Businesses in Canberra’s Lonsdale Street brace for further car parking losses in proposed Braddon redesign

One of Canberra’s busiest precincts, Lonsdale Street in Braddon, is set to lose more car parking spaces in a bid to make the area safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

If approved, the proposed upgrade of the 600-metre strip of restaurants and boutique stores would be carried out next year.

The draft plans include replacing the median strip — now used for parking — with a wide area of trees and garden beds.

Five pedestrian crossings would be added to the street — three at the northern end,…