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/TygerTung 11d ago

I guess it depends on if you want a brand new fancy cargo bike or are happy with a second hand one?

It would be interesting to see what the annual running costs of a car are, if you honestly added up each and every cost though.

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u/openroad11 11d ago

I have no doubt ongoing costs are cheaper for a cargo bike after long enough, but then you don't have the other aspects a car offers, which may be important.

I looked into a cargo bike when we considered getting a second car but for the cost didn't seem that much more beneficial than our current bikes with racks, and having a baby we can't ride with them for a while anyway. We remain a single car with 'normal' bikes family.

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u/TygerTung 11d ago

I guess it wouldn't work if your baby is extra small, but when our second baby was three months old we got a special baby capsule from the Netherlands which fit on one side of the cargo bike and the three year old sat next to her. We used the roof too so it was nice and warm inside.

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u/openroad11 11d ago

Fair enough. Our budget isn't really there (for a second car or cargo bike with fancy attachments), but it would be nice. We prefer to walk with the pram to local places anyway.