SCIRT traffic update Friday 15 November, 2012
SCIRT traffic update Friday 15 November, 2012
• Major traffic update
Somerfield/ Sparks Road
•
Madras Street, central city, traffic closure for one
month
• Avondale bridge
long-term traffic closure New Year, open day Saturday 24
November
• Wairakei Road -
Strowan/ Bryndwr/ Papanui - expect
delays
• South Brighton’s
bridge: holiday period to two-way traffic but no change
otherwise
Major traffic update Somerfield/ Sparks Road: Wednesday, 21 November, 2012 to end of August 2013
The first stage of this SCIRT City Care work in Somerfield will begin Wednesday next week and run until mid December.
It includes a one-way system
through the Sparks Road/Lyttelton Street roundabout.
•
Traffic on Sparks Road, between Waimokihi Place and
Lyttelton Street, and Frankleigh Street (from number 20)
will be one-way, west-bound only.
• Drivers
coming towards the city, east-bound, will be detoured at
various intersections along the route.
•
Lyttelton Street between Sparks Road and Glue Place will be
closed to all through traffic although resident access will
be maintained. Road users should follow the traffic
management signage.
• Lyttelton Street between
Sparks Road and Mountfort Street will be one-way south only.
• Some bus-stops will be relocated and
signposted but please allow extra time to find your stop.
Visit metroinfo.co.nz or phone 366 8855 for
information.
This City Care work package will include
wastewater, stormwater and roading repairs. Read the works
notice for details and map. http://strongerchristchurch.govt.nz/work/activity/2249
Madras Street, central city, traffic closure for one month from Monday 19 November
A road closure on Madras St, which is one-way north, between Tuam and Lichfield, will be in place from Monday 19 November for a month. This block runs past the CBD bar and NG.
SCIRT delivery team Fletcher Construction is repairing the brick barrel stormwater pipe. Detours are in place and can be viewed on the works notice. http://strongerchristchurch.govt.nz/work/activity/2251
Avondale bridge long-term traffic closure New Year, open day Saturday 24 November
SCIRT delivery team McConnell Dowell has organised an open day at the Avondale bridge on Saturday, 24 November. The bridge will be closed to road traffic from 14 January for eight months.
The bridge is one of nine road bridges across the Avon River/ Otakaro in the east of Christchurch, which are being repaired or rebuilt as a result of earthquake damage. The bridges start at Fitzgerald Avenue and follow the Avon to the Avon-Heathcote Estuary/ Ihutai at Bridge Street, South Brighton.
• The open day is for people to find
out more about the work to the bridge and traffic
management. It will run from 10 am to 2 pm, Saturday, 24
November. If it is wet, it will move to All Saints Church,
305 New Brighton Road.
• Local residents are
getting information in their letterboxes.
Currently, a
temporary shingle path is being built out into the river to
allow heavy machinery access. The bridge will stay open to
traffic while this work is going on. At times there will be
stop/go traffic management when a crane is needed to lower
material over the side, which will take up one
lane.
During the works, pedestrians, people with buggies, mobility scooter drivers, cyclists will be able to cross using a temporary pedestrian bridge which will join the existing bridge and bank.
Traffic coming into Avondale via New Brighton Road will be detoured to the next bridge east, Anzac Drive, then onto Wainoni Road and back into Avondale.
Leading into Christmas this year, the bridge caps or centre piles will be repaired.
Both abutment ends of the bridge will be replaced, starting on the southern/Avondale side from the New Year. The bridge will be temporarily supported while the existing abutment is demolished.
The work involves significant relocation of existing services, including high voltage power and fibre-optic cables.
Read the earlier web story on Avondale bridge investigations. http://strongerchristchurch.govt.nz/article/investigations-under-avondale-bridge-needed-for-bridge-repair-design
Wairakei
Road - Strowan/ Bryndwr/ Papanui - expect
delays
SCIRT delivery team Fletcher Construction
will be re-lining wastewater pipes along Wairakei Road,
using a spiral plastic or cured-in-place fibreglass insert,
starting Wednesday 21 November.
During the
relining of lateral pipes (to property boundaries) from 21
November:
• A road shoulder closure
will be in place as work progresses along Wairakei Rd.
Sections of the footpath will be closed, but pedestrians
will have access.
During the main pipe
spiral-lining work from 26 November:
•
Two-way traffic will be maintained but the road will be
narrowed.
• The work will be in the centre of
the road so road users will not be able to cross over the
middle.
• Turning restrictions will be in place
at the Chislehurst Place, Idris, Ilam, Blighs, and Aorangi
Road intersections with Wairakei Road.
• A 30kph
safety speed restriction will be in place, so road users
should expect delays.
A traffic island will be
removed at night, starting 20 November over three days.
Two-way traffic will be maintained with a
stop-go system in place.
Further details on the SCIRT website next week. http://strongerchristchurch.govt.nz/work/activity
South
Brighton’s bridge: holiday period to two-way traffic but
no change otherwise
Two-way traffic will be
allowed on South Brighton’s Bridge Street bridge during
the Christmas period Friday, 21 December 2012 through to
Tuesday, 15 January 2013. The two-way system will be able to
occur safely through this period as the work site will be
fully closed down, and most of the plant and machinery will
be removed from the bridge-deck.
However, the review of the decision to restrict the bridge to one-way, west-only traffic seven days a week by SCIRT and Fulton Hogan has reconfirmed the original traffic management. This means there will be no change to the one-way, west only access (outside the holiday shut-down period outlined above) while the bridge is being reconstructed at its abutments. For details read the story on the SCIRT website. http://strongerchristchurch.govt.nz/article/south-brighton-bridge-one-lane-stays-closed-for-the-next-year
Media: if you need to quote any of this, please quote it back to Duncan Gibb, SCIRT General Manager.
ENDS