SCIRT traffic update to week starting 24 March 2014
SCIRT traffic update this week/ weekend and work starting next week 24 March, 2014
SCIRT TRAFFIC UPDATE
21 March, 2014
Central city
changes
Colombo St, south side of the
Square
From Tuesday, 25 March, Colombo St will
be southbound only from Lichfield to St Asaph Streets.
Drivers heading north will be detoured along St Asaph
St.
Manchester St at Bealey Ave
From
Friday, 21 March to late April, road closure on Manchester
St just north of the Bealey Ave intersection. Drivers will
not be able to turn into Manchester off Bealey Ave or exit
onto Bealey via Manchester.
Manchester St south
side of the Square
Southbound only (ie towards
the Port Hills) between Tuam and St Asaph Streets.
Northbound detour along Welles and Colombo.
Tuam
St
Currently Tuam St between Durham St South and
Fitzgerald Ave is one-way eastbound only, however between
Manchester and Madras St there are two
lanes.
Moorhouse Ave on overbridge - one lane
only
The Moorhouse Ave overbridge, between
Colombo and Manchester, will be reduced to one lane
eastbound for a week from Monday 24
March.
Improvements
Armagh
Street - between Manchester and Madras St –
reopened two ways.
St Asaph Street -
between Manchester and Colombo St – reopened lanes west
bound.
RECOMMENDED ROUTES:
•
North - Montreal St
• North and south -
Fitzgerald Avenue
• East and west - Bealey Ave
and Moorhouse Avenue
• Leaving the CBD –
Hereford St to the east/ Fitzgerald Ave
Latest
central city Transport for Christchurch map showing best
routes, closed roads, one-ways: http://www.transportforchristchurch.govt.nz/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Press-Map-Adobe-File-PDF-376x280-Traveller-Info-Press-ad-22nd-March1.pdf
Check the TransportforChristchurch.govt.nz website for daily video updates, or watch CTV News. http://www.transportforchristchurch.govt.nz/daily-roading-updates/
Outside
the Four Aves
Brougham St at Colombo St
– weekend work
From Friday evening to 6am
Monday, Brougham St, Sydenham, will be down to one lane
eastbound at Colombo St. If you are going east, take a
different route, or allow more time. More weekend work is
coming up on Brougham St.
http://www.transportforchristchurch.govt.nz/brougham-street-major-weekend-work-ahead/
Burwood
Road closed outside Waitakiri School
Burwood
Road is closed to traffic either side of Waitakiri School
for two months. The detours run west along QEII Drive to
Marshland Road and Mairehau Road or east along Travis Road
to Frosts Road/ Mairehau Road. Metro bus 146 Marshland will
be detoured.
Bexley Road reopening, part of Anzac
Drive closing
SCIRT team City Care’s next
stage of this work is on Anzac Drive from Pages to Wainoni
Roads. The road will be closed 7 am to 7 pm until late June
with a detour along Pages, Breezes and Wainoni Roads. Heavy
vehicles will be escorted through the work site. Bexley
Road from Pages Road to the Bridge St/ Breezes Road
roundabout will reopen, rebuilt and with storm water repairs
completed.
Non-SCIRT related road closures Sunday
morning for City to Surf, south side of city:
http://www.transportforchristchurch.govt.nz/city2surf-sunday-23-march-road-closures-in-place/
Keeping
you in the loop
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info@scirt.co.nz or 941
8999.