Blenheim roundabout upgrade

Background

Marlborough Roads engaged ViaStrada to develop an improved roundabout design for the Alabama Road and Weld Street intersection. This site has residential houses on three quadrants and a large supermarket on the fourth quadrant. The roundabout improvement project builds on the previous cycle safety assessment ViaStrada undertook in early 2018 of five roundabouts and four routes in Blenheim. Of the five roundabouts studied, the Alabama Road and Weld Street roundabout had the second highest number of cyclist-involved crashes (9 crashes recorded in the CAS database).

Aerial image of the roundabout

 

Project Objective
Provide improved roundabout design
Client
Marlborough Roads
Location
Blenheim
Deliverable
Report and detail design plan
Timeframe
2018
Project Status
Complete
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