Category Archives: Roading

Roosevelt Avenue being worked on

SCIRT is replacing the gravity wastewater main and laterals along a section of Roosevelt Avenue between Innes Road and Malvern Street and expects the work to be completed by mid April.

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Edgeware Road one way (temporarily)

The section of Edgeware Road between Bishop and Sherbourne Streets will be one way until June while earthquake repairs are undertaken.

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Northern Motorway back on agenda

Plans are being made for a new section to be added to the Northern Motorway to link the Waimakariri River Bridge area with QEII Drive bringing fast moving traffic in and out of the city. The proposed Northern Arterial is … Continue reading

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Edgeware Road edging out traffic

The section of Edgeware Road between Lindsay Street and Madras Streets will be out of action for a couple of months from Monday, January 28 to enable repair work to be done on the footpaths, kerbs and roadway. While this … Continue reading

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Champion Street being resealed

Wastewater repairs have finished on Champion Street and the section between Bealey Avenue and Gresford Street will be sealed in the week beginning December 15. SCIRT takes a three week break over the Christmas holiday period.

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Break from roadworks

Stay at home residents will be pleased to hear that they will get a break from all the roadworks when SCIRT workers head away on holiday on December 21 and won’t return till mid January. In areas around shopping centres … Continue reading

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Some interesting gems in community board paperwork

This linked document contains the agenda for the December 5 meeting but it also contains some interesting reading if you read on. At the end of the Community Board minutes in an appendix, in amongst a list of capital works, … Continue reading

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Rutland Street being resurfaced

Fletchers has begun to resurface Rutland Street. This is the final stage of repairs to that street.

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Edgeware Road section to reopen for Christmas

MCConnell Dowell are hopeful of having Edgeware Road, between Allard and Madras Streets, sealed and ready to reopen for Christmas.

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Evans Pass Road reopens to traffic this weekend

Evans Pass Road, which links Sumner and the Summit Road, will open for public use from Sunday, November 4 but if you want a sneak peak get on yer bike on November 3.

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Edgeware road repairs start soon

The wastewater repairs have been completed and work starts on October 24, putting in new kerbs, footpaths and the road will be resealed.

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Purchas St reconstruction begins

Work on replacing drains and pipes in Purchas Street begins on September 17 and is expected to take four months to complete. The work on the Madras to Barbadoes St section of Purchas St, replacing pipes and constructing new kerbs … Continue reading

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