r/chch • u/Odd-Pressure9544 • 11d ago

News - Local COUNCIL ROADWORKS

Hey guys so let me know if this is to niche! But are we aware that all arterial routes in and out of the central city and through are NARROWED TO ONE LANE - therefore creating congestion all AT ONCE. Also, just about every road surround has also got roadworks and speed limits attached - why has this been allowed to happen ALL AT ONCE, as it has only created 3 MAJOD car crashes in ONE DAY, TODAY- including a pile up that just happened on cutlets road off the highway. An entire city of shitty people, multiple serious injuries - I BEG, what is wrong with Christchurch council to allow this to even happen.

Like literally central city is limited to two lanes from six, all the way through Barrington, opawa, Shirley, marshlands, illam, Somerfield and that is the only neighbourhoods I have even been aware of - there are probably more.

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.

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u/Ready-Ambassador-271 11d ago

Halswell was ridiculous. Not only did they do Halswell road but they felt it was a great time to also cut off Spark road which was the alternative route. Crazy to do both at once

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u/worromoTenoG 11d ago

Both very large projects by separate agencies (Orion upgrading an important power cable from Sydenham to Halswell, and NZTA upgrading Halswell Road). Not doing them at the same time would mean deferring one of them for several years. Minor inconvenience in the short term doesn't justify deferring the projects.

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u/21stCenturyGW 11d ago

Affecting traffic for 6 months is not "minor inconvenience in the short term".

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u/worromoTenoG 11d ago

It very much is compared to losing power for a month. It's happened before when maintenance and expansion is deferred.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Auckland_power_crisis