STREET furniture, new lighting and bike racks are all included in the upgrade of Chapman shops, with final plans released today. 

Manager of Design and Development for Parks and City Services Diana Hill says the upgrade will provide locals and traders with a “safer, more accessible and attractive centre.”

Upgrades to the centre include new street furniture including seats, a drinking fountain, picnic setting and shade structure, bike racks, bins and a community noticeboard, rearrangement of car spaces for people with disabilities, new lighting to enhance security, new community gathering spaces and new signage to identify the centre to passing traffic, and improved visibility to the shop fronts from Perry Street.

Work on the upgrade will begin in 2014.

Forward design studies for minor upgrades at seven shopping centres – Banks, Charnwood, Cook, Griffith, Lyneham, Theodore and Torrens – are scheduled for completion this year.

The new plan for Chapman shops will be available for viewing until Friday 2 August 2013 at the Chapman shops, Woden library and Woden Government Shopfront. The plan is also available online at timetotalk.act.gov.au