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Christchurch City Council is about to ramp up its resurfacing programme around the city. And this year, a large number of the roads which have been selected for repair have come straight from residents. “Through the Living in Christchurch survey late last year, we received a lot of feedback about the areas people used the…
Public transport infrastructure work will be accelerated following a $78 million funding injection. Minister for Transport Michael Wood announced today the funding to boost the Greater Christchurch Public Transport Futures Programme (‘PT Futures’). “The PT Futures programme helps make Greater Christchurch an even better place to live by reducing carbon emissions with more transport choices….
A Hearings Panel will recommend Christchurch City Council proceeds with a proposed $2.25m upgrade to the southern-most section of High Street between Tuam and St Asaph streets. After last week’s deputations, the panel has recommended the Council’s preferred design – which includes a right-turning lane onto St Asaph St to reduce unnecessary traffic on Madras…
As one section of Te Ara Ihutai Christchurch Coastal Pathway is completed, work is beginning on another, with Main Road temporarily narrowing to one lane. Fulton Hogan is currently hard at work on the final section of Pathway passing through Moncks Bay. Once finished, it will cover 6.5 kilometres and provide access to the coastline…
Public transport infrastructure work will be accelerated following a $78 million funding injection. Minister for Transport Michael Wood announced today the funding to boost the Greater Christchurch Public Transport Futures Programme (‘PT Futures’). “The PT Futures programme helps make Greater Christchurch an even better place to live by reducing carbon emissions with more transport choices….
As one section of Te Ara Ihutai Christchurch Coastal Pathway is completed, work is beginning on another, with Main Road temporarily narrowing to one lane. Fulton Hogan is currently hard at work on the final section of Pathway passing through Moncks Bay. Once finished, it will cover 6.5 kilometres and provide access to the coastline…
A Hearings Panel will recommend Christchurch City Council proceeds with a proposed $2.25m upgrade to the southern-most section of High Street between Tuam and St Asaph streets. After last week’s deputations, the panel has recommended the Council’s preferred design – which includes a right-turning lane onto St Asaph St to reduce unnecessary traffic on Madras…
Eleven Government-funded transport projects have been fast-tracked by the Christchurch City Council that aim to encourage walking, cycling and public transport use. However for these to be delivered by the June 2024 deadline, work has been paused on 24 other transport projects. At today’s Finance and Performance Committee meeting Councillors agreed to add the Government…
Christchurch and Lyttelton residents are being advised to plan ahead and expect travel routines to be affected during the upcoming ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix. With thousands set to watch the March 18-19 event from the village at Te Nukutai o TapoaNaval Point, organisers are gearing up for a busy weekend. SailGP has prepared…
A popular crossing point for mountain bike riders travelling through Victoria Park and down into the Christchurch Adventure Park has been made safer. A new section of guard rail has been installed on Dyers Pass Road opposite the Victoria Park entrance providing Christchurch Adventure Park (CAP) users a safer alternative to biking up the road. …
The ribbon has been cut on Christchurch’s first complete ‘shovel-ready’ project. The $7.85 million final stage of the Rapanui-Shag Rock cycleway was officially opened this morning. It is one of six cycle routes to benefit from the Government’s ‘shovel-ready’ COVID-19 infrastructure fund and is the latest addition to the Christchurch City Council’s Major Cycle Routes….
Transport projects encouraging walking, cycling and public transport use in Linwood are set to benefit from a Government funding boost. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has announced Christchurch City Council was successful in its bid to the Transport Choices programme for cycle network connections, walkable neighbourhoods, sustainable school travel and public transport improvements. “I’m over…
Construction on busy Lincoln Road has wrapped up a month ahead of schedule and will see peak hour bus lanes and lowered speed limits operational by the end of October. Work to install the bus lanes, replace the watermain and upgrade the Lincoln/Barrington/Whiteleigh intersection was scheduled to finish in time for Show Weekend so not…
Does your bike need a bit of a spruce up? Or do you fancy a cycle to the beach? How about seeing a documentary about a mother and cargo bikes? There’s something for everyone in the more than 50 events planned for this year’s Biketober celebrations. The month-long festival of cycling is back from Saturday…
A 30-year strategic view of transport in Christchurch is outlining a bold programme of change. Head of Transport Lynette Ellis explains why we need a new approach to how we move around. If Christchurch is to play its part in combatting climate change and we are to create a city that we all want to…
New bus stops, shelters, seats and paving will be installed along route 28 after the Banks Peninsula Community Board gave approval for the upgrades. The improvements support changes to the 17 and 28 bus routes which will allow people to travel the full distance between Lyttelton Port (and Rāpaki) and Christchurch International Airport. Environment Canterbury,…
More peak-hour bus lanes are coming for busy Lincoln Road. Christchurch City Council is already adding peak-hour bus lanes along the stretch of Lincoln Road between Moorhouse Avenue and Whiteleigh Avenue. Now, after consulting with the public, it has approved a scheme design that will extend the peak-hour bus lanes from Whiteleigh Avenue through to…
The cost of constructing an extension to Halswell Junction Road has increased by $5.7 million, due largely to the costs involved with the rail infrastructure work. Christchurch City Council has committed to building a new link road from Halswell Junction Road at Foremans Road to Waterloo Road to improve safety and freight network connections. The…
Christchurch City Council has approved three projects that will make it easier and safer for people to get into the central city by bike. The first project involves creating a separated cycle lane on each side of Antigua Street, from St Asaph Street to Moorhouse Avenue, where it will link into the Quarryman’s Trail major…
Public transport users in Christchurch are benefitting from a new real-time information (RTI) system that enables them to find out exactly when the next bus is going to arrive. Over the past 12 months Environment Canterbury and Christchurch City Council have been working with technology provider NEC NZ Limited to upgrade the real-time information system…
Work will begin in early May on stage one of works to install peak hour bus priority lanes on Lincoln Road, between Moorhouse Avenue and Whiteleigh Avenue. Christchurch City Council Head of Transport Lynette Ellis says the bus lanes will improve the reliability of public transport in the southwest of Christchurch. “This area is growing…
With work on the Te Ara Ihutai Christchurch Coastal Pathway reaching a tricky stage, the Sumner/Redcliffs community is being asked to weigh in on how they would like the work carried out. Construction of the Coastal Pathway has entered its final phase, with contractors Fulton Hogan busy completing the section between the eastern end of…
To address issues raised by the community, a Hearings Panel will recommend that Christchurch City Council makes changes to the revised design scheme for the Wheels to Wings – Papanui ki Waiwhetū cycleway. The Hearings Panel, chaired by Mayor Lianne Dalziel, has finished listening to public submissions on the plans for the cycleway, which will…
Christchurch City Council has approved funding for the final section of the Heathcote Expressway – the major cycleway that will link the Heathcote Valley to the city centre. In 2016 high-level estimates put the cost of building the final section of the Heathcote Expressway – the section between the Tannery in Woolston and Martindales Road…
A project to make a stretch of Colombo Street safer for people to bike on is about to get under way. Christchurch City Council has engaged a contractor to begin work on creating a new cycle connection between the central city and the Papanui Parallel major cycle route. Grab a copy of our new Bike…
Christchurch City Council is looking at upgrading bus stops, shelters and pedestrian crossing points along the proposed new Port to Port bus route. Environment Canterbury (ECan), who runs the pubic transport service in Christchurch, has proposed changes to routes 17 and 28 that will allow people to travel the full distance between Lyttelton Port (and…
Christchurch City Council staff are recommending some changes are made to a scheme design that will enable more peak hour bus lanes to be installed on busy Lincoln Road. The changes have been prompted by public feedback received during the consultation process late last year. The Council has already approved a scheme design for installing…
Nearly 70 design changes have been made to the plans for the Wheels to Wings – Papanui ki Waiwhetū major cycle route in response to public feedback. Christchurch City Council has done two rounds of public consultation on the planned cycle route, which is part of a network of 13 major cycleways that are being…
Agreement has been reached on the route for the third and final section of the Te Ara O-Rakipaoa: Nor’West Arc cycleway. The Nor’West Arc is one of 13 major cycleways being built across the city and is designed to go from Princess Margaret Hospital, in Cashmere, to Papanui where will it connect with the Northern…
Most of Christchurch’s bus services will return to their normal timetables from Monday 31 January. For the last eight weeks, Environment Canterbury (ECan) has been running many routes across the public transport network in Christchurch to a Saturday timetable because of a national bus driver shortage. From Monday though the only service that will be…