuously improve footpaths, shared paths, and pedestrian crossings
• Help the Council prioritise projects
• Show an integrated approach to planning these projects
• Help the Council and community get funding for future improvements and upkeep

Once Council reviews community feedback on the strategy and finalises the Active Transport Strategy (including the updated PAMP and Bike Plan), we will update this project page to provide links to all of the new criteria, maps, and strategy documents.

Progress so far

• From 2018-2023 an extensive internal review was undertaken to update the PAMP and Bike Plan maps and integrate them into a single document. 
• In June 2021 the PAMP Interactive mapping tool was launched, making it easier for the community to review and provide feedback to Council on existing and proposed active transport infrastructure across the city.
• In April 2023, Council sent the updated maps and scoring criteria to community groups and business chambers for feedback. This was to ensure important projects and feedback regarding the criteria was captured properly in the plan.
• With the grant funding approved in December 2023 the new strategy documents were able to be prepared (including an update to the PAMP and Bike Plan). 
• The draft strategies were provided to Council in June 2024.
• At the Council meeting on August 15, 2024, the Council reviewed the new draft Active Transport Strategy, (including the updated PAMP and Bike Plan) and made the decision that the updated strategies should be put on public exhibition to get feedback from the community ahead of finalising the strategy.
• The document was open for feedback from 26 August to 29 September, which has now concluded.
• Now that the exhibition period has concluded, Council will review the community feedback and make any necessary changes before the strategy is finalised. 
• We’ve since prepared an Exhibition Outcomes Report which details the feedback we received and how we are addressing the feedback. By the end of December 2024, we’ll be making final amendments to the strategy to address the feedback we received, and the documents will then be considered final according to the Council’s 15 August 2024 resolution. The final documents will thereafter be provided as an update on this page