Marshland, Briggs, Lake Terrace Rd intersection improvements : Christchurch City Council

We're planning improvements to the Marshland, Briggs and Lake Terrace Road intersection to make it way safer for everyone.

Project status: Closed for feedback

Open for feedback: 13 September 2022 to 28 September 2022

Overview of intersection looking southwest - design concept of intersection safety improvements

Consultation has now closed

Consultation on the Marshland, Briggs, Lake Terrace Road intersection improvements has now closed. People were able to provide feedback from 13 September to 28 September 2022.

During this time we heard from four individuals and groups. You can read their feedback [PDF, 2.8 MB] and read the staff recommendation(external link) as part of the agenda for the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood and Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Boards.

The Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood and Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Boards meeting details are as follows:

Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board
Date: Monday 21 November 2022
Time: 5pm
Venue: Boardroom, Corner Beresford and Union Streets, New Brighton

Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board
Date: Friday 16 December 2022
Time: 9am
Venue: The Boardroom, Papanui Service Centre, Corner Langdons Road and Restell Street

This is a public meeting and you are welcome to attend.

Way safer for everyone

We’re supporting Road to Zero - New Zealand’s road safety strategy for 2020-2030.

We need to create a safe transport system; one that recognises humans make mistakes and is designed so that these mistakes do not need to cost us our lives.

Speed is the biggest determining factor to how much harm is caused in a crash, so if we can reduce speeds on the approach to high risk locations we can reduce the risk of fatal and serious injury crashes.

We want everyone to get where they are going safely.

What we are doing

We are installing raised safety platforms on all four approaches to the intersection. These platforms are like long speed bumps designed to slow traffic to give people time to react and avoid a crash. If a crash does happen the impact is less severe at lower speeds.

We are also:

Improving the cycle lanes within the intersection and adding advanced cycle stop boxes on all approaches.
Installing a new median island at the intersection, combining the left and through lanes and moving the cycle lane to the kerbside on Lake Terrace Road.
Building out the kerb on the southeast corner to slow vehicles turning left out of Lake Terrace Road, making it safer for pedestrians.

If approved, construction will start around May 2023.