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Fendalton
Road - Gateway to the Garden City?
Christchurch is internationally renowned as The Garden City.
Our leafy suburbs and tree-lined streets create an environment for all to enjoy, and tourists to envy.
While our Garden City is spectacular, it's easy to overlook the impact that first impressions can make. The majority of visitors to Christchurch form their first and last impressions of Christchurch traveling from to airport to the city, along Memorial Avenue and Fendalton Road.
- What impression do these roads make upon visitors and our Garden City reputation?
- Is this 'Garden City Gateway' providing attractive, safe access from airport to city?
- Does this arterial meet the needs of motorists, cyclists and pedestrians using it?
There's a belief that Fendalton Road is becoming congested, unsafe and unattractive.
Is this really the image we want for our Garden City?
There's a groundswell for change ...
It's not just local residents who want this road restored to its rightful place as the Gateway to the Garden City.
- transport operators have been calling for action
- tourist operators want to see the link from the airport to the central city improved
- residents of the northwest suburbs experience the congestion on Fendalton Road
- local schools have raised concerns over the safety of cyclists and pedestrians
- landscape designers want to see a more attractive gateway from airport to city
Fendalton Road needs to be more attractive, more convenient and safer to use. The challenge has been to strike the right balance between preserving the unique character of Fendalton with its trees and gardens, while providing safe travel for the tens of thousands of people that use Fendalton Road.
The Garden City Gateway Plan
The proposed design includes these features:
Landscaping
- enhance landscape values and aesthetic character of Fendalton by keeping road width to a safe minimum to retain important trees and allow new landscaping
- landscaping in wider sections of solid median planted with large trees to reinforce the large scale of many significant trees along Fendalton Road
- qualities of light and shade, texture, colour, scale and views associated with parks and gardens reflected in planting of the roadside and medians
Pedestrian Facilities
- sealed footpaths (1.8 metres wide) on each side of the road meander through landscaping creating an attractive safe environment for pedestrians
- plan proposes 17 safe crossing points for less able pedestrians, wheelchairs and people with prams (5 controlled by signals)
Cycle Lanes
- 1.5 metre wide cycle lanes on each side of the road and coloured cycle facilities at intersections
- connects with city-wide network of cycle lanes
Bus Stops
- improved stops and shelters provided to make public transport more attractive
- stops places close to the most popular destinations of passengers, such as St Barnabas Church and Hollylea Retirement Home
An Arterial Roadway
- reconstructed road will have 4 traffic lanes
- 1.5m wide on-street cycle lanes in each direction
- a solid median varying between 2 and 3.4 metres with landscaping
- Safety and Traffic Signals
- introducing signals at Glandovey Road intersection, will make safe turns and crossing manoeuvres possible for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians
For more information
Your reaction to the Gateway Plan is important to your Council and Community Board.
A brochure, that includes a simplified map and illustrates some of the key design features, is available from Council Offices and Libraries. A detailed plan is also available for inspection at your Council's Fendalton Office, at the corner of Jeffreys and Clyde Roads. Please read through the brochure and return your comments, on the freepost feedback form, no later than Friday 29 September. For further information, phone 371-1666.
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