Chelsea Heights Precinct Improvements

• Project typeMajor project
• Project scheduleCommenced early 2026

We're giving the Chelsea Heights Precinct a major revamp, by revitalising the Thames Promenade Shopping Strip, upgrading Heights Park and installing traffic signals to improve the safety of pedestrians and cyclists who need to cross Thames Promenade and Fourth Avenue in Chelsea Heights.

Thanks to everyone who provided feedback on our ideas last year – we’ve used this feedback to refine the plans. View the plans(PDF, 458KB) .

Works will be staged, with stage 1 focusing on the Thames Promenade shopping strip and traffic signalisation, before upgrading Heights Park in stage 2.

Stage 1

Works are underway and include:

Thames Promenade shopping strip

• Footpath renewal  
• Landscaping 
• New street furniture 

Traffic signals

• Install traffic signals with pedestrian push-button crossings, across Thames Promenade and Fourth Avenue 
• Remove the informal central pedestrian refuge  
• Improve the shopping strip car park (maintaining the number of car parks and accessible parking)  
• Extend the distance of the 40km speed reduction during the school drop-off and pick-up times  
• Improve lighting at the intersection, and 
• Provide a separate right-turn lane on east approach (in addition to the through lane).

Stage 2 - Heights Park upgrade

Works will include a vibrant new community play space, shelter, picnic areas, extra seating, paths and landscaping. We can’t wait to deliver this exciting project for the local community.