SCATL
Sutherland to Cronulla Active Transport Link (SCATL)
Current Situation:
The Sutherland to Cronulla Active Transport Link (Salthill provide the main east/west link in the active transport network but needs to be safe, direct, and well connected.
Update from Transport for NSW May 2025
Stage 1: Sutherland to Kirrawee was completed in 2020.
Stage 2: Eastern section: from Jackson Avenue, Miranda to Gannon’s Road, Caringbah has been completed. Community objection to the proposed removal of 73 trees along Denman Avenue resulted in some mature trees being saved and TfNSW committing to replant trees at a 4;1 ratio.
Stage 2 West (Miranda to Kirrawee) and Stage 3 East (Gannon’s Road to Cronulla)
Transport for NSW rejected Council and Community submissions for SCATL Stage 2 West (Miranda to Kirrawee) and Stage 3 East (Gannon’s Road to Cronulla) to utilise some of the rail corridor.
TfNSW advised Council in April 2024 that State funding would only be provided if Council was willing to collaborate on the development of an out-of-rail corridor option as the preferred route alignment.
Consequently:
Both Stage 2 West and Stage 3 East of the SCATL are still currently in the early investigation phase.
TfNSW is working in collaboration with Sutherland Shire Council and will be meeting with them to discuss next steps and forward planning. It will be engaging more broadly with the community, as planning progresses.
For any further information please contact Natalia Leiva (Senior communications and stakeholder Engagement Officer, Central River City South transport for NSW) Natalia can be contacted at natalia.leiva@transport.nsw.gov.au or to speak with a member of the TfNSW project team, please call the Project Infoline on 1800 684 490
To learn more about the proposed route option and frequently asked questions regards SCATL click on link. https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects/current-projects/sutherland-to-cronulla-active-transport-link
For your general information on TfNSWs core design principles and objectives for cycling infrastructure and active transport policies you can read their Transport for NSW cycling design toolbox https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files?file=media/documents/2022/Cycleway-Design-Toolbox-Web_0.pdf.
For TfNSW Road User Space Allocation Policy click on the following link.
www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2021/road-user-space-allocation-policy.pdf
For the Transport Ministers response to the State Government’s expenditure committee questions in February 2021 revealing that $710 million has been set aside for Active Transport projects for the next 4 years. See the media release from TfNSW:
The Sutherland Environment Centre have supplied a brief explanation of the desired route and problems with the currently proposed route along the Kingsway. Click on the following link for their guidelines
https://www.ssec.org.au/our-campaigns/active-transport/ NOVEMBER 2020
BACKGROUND
SUTHERLAND SHIRE COUNCILS ORIGINAL PROPOSED ROUTES AND RATIONAL FOR SCATL SUPPORTED BY COMMUNITY WHICH ARE NO LONGER OPTIONS DUE TO RESTRICTIONS BY STATE GOVERNMENT ON FUNDING.
Council's submission on the review of Environmental Factors (REF) for the most recent stage 2 proposal for SCATL raises many concerns about the reliance on The Kingsway as the principal route for much of its length.
The State Government's current proposed 100% road route is not supported by Council or the Community. It would not be acceptable to potential users or encourage people to shift from car use to active transport. It is less safe than the 2015/2016 REF route due to conflict between cyclists and pedestrians and conflict between cyclists and vehicles at the large number of side streets and driveway crossing points.
The proposal does not comply with Transport for NSW (TfNSW) own standards for a principal cycleway in "Cycleway Design Toolbox". The original intent of SCATL to be a safe and direct east/west route along the spine of the Shire has been changed to focus on short trips.
The current route has changed so significantly that users no longer have the option of longer trips without many road and driveway crossing points. Council considers it has not been given sufficient justification why 100% of the rail corridor has been excluded in the latest proposal when the 2015/2016 REF proposed that 59% of the route be in the rail corridor.
Council suggests that the SCATL should follow the rail corridor as the rule and only deviate from the corridor where reasonable constraints prevent corridor use. Council suggests that part of SCATL Stage 2 could be constructed between Oak Road and Sylvania Road following the mix of rail corridor and road route as proposed in the 2015/2016 REF. This could be undertaken while the complex section between Sylvania Road and Jackson Road Miranda is worked through with the community.
For details on Current Council submission and information on SCATL see Council Business Papers 21/2/22 COR 018-22 on Council website:
https://www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/your-council/council-and-committee-meetings/council-and-committee-business-papers-and-minutes
For original promise by State Government in June 2015 Click on link
The Sutherland Council has purchased the 1961sq metre site next to Kirrawee train station for a park to help facilitate implementation of the Sutherland to Cronulla shared path (SCATL) mostly in the rail corridor. This section is still under discussion and final design has not been announced.
The following summary report from 2017 still reflects the Councils preferred position on SCATL.
SCATL Report number: INF003-18 Committee meeting 03/07/2017
The purpose of this report is to update Council on the status of the Sutherland Cronulla Active Transport Link (SCATL) and to seek Council's ‘in principle’ support for the project, which will assist and compliment Transport for NSW’s (TfNSW) business case being prepared for the consideration of the NSW Government.
The report was passed in bulk by Council 17/07/2017
- In principle’ support for the construction of the Sutherland Cronulla Active Transport Link (SCATL) be communicated to Transport for New South Wales.
- Council’s potential contribution to the project be limited to the recommendation contained in INF001A-18. (Confidential costing by Council)
- Further consideration of Council’s commitment to the project be subject to the provision of a Business Case for the Sutherland Cronulla Active Transport Link which examines the opportunity of revising the Section 94 Open Space Contributions Plan to fund Council's contribution of the Sutherland Cronulla Active Transport Link outside the rail corridor.
Council's main concerns with Transport for NSW’s (TfNSW) design.
- The low proportion of the SCATL (29%) proposed to be constructed in the rail corridor;
- The proposed route along Karimbla Road between Sylvania Road and Kareena Road, Miranda; and
- The proposed route along Kingsway between Gannon’s Road and Connels Road, Cronulla.
To view Full Council Report, select 03/07/2017 Business Paper Shire Infrastructure Committee INFOO1-18 (INF003) Sutherland to Cronulla Active Transport Link (SCATL)on the following site
https://www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/your-council/council-and-committee-meetings/council-and-committee-business-papers-and-minutes
SCATL passed in bulk by Council on 17/07/2017
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