Cumnor Terrace one-way

The proposed one-way section is between Chapmans Road and Maunsell Street and is part of the Heathcote Expressway Major Cycle Route – Puari ki Kahukura

Consultation has now closed. 

We received 140 submissions with the following result:

• 104 submitters did not support the proposed-one way
• 36 submitters did support the proposed one-way

Based on feedback [PDF, 3.1 MB], Cumnor Terrace will remain two-way, as per the previously approved plan.

Feedback received included concerns related to the impact on businesses in the area, including financial concerns, access to businesses for daily operations, customers and staff, and also safety issues if Cumnor Terrace was to be made one-way.

Feedback received from those submitters who supported the one-way option was this was a safer option for both cyclists and pedestrians.

You can read all submissions and a consultation summary. [PDF, 461 KB]

The Heathcote Expressway Major Cycle Route is a commuter and recreational cycleway connecting Heathcote with the central city via Woolston, Opawa, Charleston and Phillipstown. In the future, the cycleway will have connections with the Ōpāwaho River Route cycleway. 

The first part of the cycleway between the central city and The Tannery has already been built and about 95,000 cycle trips have been recorded since January 2019 at a St Asaph Street cycle counter where this cycleway enters the central city.

Construction of the next section of cycleway from The Tannery to Heathcote is expected to begin this year. We consulted on the Heathcote Expressway cycleway from Tuesday 15 November 2016 to Thursday 15 December 2016. Consultation during that period considered the entire route.

Heathcote Expressway Activity Map 2019

Why are we consulting with you again?

The Infrastructure, Transport and Environment Committee approved construction of the Heathcote Expressway from Ferry Road to Truscotts Road at meetings in 2017 and 2018. 

As part of its decisions, the Committee also agreed that an option for increasing the width of the cycleway on Cumnor Terrace should be explored including Cumnor Terrace becoming a one-way street. Cumnor Terrace, between Maunsell Street and Marshall Street, is already one-way heading north.

This proposal considers also making Cumnor Terrace one-way heading west from Chapmans Road to Maunsell Street and retaining the footpath on the south side of the road. Cumnor Terrace north of Marshall Street will remain a two-way street.

Why the one-way option?

Cumnor Terrace is relatively narrow in places. There are approximately 3,500 vehicles per day that use this section of Cumnor Terrace and around 700 are heavy vehicles - 168 (24%) use the access ways on the south side (Source: 7-Day Tube Counts, September 2016).

In the option consulted on in 2016, the footpath from Maunsell Street to Chapmans Road was to be removed to accommodate a shared path on the riverside and to retain two-way traffic. A short section of boardwalk was to be constructed adjacent to the river at Maunsell Street. In addition, the parking layout along The Tannery would be reconfigured.

During the consultation, a number of submissions made specific comments regarding the Cumnor Terrace section from Chapmans Road to Maunsell Street, particularly around safety and loss of the pedestrian footpath on the south side. The key concerns regarding safety included: 

• The speed of vehicles travelling along Cumnor Terrace.
• The removal of the footpath along Cumnor Terrace (from Chapmans Road to Maunsell Street) adjacent to the businesses.
• Impacts on large vehicles trying to access driveways arising from the narrowing of the roadway.
• Concern about the existing volume of heavy vehicles along Cumnor Terrace between Maunsell Street and Chapmans Road.

Several submitters located along this section of Cumnor Terrace linking Maunsell Street and Chapmans Road sought changes to this section to increase safety. These included making this section one-way or placing restrictions on heavy vehicles and retaining the footpath. Other submitters sought a widening of the cycleway along Cumnor Terrace.

As the detailed design of the section was further investigated, concerns with potential impacts on the freshwater habitat in the river were also raised.

The one-way proposal presents an effective option for addressing safety concerns raised in submissions and avoiding further impacts on the Heathcote River.

The section that we are proposing to change is Cumnor Terrace from Chapmans Road to Maunsell Street.

Heathcote expressway cycleway: existing and proposed one-way

Cumnor Terrace plan

We are seeking your feedback on the proposed one-way option

What happens to redirected traffic?

People who would normally travel east along Cumnor Terrace between Maunsell Street and Chapmans Road will need to choose a different route under the one-way option.

Alternative options are shown on the map below.

Traffic from the north, which would typically use Garlands Road (SH74A) (red route) may use:

• Tanner Street, Curries Road, Port Hills Road, Chapmans Road (shown as the green dashed route); or 
• Tunnel Road and Scruttons Road, (shown as the red dashed route)

Traffic coming from the city via Brougham Street (blue route) may use Opawa Road (SH76), (shown as the blue dashed route).

Alternative travel routes under the proposed one-way option