Southern View: April 13, 2023

Thursday April 13 2023 3
HAVE YOUR SAY: What do you think about the planned
changes to the Dyers Pass Rd, Colombo St, Cashmere Rd
and Centaurus Rd roundabout? Email your responses in
200 words or less to barry@starmedia.kiwi
SAFER: The roundabout connecting Dyers Pass Rd, Colombo St, Cashmere Rd and Centaurus Rd as it is today. Right – what the roundabout is
expected to look like after the proposed changes.
PHOTOS: NEWSLINE
Changes likely for risky roundabout
A BUSY roundabout at the base
of the Port Hills could soon get
a raft of safety improvements to
address the high crash rate.
The Waihoro Spreydon-
Cashmere-Heathcote
Community Board is due to
consider a report tomorrow
recommending safety
improvements to the Cashmere
Rd, Centaurus Rd, Colombo St,
Dyers Pass Rd roundabout.
The changes would include
raised platforms to help prevent
vehicles crashing with cyclists.
Between 2010 and 2021, 27
crashes were reported at the
roundabout. Ten of those
resulted in serious injuries, with
six involving people riding bikes
and four involving people on a
motorcycle or scooter. Cyclists
were also involved in eight
crashes between 2010 and 2021
that resulted in minor injuries.
To address this, city council
staff have recommended changes,
including raised platforms to
encourage safe speeds as vehicles
travel through the roundabout
and make it safer for people to
cross the intersection.
Similar raised platforms added
to intersections across the city,
including Lincoln Rd, Barrington
St and Whiteleigh Ave in
Addington, have faced criticism
from Mayor Phil Mauger.
However, the city council staff
report says the raised platforms
reduce entry speed and improve
safety.
“The Cashmere/Colombo/
Centaurus/Dyers Pass
intersection is a busy intersection
used by many people travelling
to school, work or across the
community. Whether people
are travelling through this
intersection on foot, by bicycle,
by bus or driving, they should
be able to do so safely,” the staff
report stated.
The report also recommended:
• Narrowing the road
widths approaching the
roundabout and installing
sharrow markings to indicate
that people riding bicycles and
vehicles share the lane.
• Widening the existing
pedestrian refuge islands and
add zebra pedestrian and cycle
crossings on Colombo St and
Centaurus Rd to create safer
crossing points.
• Building out the kerb on
the corner of Colombo St and
Centaurus Rd to slow vehicles
turning left into Centaurus
Rd and provide space for
landscaping.
• Building out the kerb on
Dyers Pass and Cashmere Rds
to slow vehicles turning left into
Cashmere Rd.
• Adding a concrete lip around
the centre of the roundabout
to reduce the speed of people
travelling in the roundabout.
More than 400 submissions
were made during the
consultation process, with the
majority calling for traffic lights
to be installed.
However, city council staff say
traffic signals would not improve
safety, may cause more delays for
road users, and would cost $2.5
million, compared to $450,000
for the recommended changes.
The cost will be covered by
the Government through the
Christchurch Regeneration
Acceleration Fund.
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