can visit in a night but has warned about the dangers of infected people hopping between bars and pubs.
The City of Sydney deputy lord mayor Jess Scully said the council moved quickly to introduce more footway dining before the lockdown at the end of March to ensure venues could keep trading safely.In June, the council approved a 12-month trial that allows Kensington Street in Chippendale to be closed to traffic from Thursday to Sunday to allow its restaurants to spill out onto the road.
Kensington Street is home to a range of restaurants, bars and galleries, as well as the popular Spice Alley, an Asian-style hawker strip. A spokeswoman for the Kensington Street precinct, Daria Grove, said closing the street to traffic from 11am four days a week was a lifeline for many restaurants on the street.Ms Grove said earlier this year, before the pandemic hit, the "eclectic eat street" was seeing as many as 4000 visitors every day and was Sydney's "new downtown".Get our Coronavirus Update newsletter for the day's crucial developments and the numbers you need to know.
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