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Work underway to make Tuam one-way, east-bound
Work is underway to convert Tuam Street to a one-way eastbound route into the Central City by late December 2014.
Today, the first block of Tuam Street between Montreal and Durham streets has been converted to one-way east-bound. This means:
• No right-turn (west) into Tuam Street from Durham Street.
• Progressively over the next two weeks, Tuam Street from Montreal to Riccarton avenues will be converted to one-way east-bound.
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.
“Sections of Tuam Street, between Durham Street and Hospital Corner intersection, are progressively being closed for three to four days to remove the current road markings and install the new ones. Access to businesses in these sections continues to be maintained.
“During this period of change and adjustment it is particularly important to watch out for pedestrians at Hospital Corner; and for pedestrians to use the signalised crossings at the western end of the Hospital or at the intersection of Hagley and Riccarton avenues.
“The Council also asks commuters to slow down and be mindful of the workers making changes to the roads at Hospital Corner to improve the efficiency of this intersection.
“These changes will take some getting used to, but we are confident people will make the adjustment and experience the benefits of improved traffic flow into the Central City,” Mr Osborne says.
These travel 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.
They 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.
To find out more about these changes or to
plan an alternative route, visit www.tfc.govt.nz Further
information about these transport projects is available
online at www.ccc.govt.nz/AACtransportprojects Background Christchurch
City Council, at its 13 November meeting, 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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