Work on Riccarton road is finished! We have replaced underground pipes that are almost 100 years old and the road has been resurfaced and reshaped.
Bus priority measures have also been installed as Riccarton Road is one of the city's busiest bus routes. Around 3000 people board buses in Riccarton and more than 800 buses pass Westfield Riccarton each day.
You can contact Council on 03 941 8999 (0800 800 169) or RiccartonRoad@ccc.govt.nz for more information.
We're proposing a permanent 30 km/h speed limit in central Riccarton and a 40 km/h speed limit through adjacent side streets between Riccarton Road and Riccarton Bush.
Find out more about the proposal.(external link)
Initial work
We need to locate services underneath Riccarton Road, remove street furniture, trees and kerb and establish fences and pedestrian safe zones.
Watermain
Road layout for sewer work
We will build trenches to the south of Riccarton Road at three points, starting east of each stage and working progressively west, as shown in the attached plan [PDF, 696 KB].
We expect to complete approximately 20 metres of piping per day. We will resurface trenches with temporary asphalt as we go.
Traffic will remain two-way but lane shifts will be in place.
Sewer
Road layout for sewer main work
Trenches will be formed in the centre of Riccarton Road. Due to the depth of the sewer pipes, this work will progress slowly and we expect to complete one metre of piping per day.
We will lay temporary asphalt on completed sections of pipe soon after we finish them.
Traffic will remain two-way.
Work on hold
Work will stop over the Christmas period so that Riccarton Road businesses can trade without disruption.
Roading and streetscaping
We will reconstruct the road, install footpaths, landscaping and street furniture.
The bus lanes will be added as well as the central median.
Works completed
The bulk of the workis finished with follow-up work painting lines and landscaping to happen as the weather permits.
Completed.
Riccarton Road sewer pipe
Stage 1 included:
Replacing the underground pipes and renewing the road.
Impression of Riccarton Road once the upgrade is complete
Key features of the tree-lined median include:
Overview
Riccarton Road – Division, Kauri and Matipo streets
Riccarton Road – Clarence, Rimu and Rotheram streets
A bus priority is used to give buses right of way over other vehicles when a road is heavily used.
By making changes to the road space, we can give priority to buses so that they stay on schedule and provide a good service to passengers, especially at peak times. These improvements will make it easier for people to bus, walk and bike to where they are going, and make Riccarton a more people-friendly place.
Riccarton Road is the second busiest transport corridor after the central city, bringing passengers from all over the city and linking them with other core routes. It has over 800 bus movements a day and around 3000 passengers boarding per weekday on this road alone.
Public transport allows more people to move along Riccarton Road at one time and the bus priority measures will provide more reliable bus travel, especially at peak times when people need to get to work or home.
The bus priority measures being installed along Riccarton Road include:
Parking on Riccarton Road is being removed to allow space for the new road layout and bus priority.
The Council has created a time-restricted car park behind Riccarton Road between Rimu Street and Straven Road to replace it.
Results of the Council consultation on the 2015 Riccarton Road bus priority measures and Central Riccarton street enhancements.
