A new three-kilometre shared path built as part of the Sydney Gateway project will open on Friday 16 August.
The new paths complete a network of walking and cycling links around the airport, providing critical and direct connections for the 30,000 workers in the airport precinct, and commuters walking, running and riding through to nearby suburbs.
The first kilometre of new paths on the north side of Alexandra Canal opened in early 2023, replacing a shared path alongside Airport Drive that cantilevered out over the Alexandra Canal.
The new section opening at the end of the week extends the shared pathway along Qantas Drive, completing to the Domestic terminal and the eastern edge of the airport precinct.
New shelters, complete with seating lights, bubblers and a bike pump light sit alongside the Alexandra Canal and the new paths, providing a front row seat for plane spotters.
The active transport links are part of a major inter-regional route for people walking and riding which will link the CBD in the north to Sans Souci's Captain Cook Bridge in the south, once the future M6-Stage 1 is completed.
Quotes attributable to Transport Minister Jo Haylen:
"These new links will give people a safe way to walk and cycle around the airport precinct.
"While I doubt we'll see a cavalcade of travellers lugging their suitcases on foot or on bikes to the airport anytime soon, these new paths will provide a valuable active transport option for the thousands of people who work at the airport every day.
"These beautiful new paths also include plenty of new places for people to pause and watch the planes fly in and out. It's a great new link and a true plane-spotter's boulevard."
