We’re making improvements to the transport network in parts of five suburban areas in Christchurch to make it safer and easier to get around.
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We’re keen to hear from local people about the small things we could do such as pruning trees or more seating, to the bigger things to make it easier and safer to walk, bike, scooter, get the bus and drive in your neighbourhood.
We’ll be working in parts of five suburban areas in Christchurch. We are going to spend the money on work that will make people feel better about their neighbourhood and allow them to easily get to the places that matter to them.
These areas have been selected because they have the highest number of faults such as potholes, accidents and near misses, and requests for things like more crossings and better lighting. They have also experienced significant damage and disruption, or have more people travelling in these areas due to changes in travel patterns following the earthquakes.
The money for the improvement work comes from the Christchurch Regeneration Acceleration Facility (CRAF). The Government funding package of $40 million is for transport projects in Christchurch. The purpose of the funding is to make a difference for affected communities by improving liveability and support their ongoing regeneration.
- $30 million is to fix suburban roads and improve safety. This is what we are seeking your feedback on.
- $5 million is going towards progressing targeted road safety initiatives across the transport network. These safety initiatives will target transport corridors where collectively 829 crashes have occurred, including nine fatal crashes and 107 serious injury crashes.
- $5 million is going toward the implementation of bus priority measures on key public transport routes in Christchurch.
How to use the map
- Select the type of feedback you want to give and then select a location on the map.
- Click to place the pin on the map.
- Provide your comments.
- New pins and comments will appear on the map once reviewed by the moderator.
Here are some helpful prompts for your feedback:
- Crashes and near-misses on a particular road.
- Parking spaces and where you have trouble finding a car park.
- Traffic speeds and where speeding is a problem.
- Cycling ideas and suggestions.
- Pedestrian challenges you have walking in your neighbourhood such as footpaths and crossing the road.
- Public transport concerns such as bus stops, bus shelters and seating.
- Streetscape ideas and suggestions such as trees, planting, road layout, and safety.
- Other comments, ideas and suggestions.
What's the plan?
There’s only so much funding to go around, so we need to make sure we’re focusing on the right things. That’s why we need your help.
We’ll be sorting some of the ‘bug bears’ that our residents’ identify, and we plan to get started on the smaller maintenance jobs like fixing potholes and repairing kerbs as quickly as possible.
Work that involves things like changes to the road, cycle lanes or footpaths, or changes to speed limits will take longer. This is because we want to check back in with local communities on the details of what’s proposed before we get approval from community boards or the Council to start construction.
We’ll make sure proposed work is well coordinated with other activities happening or planned in these areas.
Here’s the indicative programme:
- Collate community insights and review against our assessments.
- Work with the local community board to develop a priority list of projects to tackle.
- Let the community know what work is planned, why, where and when.
- Get work underway on smaller jobs.
- Engage with local communities on projects where we’re making changes to the road environment.
- Gain approval from the local community board or the Council.
- Complete detailed design.
- Start construction.
