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A project to improve the safety and accessibility of Bromley’s roads will see upgrades to two key intersections and to school crossings. The Bromley Traffic Project was allocated one million dollars over three years in Christchurch City Council’s 2022 Annual Plan to help address issues with heavy traffic, speed, and safety for children travelling to…
A plan to improve the safety of a busy Cashmere intersection at the base of the Port Hills is now open for public feedback. Under the plan, raised safety platforms with pedestrian crossing points will be installed at all four approaches to the roundabout at the intersection of Colombo St, Cashmere, Centaurus and Dyers Pass…
More than 500km of streets in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula will benefit from having speed limits lowered as part of the Safe Speed Neighbourhoods Programme. One of the action items in New Zealand’s Road to Zero Strategy is to have safe speed limits around all schools by the end of 2027, with an interim target…
People travelling in the Addington area can expect some disruption in the coming weeks as contracting crews begin upgrading a major intersection. They are going to be installing a raised safety platform at the busy intersection of Lincoln Road, Barrington Street and Whiteleigh Avenue to encourage people to travel through it at safer speeds. “This…
Christchurch City Council roading contractors worked around the clock during last week’s heavy rain keeping the streets safe while most of us were warm and dry indoors. We talked to HEB operations manager Fatemeh Ghanbari who was on the ground during last Tuesday’s major flood event and asked her what she does and what it’s like…
People travelling between Christchurch and Akaroa will have a safer speed environment from early next month. Safer speed limits will be in place on the Christchurch to Akaroa highway (SH73 and 75) from 2 September. The new speed limits were announced earlier this year by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and Christchurch City Council. As…
Christchurch City Council is lowering the speed limit on some Papanui, Opawa and Banks Peninsula roads as part of its ongoing drive to make the transport network safer. The Council, on the recommendation of the two local Community Board, has agreed to lower the speed limit on the local streets in Papanui from 50 to…
More work to improve the safety of Dyers Pass Road will start on Sunday 10 July. Christchurch City Council has awarded Higgins a contract to install safety barriers at several more high-risk locations between Governors Bay and Sign of the Takahe. The work follows the installation of more than 2.5km of safety barriers on Dyers…
Motorists travelling through the Scarborough and Shirley areas will notice new, lower speed limits coming into effect over the next few months. Christchurch City Council today adopted changes which will see the speed limits reduced from 50km/h to 40km/h on 28 streets in Shirley and nine streets on and around Scarborough Hill, as part of…
New lower speed limits have been recommended for some side roads adjoining State Highway 75 on Banks Peninsula and in some rural townships. The recommendations are in a Christchurch City Council report which will be considered by the Banks Peninsula Community Board at its meeting on 16 May. If accepted, they will go to the…
Two high risk intersections in Christchurch are getting red light safety cameras installed to reduce dangerous driving and help save lives. The safety cameras will be located at: The intersection of Manchester Street/Pilgrim Place/Moorhouse Avenue The intersection of Gasson Street/Madras Street/Moorhouse Avenue The cameras, owned by the Council, will be the first in the South…
Speed limits in Opawa, Beckenham and Papanui could be lowered as part of the Christchurch City Council’s Slow Speeds Neighbourhoods programme. Residents are being encouraged to share their views on the draft proposals which would see speed limits reduce from 50km/h to 40 and 30km/h on selected streets in the three suburbs. “We’re also proposing…
Speed limits will be reduced on 20 streets in the Avondale area to create a slow speed neighbourhood and a safer environment for residents. On the recommendation of the Waitai Coastal-Burwood Community Board, Christchurch City Council has agreed to reduce the speed limit from 50km/h to 40km/h on all roads bounded by Anzac Drive, Wainoni…
The unauthorised shifting of road cones at a busy Burnside intersection may have led to an early morning crash. Christchurch City Council put a temporary traffic management plan in place at the intersection of Grahams Road and Memorial Avenue on Friday 17 December because the traffic signals were malfunctioning. The temporary traffic management plan restricts…
Temporary changes are being made to the busy intersection of Grahams Road and Memorial Avenue, in Burnside, for safety reasons. “A significant cable fault has caused repeated problems with the traffic signals at this intersection so in the interests of public safety we are making some temporary changes,’’ says Christchurch City Council Head of Transport…
Reduced speed limits could be in the pipeline for parts of Scarborough and Taylors Mistake, Shirley and Avondale. Selected streets would have speed limits reduced from 50km/h to 40km/h under the proposals. Residents of those areas are being encouraged to share their views on the draft proposals which are part of Christchurch City Council’s Slow…
Motorists are urged to take it slower as new safer speed limits are coming into effect on many of Banks Peninsula’s steep and winding rural roads and settlements. “Banks Peninsula has a complex network of winding roads and steep inclines which can be challenging,’’ says Christchurch City Council Transport Operations Manager Steffan Thomas. “Following consultation…
People travelling through the Wigram area will need to ease off the accelerator from the start of October as new lower, safer speed limits come into effect. “There’s been a big increase in traffic in the Wigram area over the past few years as new subdivisions have gone up and new developments like The Runway…
Kids learning to ride bikes now have a new place where they can practise the basics in safety. Contractor Fulton Hogan have built a new learn-to-ride bike course in the grounds of Ilam School that the public can use at the weekends and outside school hours. Modelled on the popular learn-to-ride bike park in Westburn…
Work is nearing an end on several safety upgrades to Christchurch’s transport network. Christchurch City Council Acting Head of Transport Lynette Ellis says that by early October construction work should be wrapped up on: The Dyers Pass Road safety upgrade, which has involved widening the road in places and installing three kilometres of guardrails to…
Pedestrian safety is behind changes to restrict goods vehicle access along Oxford Terrace and Cashel Street. New bollards will be installed, starting from this Sunday, at the Hereford Street end of Oxford Terrace to stop vehicles entering the busy pedestrian area outside of permitted times. Earlier this year Council consulted on changes to the traffic…
Plans for a State Highway 1 flyover and changes to busy intersections through Rolleston, south of Christchurch, are ready for the first round of public feedback. The $125m project is being delivered as part of the Government’s $6.8 billion New Zealand Upgrade Programme Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has pop-up events planned over the next…
Is the speed limit on the main road between Christchurch and Akaroa set too high, too low or just right? Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is seeking community feedback on whether the speed limits are set at safe levels as part of its review into State Highway 75, which starts on Halswell Road, and a…
Unexpectedly soft soil conditions is slowing down work on installing the Dyers Pass Road safety barriers, pushing completion of the project out by about two months. The work to install the 3km of safety barriers is now expected to be completed at the end of August. The safety barriers (or guardrails) are being installed at…