Newington Parking Restrictions Proposal

Newington is primarily a residential area and is located within 2km walking distance from Sydney Olympic Park (SOP). As such, event attendees regularly park on streets in this area and walk to venues at SOP.

Some streets in this area are narrow and parking on both sides of the street can create issues with access. Recently, Council has received several reports from the community that access was blocked in streets due to vehicles not leaving sufficient space in the road for through traffic.

The City of Parramatta has consulted with emergency services, who advised that a 3.5m travel lane is required for safe passage of emergency vehicles including fire brigade trucks.

Accordingly, Council is proposing to install ‘No Parking’ restrictions (through signage only) on one side of the narrow streets in certain areas of Newington significantly impacted by event parking so that 3.5m wide travel lanes can be maintained.

For streets that are 5m wide or less, Council will still maintain parking on one-side of the street which will leave a carriageway width of approximately 3m. It is noted emergency vehicles are able to mount the roll top kerbs in this area with ease and therefore, there access will not be prevented.

It is proposed:

That ‘No Parking’ restrictions be installed at the streets bounded by Haslams Creek, Wing Parade, Newington Boulevard, Avenue of Oceania, Newington as detailed below and shown on the interactive map.

• West side of Cooper Avenue between Jordan Avenue and Elvstorm Avenue
• South side of Jordan Avenue between Cooper Avenue and Devitt Avenue
• North side of Jordan Avenue between Cooper Avenue and Konrads Avenue (private road)
• West side of Konrads Avenue between Jordan Avenue and O’Neil Avenue
• Outside House Nos. 2-24 and 31-43 Heidelberg Avenue (excluding bends and intersections as detailed in recommendation 2)
• East side of Stevenson Avenue between Kuts Avenue and Heidelberg Avenue
• West side of Lewis Way between Kuts Avenue and Wenden Avenue
• West side of Kosmala Close between Nurmi Avenue and Wenden Avenue

That ‘No Stopping’ restrictions be installed at the streets bounded by Haslams Creek, Wing Parade, Newington Boulevard, Avenue of Oceania, Newington as detailed below and shown on the interactive map.

• Both sides of Cooper Avenue at the intersection with Elvstorm Avenue
• Both sides of Cooper Avenue at the intersection with Jordan Avenue
• Both sides of Jordan Avenue at the intersection with Devitt Avenue
• Both sides of Jordan Avenue at the intersection with Konrads Avenue
• South side of Jordan Avenue at the kerb extension outside 11-15 Jordan Avenue (private road)
• Both sides of Konrads Avenue at the intersection with O’Neil Avenue
• Both sides of Heidelberg Avenue at the intersection with Kuts Avenue outside property nos. 31 Newington Boulevard and 38 Heidelberg Avenue
• Both sides of the bend in Heidelberg Avenue at property nos.10-12
• Both sides of the bend in Heidelberg Avenue at property nos. 26
• Both sides of Stevens Avenue at the intersection with Heidelberg Avenue
• Both sides of Stevens Avenue at the intersection with Kuts Avenue
• Both sides of Lewis Way at the intersection with Kuts Avenue
• Both sides of Lewis Way at the intersection with Wenden Avenue
• Both sides of Kosmala Close at the intersection with Wenden Avenue
• Both sides of Kosmala Close at the intersection with Nurmi Avenue
• South side of Nurmi Avenue between Newington Boulevard and Kosmala Close (already No Stopping due to BB line)
• South side of Nurmi Avenue between Kosmala Avenue and 2 Nurmi Avenue (already No Stopping due to BB line)
• Both sides of Nurmi Avenue at the intersection with Newington Boulevard
• Inside bend in Nurmi Avenue at property no. 10 outside property
• Inside bend in Nurmi Avenue at property no. 24
• Both sides of Ali Parade at the intersection with Newington Boulevard outside property no. 2 Ali Parade
• Both sides of Ali Parade at the intersection with Newington Boulevard outside property no. 23 Newington Boulevard
• Both sides of the bend in Ali Parade at property no. 14
• Both sides of the bend in Ali Parade at property no. 28

Note that where restrictions are installed on both sides of the road at intersections and bends, this is only to ensure that a vehicle is able to safely navigate the bends/intersections. The restrictions generally do not extend on both sides beyond the turning area at the intersection/bend to ensure that the parking loss is kept to a minimum and is only what is necessary to ensure safe access.

Council is also proposing to install ‘No Stopping’ restrictions at bends to maintain traffic movements and also at intersections and adjacent to double centreline markings to deter illegal parking.

This proposal will remove approximately 74 car parking spaces from eight streets including a section of private road (Jordan Avenue) under strata title. 

Site inspections indicate that residents are generally parking on one side of these streets. The proposed ‘No Parking’ restrictions have been designed to reflect the existing parking arrangements by restricting parking on one side of the street.