The Star: June 30, 2022

The Star Thursday June 30 2022
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Flyover: Business may have to move
A BUSINESS with purpose-built
headquarters at Rolleston is
faced with having to move if the
Rolleston flyover goes ahead as
planned.
Christchurch RV Centre office
manager Allicia Beirne said the
new NZ Transport Agency Waka
Kotahi concept plan released last
week revealed motorists towing
caravans coming off the flyover
could find the turn into the caravan
and motorhome business’
entrance too tight.
“We are not happy about it, we
don’t want to move, we haven’t
even been here 12 months,”
Beirne said.
A Waka Kotahi spokesperson
said the roading authority was
in discussion with Christchurch
RV Centre for alternative access
options.
“One of the options being
weighed up at the moment is
relocating their business to
another site,” the spokesperson
confirmed.
The roading authority was
actively engaging with directly
affected parties to mitigate their
concerns around access to their
sites.
Drummond and Etheridge
Rolleston, next door to Christchurch
RV Centre, is among those
that also have concerns.
Branch manager Murray
Chesterman said he was awaiting
more detail before making
further comment.
Some Jones Rd businesses support
the new plan.
MTF Finance franchise owner
Dan Groundwater said it would
allow traffic to continue onto
Jones Rd, while the original
flyover plan released last year
had proposed to take traffic away
from it.
U-Tow New Zealand spokesperson
Tony Walker said the new
flyover would potentially give
more exposure to his business as
it exited nearby.
Waka Kotahi director of
regional relationships James
Caygill said the roading authority
was seeking feedback to July
22.
The $125 million project aims
to improve connections across
the highway between Rolleston’s
residential side and industrial
and business hubs and railway
inland port zone.
“Since public consultation
last year, the team has taken
another look at ways the residential
and industrial sides of
Rolleston can be better connected,”
Caygill said.
Selwyn Mayor Sam Broughton
welcomed the changes.
He said as well as safer ways
to cross and connect Rolleston,
the plan offered people more
travel choice.
“This project will provide
better travel options, keep our
people safe and help our district’s
economy grow,” Broughton said.
• For background on
the project and a video
presentation, go to https://
www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/
sh1-rolleston/
FLYOVER: An artist’s
impression of the planned
Rolleston overbridge and its
location (below).
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