Final designs for the Hindley Street revitalisation project are being fine-tuned by the City of Adelaide to consider and review additional feedback.

Stakeholder input has been integral in developing the Concept Design.

In 2022, a series of Design Principles was developed from consultation with community. The community were asked to identify and rank a series of design features that were important to them. You can find the Design Principles here.

The Concept Design has been developed in line with these design principles, and with direct feedback from key stakeholders in the precinct (through the former Lord Mayor’s Round Table for Hindley Street).

We believe the Concept Design balances a wide range of stakeholder needs and preferences and allows flexibility to respond to the changing dynamics of the street (e.g., the difference between day and night) while still meeting the project objectives to improve pedestrian amenity and upgrade infrastructure.

More information about the Hindley Street upgrade can be found here.

• A concept design is the first ‘pen-to-paper’ design that maps big picture design features to approximately 30% of detail.
  
• A concept design is then developed further with more details added to become the ‘detailed’ or ‘final’ design for construction.
  
• You may have questions about the detail (e.g. tree species) that we are unable to answer at this early stage. We will record your queries and respond with an answer once we have it.

• Hindley Street was last upgraded in 1999 and has become tired and in need of a refresh. This upgrade aligns Hindley Street with the upgraded streetscapes and precincts in the vicinity including Adelaide Festival Plaza, and Hindley Street west (between Morphett Street and South Terrace).
  
• The Hindley Street Revitalisation is about putting people first as there are 8 times more pedestrians than vehicles who use the street at peak times.
  
• The north-west corner of the CBD, including Hindley Street, is the hottest part of the city. Improving greening through planting of street trees to provide shade and cooling will improve amenity significantly. It also provides the opportunity to add elements of surprise and ‘sparkle’ and establish opportunities to refresh the public realm with new or refreshed materials and street furniture.

The section of Hindley Street between King William Street and Morphett Street will be upgraded.

Construction is expected to commence in late 2025.

Council has approved $15m in New Upgrade funding from the 2024/25 Business Plan and Budget and through the Council's Asset Management plan they have identified funding to support the renewals of the streetscape upgrade.

The design principles that underpin the Hindley Street upgrade were developed during community consultation undertaken in 2022. These principles have been used to help develop the Concept Design.

The design principles are:

Prioritise Pedestrians

Provide areas to extend the footpath by minimising the width of vehicle lanes and reduce on-street parking. Improve crossing points across the street and at thresholds with side street and laneways.

Organise and Declutter

Rationalise business signage and public street furniture. Work with businesses to remove fixed outdoor dining and replace with removeable furniture. Rationalise and locate urban elements within activity zones.

Optimise Activity Zones

Incorporate flexi-zones to accommodate a range of activities such as parking, outdoor dining, public street furniture, lighting, artwork, and greening.

Enhance Frontages

Work with building owners to access grants to upgrade facades, including lighting and signage. Support initiatives that assist in driving high value, destination tenants.

Robust Greening

Incorporate street tree planting and additional greening associated with existing veranda posts, to provide valuable shade, amenity, and cooling.

Revive, Add Surprise and Sparkle

Establish opportunities to refresh the public realm with new or refreshed materials and public street furniture.

This upgrade will provide a high-quality pedestrian environment and experience, by putting people first through design features to create shade, widen footpaths, and create a safer pedestrian environment.

Key features include:

• Providing a safer street to encourage more visitors.
• Introducing trees and greening to the street to provide shade and amenity to stimulate daytime activity.
• Celebrating the heritage of the earliest established main street of Adelaide.
• Improved street lighting and CCTV.
• More space for outdoor dining to encourage active daytime businesses.
• Improving the Leigh Street and Bank Street intersection to support pedestrian movement from Adelaide Railway Station.

City of Adelaide has undertaken the following engagement processes to date:

Hindley Street/Produce Lane Toilets

The City of Adelaide is about to install new toilets in Produce Lane, off Hindley Street near the former Dog and Duck venue.

Light Square/Wauwi Master Plan

• The next stage of the project is to complete detailed costings and a multi-modal traffic, transport, parking and safety assessment to test the feasibility of the two draft Master Plan options.
  
• Future design and construction stages are currently unfunded and will be considered through future annual business plan and budget processes. If funding is secured, delivery may be staged over several years.