Flourishing flowers on McDougall Street

Jacarandas in bloom Kirribilli

Special traffic arrangements are in place in Kirribilli for the Jacaranda bloom.

North Sydney is awash in purple hues as our beautiful Jacaranda trees come into full bloom across the area. To help manage the visitors in McDougall Street, Kirribilli, Council is implementing some temporary road closures.

From 2 November McDougall St, between Broughton St and Willoughby St, and Hipwood St, between McDougall St and Bradley Ave, will be closed each Saturday and Sunday between 7am and 7pm for approximately six consecutive weeks. The six week period will see the roads reopen for the weekend of 14 December.

The closure period is subject to change if Jacaranda season concludes earlier.

The closure will be manned by traffic controllers and vehicle access will only be provided to residents who live in the road closure area. Visitors with a visitor parking permit may have access only with a resident living on McDougall Street who must be present and with ID at the time of access. Drivers will need to show a licence or photo identification with their address to the traffic controllers.

Taxis and other hire cars will not have access during the closure times unless they are being used by residents who live in the street.

All residents are asked to give way to pedestrians and slow down to 10km/h while the Jacarandas are flowering as it is likely there will be pedestrians on the road.

View the resident notification letter and view a map of the road closure here.

Published: 28 October 2024