Darby Street at 30km/h raises lots of questions about 'shared streets'

HIP AND HAPPENING: Darby Street on a Sunday morning. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

AS we reported yesterday, the NSW government has promised the City of Newcastle $500,000 to trial a 30km/h speed limit, along with "streetscape activations", in Darby Street.

Maitland City Council gets money for seven lanes in the old city centre, while Port Stephens Council can attend to William Street, Raymond Terrace, which runs across Adelaide Street (the old Pacific Highway) past the Big W and down to the Hunter River.