This project will see road, safety, and accessibility improvements between Hawke Street and Bowhill Road.
The project is scheduled to run until late June 2026 and will see the surfacing a section of Marine Parade with asphalt, as well as kerb and channel renewal, pedestrian safety improvements and bus stop upgrades between Hawke Street and Bowhill Road.
A two-way cycle way and shared path will be installed from Hawke Street to Lonsdale Street, and a shared path from Lonsdale Street to Bowhill Road.
Nearby residents and businesses can sign up for text alerts(external link) from our contractor Isaac Construction. You can also contact the contractors directly on 0800 ISAACC (0800 472 222).
Read the Start Work Notice for the project.(external link)
For the duration of the project, anyone freedom camping along Marine Parade between Bowhill Road and Hawke Street will be directed to move elsewhere. Read more about freedom camping in Christchurch.(external link)
The New Brighton community asked Christchurch City Council for road, safety, and accessibility improvements on Marine Parade between Hawke Street and Bowhill Road.
Options were then developed alongside the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board.
This project is being funded by the Christchurch Regeneration Acceleration Facility (CRAF) fund, which is central government funding for transport projects.
The work will include a road, kerb and gutter renewal, with an on-road cycleway, shared path with raised platforms, speed humps, pedestrian safety improvements and bus stop upgrades.
- A road renewal on Marine Parade between Hawke Street and 187 Marine Parade.
- An on-road two-way cycleway on the dune side of the road between Hawke Street and Lonsdale Street.
- A shared path between Lonsdale Street and Bowhill Road – between the parking bays and dunes, where there is currently a narrow gravel path.
- Narrowing the road on Marine Parade between Hawke Street and Lonsdale Street so the cycleway and car parking can fit together in the road corridor.
- A zebra crossing and pedestrian island on Marine Parade close to Hawke Street.
- An upgraded pedestrian refuge island outside the North New Brighton Community Centre.
- Kerb buildouts and tactile pavers outside the North Ramp Car Park.
- Bus stop upgrades along Marine Parade by painting new boundary lines. Tactile pavers will also be installed at some bus stops.
- New speed humps at the Rawhiti Avenue / Marine Parade intersection.
- Replacement of the water main between Bowhill Road and Lonsdale Street.
- Renewed kerb and gutter between Lonsdale Street and 142 Marine Parade.
- Removing garden beds and trees along the parking bays. Replacement trees will be planted next to the sand dunes.