FAQs

This project has been funded by a $10m grant from the NSW Government, with Council committing $5.5m. The upgrade of Monaro Street is a key component of the Queanbeyan CBD Spatial Master Plan and has been proposed for a number of years.

Council has engaged with landlords and businesses along Monaro Street during the initial stages of the project. The Project Liaison Team will continue to work with businesses on Monaro Street and across the CBD to mitigate the impact of construction.

The project team investigated the inclusion of angled parking in Monaro Street. Based on existing and predicted traffic volumes and the requirements of the Australian road design standards, angled car parking is not suitable for Monaro Street. The  space required for angled parking and the need to retain two lanes of through traffic prevent angle parking being installed without encroaching on the existing footpaths.

The proposed concept designs are based on reducing the speed limit to 40kph and replacing the road pavement with a quieter surface. These are important aspects of improving the attractiveness of Monaro Street for people to stop and stay. The speed limit reduction also allows for the use of the additional unsignalised mid-block crossings.

The proposed concept designs allow for 36 large street trees compared to the current 11. Council’s project team intended to transplant the existing Japanese elms from the median to the new footpath however the cost of transplanting means this option was not practical. All the proposed new, mature trees can be planted for less than half the cost to transplant the existing trees. The existing crepe myrtles will be reused in the upgrade or in other locations around Queanbeyan.

The Tree of Knowledge on the corner of Monaro Street and Crawford Street will be retained.

Construction is proposed to take up to 12 months.