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Thursday 20 November 2014

Work begins tomorrow on Central City transport projects

Work gets underway tomorrow on two Central City transport projects, with major changes at the Hagley / Moorhouse Corner.

From late afternoon on Friday 21 November, there will be no north-bound entry to Hagley Avenue from Moorhouse Avenue and Lincoln Road. Access to the Hospital from this location will instead be via Selwyn Street.

These first network changes are part of permanent roading changes being made over the coming weeks and months at the Hagley / Moorhouse Corner and surrounding streets and at Hospital Corner, including the entry to Oxford Terrace and parts of Tuam Street, St Asaph Street and Hagley Avenue.

Christchurch City Council Transport and Research Unit Manager Richard Osborne says, “During construction major road layout changes and reduced lanes will be in place at the intersection of Riccarton and Hagley avenues near the Hospital.

“Barriers will be in place at the Moorhouse / Hagley Avenue intersection to block access to Hagley Avenue and Grove Road and signal phasing will be changed to suit the new simplified intersection layout. The lane configuration in Lincoln Road will also be changed to two right-turn lanes. Works will happen progressively from now until the end of April 2015.

“While these changes will take some getting used to, we are confident people will make the adjustment and experience the benefits of improved traffic flow into the Central City,” he says.

Key permanent changes include:

• A simple “T” intersection will be formed at the junction of Lincoln Road and Moorhouse Avenue to increase the efficiency of this intersection.
• No entry to Hagley Avenue from Moorhouse Avenue or Lincoln Road.
• Hagley Avenue becomes one-way south-bound between Selwyn Street and Moorhouse Avenue, with a left turn only onto Moorhouse Avenue.
• Tuam Street will be converted to a one-way only, east-bound route into the Central City by late December.
• No entry to Moorhouse Avenue from Grove Road.
• No right-hand turn or through movement into Moorhouse Avenue, Lincoln Road or Grove Road from Hagley Avenue.
• Oxford Terrace near the Hospital closes to city-bound traffic in January 2015.
• St Asaph Street will be one-way west-bound between Antigua Street and Hagley Avenue by February 2015.
• A signalised right-hand turn from Selwyn Street into Moorhouse Avenue will be installed.

These transport projects focus on the physical changes to the travel network associated with the new Bus Interchange, the Te Papa Ōtākaro / Avon River Precinct and the Hospital re-development.

For traffic updates, visit www.tfc.govt.nz

Further information about these transport projects is available online at www.ccc.govt.nz/AACtransportprojects

Background

Christchurch City Council has approved designs for the first two Central City transport projects under the umbrella of An Accessible City – the transport chapter of the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan.

An Accessible City is being delivered by the Council and Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, and has been developed in partnership with the New Zealand Transport Agency, Environment Canterbury and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.

These projects aim to improve traffic flow and provide safer, more people-friendly and enjoyable ways for people to get around our Central City.

From An Accessible City a number of First Phase transport projects have been identified. The Crown and Christchurch City Council have committed $72 million for transport projects for the new transport chapter.

General information about the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan and An Accessible City can be found at www.ccdu.govt.nz/the-plan

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