Mall reopening off agenda under council's new city centre plan

Kate McIlwain
Updated September 19 2020 - 1:45pm, first published 12:00pm
Walking a priority: Under a new council strategy, Crown Street Mall will be part of a walking and cycling friendly space in the city, despite the recent push to open it back up to traffic. Picture: Anna Warr
Walking a priority: Under a new council strategy, Crown Street Mall will be part of a walking and cycling friendly space in the city, despite the recent push to open it back up to traffic. Picture: Anna Warr

The reopening of Wollongong's main shopping strip to traffic is set to become even less likely this week, as the council prepares to adopt a strategy to make parking and driving in parts of the CBD more unattractive.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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