Community Contributes to Tumut Parking Study

Published on 08 September 2022

More than eighty people have provided feedback towards the development of a Traffic and Parking study for the Central Activity District of Tumut.

Snowy Valleys Council is undertaking a Tumut Central Traffic and Parking Study to help inform a future Tumut township Masterplan, and during August residents were invited to provide feedback by taking a short online survey or attending a community drop-in information session.

The area for the study covers Wynyard Street, Capper Street, Russell Street, Fuller Street and is bounded by Merivale Street in the North, Richmond Street in the South, Simpson Street in the West and Fitzroy Street in the East.

Community responses have been tabled and will now be reviewed for incorporation into the final document.

A report will then be presented to a future Council Meeting recommending adoption and public exhibition of the draft study.

The Parking study work broadly involves the identification of issues through collection of data in the study area, including traffic counts, speed, parking use and length of stay, and associated traffic and parking demand.

The study will provide recommendations to increase amenity and accessibility to accommodate existing and future growth.

The need for a Tumut township masterplan is a requirement of the SVC Local Strategic Planning Statement (SVC LSPS), to focus on improving accessibility and amenity with the view to increasing activity within, and the viability of, the downtown areas.

Council aims to deliver a Town Masterplan for Tumut by 2025.

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