SCIRT traffic update: Week starting Monday, 11 January 2016

New works on key routes- please allow extra time for travelling and consider other routes if possible because the roads will be busier this coming week as more people return to work after the Christmas-New Year holidays.

Burlington St, Sydenham, one-way

From 11-30 January, Burlington St, off Brougham St, will be closed to traffic going south between Brougham St and Colombo St for wastewater repairs. Burlington will have only a one-way route going north.

Bealey Ave - reduced lanes for about 2 months
From Tuesday 5 January, Bealey Ave between Madras St and Packe St will have reduced lanes for wastewater repairs for about 2 months. Please look out for cyclists.

Avonside Drive – part one-way for about six weeks
• Starting Tuesday 5 January Avonside Dr between Fitzgerald Ave and Stanmore Road will be one-way going west towards the city for road and kerb repairs.
• Traffic travelling east will be detoured into Stanmore Rd and Gloucester St.

Woodham Rd-Gloucester St intersection – restrictions for about 4 months
• From Monday 18 January wastewater repairs will result in lane reductions and turning restrictions at the Woodham Rd- Gloucester St intersection.
• Temporary lights will be in place to help traffic flow.
• Northbound traffic along Gloucester St will not be permitted to go straight ahead through the intersection.

Fendalton Road, westbound between Deans Ave and the railway line will be reduced to one lane while wastewater repairs are carried out. Work will continue on Fendalton Rd over the next few months.

Idris Rd - Glandovey Rd intersection, Fendalton 5 -19 January
• Turning restrictions and lane shifts because SCIRT is replacing water mains.
• At different stages of the work it will not be possible to turn right at the intersection. The right hand turn from the southern end of Idris Rd onto Glandovey Rd will remain open.

New Brighton Rd, Burwood, partly closed
New Brighton Rd, between Bassett St and Anzac Dr will be closed from 7 January for about 10 weeks for installation of two wastewater pressure mains.

Ascot Ave, North New Brighton
There is a partial road closure for wastewater repairs from the week starting 5 January for about 3 weeks.

Works on main routes

Moorhouse Ave Bridge is down to one way each way for the duration of the repair project.

Shirley Rd – Short detour
Traffic going eastwards towards The Palms shopping centre will be detoured because of wastewater repairs through Emmett St, Orontes St and Quinns Rd back onto Shirley Rd.

Aranui/Wainoni

Breezes Rd will be one-way between Hamphshire St and Pages Rd for a week starting Monday January 11 for final vacuum wastewater connection work at the Pages Rd intersection.
Traffic will be able to travel from Wainoni Rd, southward, to Pages Rd.

Please take extra care around this busy area as SCIRT installs a new resilient vacuum wastewater system for this community.

See the Aranui map for road closures, bus routes and detours.
Beach Rd, New Brighton – progressive road closure where major wastewater works underway
A SCIRT crew will be working along Beach Rd from Ascot Ave to 144 Beach Rd for another 6 months where a progressive road closure will be in place. A second crew will be working along Beach Rd between Effingham St and Bower Ave for about 3 more weeks where a road closure will be in place.

Bower Ave, Burwood
From 5 January Bower Ave is closed between Crofts Lane and 497 Bower Ave for about 3 weeks.

Hills Rd, Shirley, between Guild St and Dudley St, is one-way northbound.

Dudley Street, Shirley, between Hills Rd and Slater St will have a road closure from Tuesday 12 January for about 2 months for renewal of the road surface.

Worcester St, Linwood is closed between Woodham Rd and Dacre St, and is one-way southbound towards Linwood Ave between Dacre St and Linwood Ave for major wastewater repairs.

Woodham Rd, Linwood is one-way city bound between Kerrs Rd and Gloucester St for major wastewater repairs. Eastbound traffic please follow the detour.

Garden Rd, Fendalton is closed for wastewater works and Holmwood Rd is one-way westbound.

Please visit the Metro website www.metroinfo.org.nz or phone Metro Info on 366 8855 for any bus service changes.

Central City There are a number of non-SCIRT works underway on some routes as the rebuild continues. Check the best way to get in and around the city at: www.tfc.govt.nz

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