Surry
Hills Police
Surry Hills Police
advised the Committee of an incident involving a cyclist riding downhill, in an easterly direction on
Devonshire Street, beside the northern kerb alignment, on approach to the
Violet Street intersection. The cyclist
lost control upon hitting the road surface near a hydrant on the road, and then
collided with a light rail vehicle, also travelling east bound, adjacent to the
cyclist.
The Police requested
that Council undertake an examination of the suitability of the road surface
around the hydrant, and drainage grates, to ensure safety of cyclists along
Devonshire Street, Surry Hills.
This matter was sent
to the City’s Maintenance Team for investigation.
The
Representative for the Member for Balmain
The Representative
for the Member for Balmain raised drainage concerns on the grades on the
footways in the vicinity of Capital Square west-bound Light Rail shelter and
generally within the City of Sydney area, in particularly Glebe, where the
streets have low points and form puddles when it rains.
The City will undertake an investigation.
The
Representative for the Member for Sydney and Newtown
The Representative
for the Member for Newtown submitted a Petition regarding the Waterloo Estate
(South) Plan.
The Committee noted
the Petition.