We've created a safer and more inviting street environment in Linwood Village.

We've renewed the streetscape and replaced water pipes in Linwood Village.

We focused on the Worcester Street/Stanmore Road intersection and road corridor adjacent to the shopping strip.

We made these changes to Linwood Village as a part of our ongoing commitment to delivering the Linwood Village Master Plan, which contains a strategic vision to transform the centre into a lively, colourful and diverse urban village.

The project aimed to identify improvements to the look and feel of the street in a way that builds on the village’s character, improves safety, supports good transport infrastructure and creates a quality place for people.

As well as creating a nicer street environment, these upgrades aim to make it safer and easier for everyone to get around Linwood Village – whether they’re walking, driving, busing, scooting or biking.

How we've improved Linwood Village

We made the following changes to Linwood Village to create a safer and more inviting street environment:

  • A speed limit reduction to 30 km/h, with Linwood Village signage at the entry points.s
  • Safe speed crossing platforms installed at the intersections of Hereford and Worcester Streets and a paved crossing at Gloucester Street – all including tactile paving.
  • A raised, paved courtesy crossing (6m long) between Hereford and Worcester Street intersections.
  • New bus shelters at both bus stops, with raised kerbs to make it more accessible for those entering and exiting buses.
  • 1.8m wide on-street cycle lanes in both directions and 12 new cycle stands.
  • Traffic lanes at least 3.2m wide.
  • Parking restrictions south of Gloucester Street changed from P30 to P10 to increase parking turnover.

To minimise the need to come back and dig again, we installed new submain water pipes at some property boundaries.

Project consultation

People living and working in Linwood told us they want a safe space where they can enjoy spending time.

We received helpful feedback from the public when we consulted on our proposed design(external link) in early 2022.

We listened and we made changes to our design as a result:

    • Made refinements to tree locations and the type of trees specified.
    • Altered the originally proposed P10 parking on Stanmore Road's east side to remain at P30.
    • Replaced the taxi stand on Worcester Street with additional P10 parking.

Our final design focuses on wider footpaths, dedicated cycle lanes, better lighting, more trees, and improved landscaping.

Project approval and funding

The Waikura Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board and the elected council approved the proposed scheme design on 31 August 2022(external link) and 8 September 2022(external link) respectively, provided that construction would not proceed until sufficient funding is available.

This Linwood Village streetscape enhancement project had previously been considered for funding under the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) Climate Emergency Response Fund (CERF) Transport Choices programme.

On 6 December 2023, the elected council approved a Notice of Motion (NoM)(external link) by Councillor Jake McLellan, seeking that the project would be funded through the Council's 2024-2034 Long Term Plan (LTP), should Transport Choices funding not be awarded.