Replacement of Cooma Creek Path pedestrian bridge set for September

Published on 24 July 2024

The tender for the replacement of the Cooma Creek Path pedestrian bridge between Sharp Street and Commissioner Street has been awarded, with work scheduled to get underway on-site from mid-September 2024.

Council’s contractor for this project is manufacturing the new bridge structure off-site, with this approach reducing the time required for on-site installation and construction.

If all goes to plan and the weather holds out, the current timeline will see the replacement pedestrian bridge open to the public by Thursday 31 October 2024.

We thank the community for their patience during the extended period without foot and cycle access over Cooma Creek on this section of the Cooma Creek Path, following the destruction of the old bridge by flooding in October 2022.

The new design will be safer for users and more resilient to future floods.

We remind cyclists that the Commissioner Street causeway is unsafe for bicycle use. For your safety, please dismount and use the pedestrian bridge through the causeway, or continue detouring using Sharp Street to cross Cooma Creek until the new Cooma Creek Path pedestrian bridge opens.

For more information, or with any questions or concerns, please contact Council by email at council@snowymonaro.nsw.gov.au or call us on 1300 345 345.