Safe System Audits in Christchurch
Objective
Conduct quality informative safe system audits to provide primary and supporting treatments for designs throughout Ōtautahi.
Client
Christchurch City Council
Location
Christchurch
Deliverable
Reports
Timeframe
Aug 2022 - Aug 2024
Project Status
Complete
Background
Christchurch City Council’s transport team has completed many safety improvement projects throughout Ōtautahi over the last National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) period. Multiple funding streams included Transport Choices, Climate Emergency Response Fund (CERF), Christchurch Regeneration Acceleration Facility (CRAFT), and other transport funds.
ViaStrada has been involved in the scheme, detailed design and post safe system audits for the following projects:
Traffic Signals
- Shirley Road signalised intersections primary safe system safety improvements
- Aldwins Road signalised intersection primary safe system safety improvements
- Church Corner signalised intersections primary safe system safety improvements
- Heaton Street raised signalised crossing
Pedestrian crossings
- Waimairi / Athol raised pedestrian crossing
- Sparks Road rural pedestrian crossing
Roundabouts
- Burwood / Mairehau roundabout intersection primary safe system safety improvements
- Travis / Bower roundabout primary safe system safety improvements
- Clyde / Ilam roundabout primary safe system safety improvements
Area-wide treatments
- Transport Choices – School safety
- Transport Choices – Safe speed neighbourhoods
- CERF – Smith and Rhona Street neighbourhood greenway
Cycleways
- CERF – Westmorland separated cycleway and signalised crossing
- CERF – Little River cycle path connections
- CERF – Te Aratai School separated cycleway connection
- CRAF – Richmond neighbourhood greenway
Rural road alignment
- Inner Lyttleton stormwater improvements
- McLeans Island corner realignments
Road renewals
- Wainoni Road vertical alignment project
- Bradshaw Street kerb and channel renewal
- Marine Parade
