SCIRT Traffic Update for the week starting Monday 11 July 2016

Central City

• SCIRT works have started on the twin bridges on Fitzgerald Ave and will take about 3 months.

• Two-way traffic is maintained but watch for traffic management. Pedestrians can access the bridge.

• SCIRT is replacing a wastewater pipe running alongside the bridge, resurfacing the road approach to the bridge and repairing kerb, channels and footpaths.

Mairehau

• From Monday 11 July until 15 July SCIRT will be working on Innes Rd, between Mahars Rd and the shops, on wastewater repairs. Two- way traffic will be maintained.

St Albans

• The intersection of Westminister St, Roosevelt St and Courtenay St is closed for 10 weeks while an intersection upgrade is carried out including removal of the roundabout. Please use Cranford St, Innes Rd and Rutland St to detour around the worksite.

• Westminster St is one-way eastbound between Kensington Ave and Fergusson Ave for a week for wastewater repairs.

• Warrington St is one-way heading east for road repairs for 3 weeks. Westbound traffic will be detoured to Edward Ave.

• During the first stage of work, the intersections of Warrington St and Geraldine St and Warrington and Barbadoes St will be closed.Please support local businesses.

• The following week the intersections of Warrington St and Frances Ave and Warrington St and Flockton St will be closed.

• Edgeware Rd, between Hills Rd and Geraldine St, is one-way for wastewater repairs until mid-July. Traffic going west from Hills Rd is being detoured into Edward Ave and Barbadoes St.

Merivale

• SCIRT is working at the western end of Aikmans Rdwhich will be in part one-way eastbound while wastewater repairs take place over 4-6 weeks.

• The work is near Elmwood Normal School. It is part of several months of repairs to a large damaged wastewater pipe called the Wairakei Collector.

• For westbound traffic on Aikmans Rd the detour is Akela Street, Cox St, Sterling St and Office Rd.

Avonside/Linwood

• Woodham Rd is closed at the intersection with Worcester St for 4 more months for major wastewater repairs.

• Carnarvon St at the intersection with Woodham Rd is closed for about 8 weeks for wastewater repairs.

• Access to Woodham Rd, east of Worcester St, will be via Sewell St and Rowcliffe Cres.

• Eastbound traffic on Woodham Rd will be diverted via Ngarimu St.

• A “no entry” sign is in place in Woodham Rd at Kerrs Rd and atNgarimu St.

• The large wastewater main trunk, called the Southern Relief, is being repaired.

Richmond

• North Avon Rd is closed between North Parade and Flesher Ave for wastewater works. The detour will be North Parade, Medway St to River Road. The work will take another month.

• The intersection of Stapletons Rd and Dudley St is closed for about 3 months. Stapletons Rd is one-way southbound between Averill St and Randall St.

Woolston

• Bamford St is one- way southbound between Jubilee St and Broad St for about 5 weeks for wastewater repairs.

Bromley

• On Dyers Road wastewater repairs are in progress and will continue for about 3 months. Two-way traffic is maintained but expect delays. The work is between Ruru Rd and Maces Rd, and is mostly in the centre of the road.

• No right turns are possible except at Wickham St, nor from Dyers Rd into Ruru Rd and Francella St. There is no exit from Francella onto Dyers Rd for about 3 weeks.

• And there are no right hand turns out of Ruru Rd onto Dyers Rd.

Hoon Hay

• Sparks Rd is one-way heading to Halswell, between Hoon Hay Rd and Maryhill Ave, for about 4 weeks, while SCIRT repairs part of the road.

• Detours will be in place via Maryhill Ave and Hoon Hay Rd. Stop/Go traffic management will be in front of Hoon Hay school.

• From Monday 11 July Rydal St will be closed at Sparks Road. Access to Rydal St is via Leistrella St off Hoon Hay Rd.

Aranui -Wainoni

• This area has several road closures. Please take care. SCIRT is installing a new more earthquake-resilient vacuum wastewater system. See the Aranui map for road closures, bus routes and detours.

• Kerb, channels and footpath repairs have started on Pages Rdbetween Shuttle Drive (Cowles Stadium) and Portchester St and will take about 6 weeks. Two-way traffic will be maintained.

• Breezes Rd, between 237 and Gosport St, is one-way northbound until late August. This section is between Pages Rd and Wainoni Rd.

• Breezes Rd is one-way eastbound between Pages Rd and Cuthberts Rd. The detour is Cuthberts Rd, Nugent St, Shortland St, Pages Rd.

• Shortland St is one-way between Carters and Lenton St heading north to Pages Rd until 17 July.

• Shortland St will be closed at the Breezes Rd end for a week starting10 July.

Redcliffs

• SCIRT is working on Main Rd in Moncks Bay for 3 months repairing an earthquake-damaged culvert. Two-way traffic will be maintained with lane shifts past the work site.

New Brighton/Burwood

• New Brighton Rd is closed between Anzac Dr and Wainoni Rd while the road is rebuilt.

• SCIRT has started decommissioning now redundant wastewater pipes in New Brighton Rd, Lake Terrace Rd and Baker St. The work with take about a month. Two-way traffic is maintained.

• Travis Rd, between Anzac Drive and Blue Gum Place, is one-way westbound for about 2 months from Monday 11 July for road repairs. The detour for eastbound traffic is Anzac Drive, New Brighton Road and Bower Ave.

Port Hills/Lyttelton/Governors Bay

• On Mt Pleasant Rd kerb, channel, footpath and carriageway repairs are taking place between 156 -174. The road is one-way for downhill traffic and uphill traffic is detoured via Billys Track, Major Hornbrook Rd and Bellview Tce until 7 July.

• Godley Quay, Lyttelton, between Cyrus Williams Quay and Voelas Rd is down to one lane to replace an earthquake-damaged water main. Traffic is being maintained in both directions with temporary traffic lights. The repairs will take about 3 months.

• Governors Bay Rd is reduced to one lane on the Lyttelton side of the intersection with Dyers Pass Rd, while SCIRT lays a new water main. Two-way traffic will be maintained with Stop/Go temporary traffic lights.

Parklands

• SCIRT is working on Beach Rd, between Bower Ave and Flemington Ave from Monday 11 July for about a month for storm water, and kerb and channel repairs. Two-way traffic will be maintained where possible using traffic lights and a stop/go system.

• Flemington Ave is closed until the end of July. Please use Pinewood Ave.

• Queenspark Drive, between Broadhaven Ave and Chadlington St, has road renewal work from Monday 11 July for about 2 weeks. Two-way traffic will be maintained using priority giveway.

• The Bower Ave and Broadhaven Ave roundabout intersection is closed. Traffic lights will maintain two-way traffic along Bower Ave until August.

• Donnington St is closed until the end of July for road resurfacing.

• If you would like to receive a fortnightly Parklands Traffic Update please email CIRinfo@fcc.co.nz or eqinfo@downer.co.nz

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