Selwyn Times: May 16, 2018

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Commuter congestion to ease
Broughton has
concerns with
Brougham St
• By Julia Evans
ONE OF the city’s busiest
roads is set to have its
congestion issues addressed.
Brougham St “corridor
improvements” have been
included in the draft transport
agency investment proposal
2018-27 released by the New
Zealand
Transport
Agency.
About
44,000
vehicles,
including 5000
freight, use the
thoroughfare
Jim Harland
from the
Selwyn
district to
Lyttelton Port each day.
“The Brougham St, State
Highway 76 project is
identified as a proposed
activity, which means it will
continue to be developed,
subject to its new alignment
with the Government policy
statement on land transport
priorities,” NZTA direction
regional relationships Jim
Harland said.
The proposal includes a
budget of between $10
million-$100 million for the
upgrades to increase flow along
the street.
The work would be completed
before 2021, while a
detailed business case and
design would begin when the
plan was approved by Environment
Canterbury’s regional
transport committee before
August 31.
The plan said NZTA will
work with partners, including
the city council and Selwyn
District Council, to “investigate
appropriate solutions” to
congestion along Brougham
St to the Rolleston Corridor,
which connects Selwyn to the
Lyttelton Port.
“Doing so will improve customer
access between the south
of the city to Lyttelton Port
and help reduce congestion in
Christchurch’s south-western
suburbs,” the plan said.
It comes as Selwyn Mayor
Sam Broughton raised concerns
about congestion on
the motorway during the city
council’s Long Term Plan
hearings.
Mr Broughton said he anticipates
congestion will get worse
the longer the corridor is left
as it is.
CONGESTION:
Brougham
St has been
identified
as in need
of corridor
improvements
by NZTA.
PHOTO:
MARTIN
HUNTER
“The southern end of the
motorway connecting to
Brougham St is a major cause
of transport delays to the
wider travelling public, which
is expected to get worse as
time goes on,” Mr Broughton
said.
This was inevitable with the
expected population increases
in both Selwyn and Christchurch,
he said.
City council manager planning
and delivery transport
Lynette Ellis said it would work
with NZTA to “effectively and
efficiently” keep the transport
network running, including
Brougham St.
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