transport · Inner West Council
Inner West keeps Warren Road parking unchanged, orders review of laneway restrictions
Inner West Council’s transport forum kept parking unchanged at the rear of No. 43 Warren Road, Marrickville, and asked officers to look at stronger restrictions at the laneway bend and at Church Street/Unnamed Lane.
Inner West Council’s Local Transport Forum has kept the existing parking arrangement at the rear of No. 43 Warren Road, Marrickville, and asked officers to investigate stronger restrictions at two nearby points in the laneway network.
The forum’s resolution leaves the current parking in place at the back of the Warren Road property. Officers will now review restrictions at the bend in the laneway and at Church Street/Unnamed Lane.
The Marrickville item was one part of a wider transport agenda that stretched across the Inner West LGA, from car share parking in Petersham and Stanmore to speed limit reductions in Leichhardt, Annandale, Dulwich Hill North, Lewisham, South Ashfield and Summer Hill West.
The meeting also backed a raised pedestrian crossing on Wardell Road north of the Cooks River Bridge after finding it met the crossing warrant policy. In Newtown, it approved detailed design plan 10366 for a continuous footpath treatment at Wells Street and King Street.
In Balmain, the forum supported ‘bicycles excepted’ signage under the existing one-way westbound signs on College Street between Cameron Street and Curtis Road. That allows cyclists to travel against the one-way restriction.
The forum also supported 15 dedicated GoGet car share spaces in principle across the Inner West, with restrictions listed at locations in Annandale, Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Enmore, Marrickville, Newtown, Petersham and Stanmore. A report on car share charging fees will go to the next Council meeting.
Other matters were pushed into the next stage. Union Street in Tempe has been backed for at-grade contrasting pavement treatments, raised threshold works and a proposed 10 km/h shared zone between Princes Highway and School Lane, subject to Transport for NSW approval. Council also supported investigating and consulting with residents and businesses about angle parking on the north side of Schwebel Street between Station Street and Leofrene Avenue.
The forum also discussed InnerWest@40 speed reductions from 50 km/h to 40 km/h in Areas 4, 9 and 10, covering parts of Leichhardt, Annandale, Dulwich Hill, Lewisham, Ashfield and Summer Hill. Officers said existing speed control signs will be removed and replaced when the new limits are implemented.
For Warren Road residents, the immediate result is that parking at the rear of No. 43 stays as it is. The laneway restrictions will be reviewed separately.
Another local safety item was Wardell Road in Marrickville, where the forum found the proposed pedestrian crossing north of the Cooks River Bridge met the warrant policy and will progress as a raised crossing.
Reference minutes
Source: Inner West Council Local Transport Forum minutes, 16 February 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The forum kept the existing parking arrangement at the rear of No. 43 Warren Road, Marrickville.
- Officers will investigate stronger restrictions at the bend in the laneway and at Church Street/Unnamed Lane.
- A raised pedestrian crossing at Wardell Road north of the Cooks River Bridge met the crossing warrant policy.
- A continuous footpath treatment at Wells Street and King Street, Newtown, was approved.
- The forum supported 15 dedicated GoGet car share spaces in principle, with 13 locations listed in the minutes.
- College Street, Balmain, will get “bicycles excepted” signage under existing one-way westbound signs between Cameron Street and Curtis Road.
- InnerWest@40 speed-limit reductions from 50 km/h to 40 km/h were approved in areas including Leichhardt, Annandale, Dulwich Hill, Lewisham, Ashfield and Summer Hill.
Why it matters
- The forum kept one Marrickville parking arrangement unchanged while advancing other transport measures that affect parking, cycling, pedestrian crossings and speed limits across the Inner West.