Sydney streets fitted with anti-terror concrete bollards

Shoppers were confronted with dozens of new anti-terror concrete bollards which turned Sydney’s CBD into a fortress. Bollards have also been installed at Bondi Beach ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations.

• Boxing Day sales break records

Boxing Day shoppers were confronted with dozens of new anti-terror concrete bollards which turned Sydney’s CBD into a fortress.

Teams of construction workers began laying the last of the bollards along Market, Pitt and Elizabeth streets at dawn to stop the possibility of vehicles disrupting the multimillion-dollar shopping bonanza.

Security measures in place for Boxing Day sales around Pitt Street Mall on Market Street. Picture: Dylan Robinson

Security operations for New Year’s Eve and the holiday period are already underway in crowded areas such as Bondi Beach.

Residents on Thursday morning noticed concrete barriers had been installed on the Esplanade ahead of Monday’s celebrations.

The barriers are also used in Sydney’s CBD and are commonly used to prevent vehicle ramming terror attacks.

Anti-terror concrete bollards turned Sydney’s CBD into a fortress. Pic Jenny Evans

Police said no incidents were recorded during the Boxing Day sales. Picture: Jenny Evans

A record number of shoppers moved from store to store free from worry about the threat of an attack similar to the one which horrified Melbourne shoppers last month.

NSW Police said no incidents were recorded during the sales.