Thank you again for sharing your views about the Chelsea Street renewal

At their meeting on 11 August 2025, the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board deferred the decision on the Chelsea Street renewal, to allow for a workshop with Transport staff to provide further information and discuss the options and issues raised during the deputations. A workshop was held on Monday 23 February 2026.

Following the workshop, the report remains unchanged and will be presented to the Board in its current form.

We received a total of 25 submissions about Chelsea Street renewal, from 22 individuals and the following organisations:

• Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School Board
• The Disabled Persons Assembly
• The Canterbury/West Coast Automobile Association District Council

What you told us

Of the submissions:

• 6 supported the plan (1 local resident)
• 8 somewhat supported the plan (1 local resident)
• 6 did not support the plan (3 local residents)
• 5 did not specify a preference

Submitters liked the following elements of the plan:

• Pedestrian improvements, including road narrowing, footpath widening, pedestrian crossings, tactile pavers and reviewing lighting (12)
• The streetscape and environment, including renewing the road, landscaping and planting, and the replacement of gutters (10)
• Speed humps (7)
• Cyclist directional paint (2)

Submitters disliked the following elements of the plan:

• Kerb buildouts/road narrowing (8) - including concern about buses and large vehicles navigating corners (3)
• Speed humps (7)
• Cost (6)
• Not addressing certain drainage issues, including camber of the road, and concern about being in a flood and liquefaction zone (4)
• Removing car parking given increased intensification (4)
• The selection of planting (4)
• Mature planting impact on infrastructure (3)

Submitters made the following requests:

• More pedestrian improvements, including requests for more pedestrian crossing opportunities, zebra crossings, lighting improvements, more yellow no stopping lines and better maintenance of tree roots/debris (7)
• More traffic calming, including more kerb buildouts/footpath widening, another speed hump, raised safety platforms, and better 30km/h signs (5)
• More landscaping/planting (4)
• Better infrastructure for cyclists including a shared path on the north side next to the mall (3)
• Fix existing drainage and road camber issues (2)

You can read more about what we heard in the meeting agenda below, which includes the staff report. To read all the feedback we received, download the submission table below.

Meeting details and decision making process

A staff report recommending approval of the Chelsea Street renewal plan will be presented to the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

Date: 7 April 2026

Time: 4.00pm

Venue: Boardroom, Corner Beresford and Union Streets, New Brighton

If you didn’t speak at the previous meeting but would like to this time, please contact the Community Board Advisor, Cindy Sheppard by emailing cindy.sheppard@ccc.govt.nz or phoning 03 941 6547

You can read the meeting agenda, including the staff report and any additional information online at councillive.ccc.govt.nz

The final decision is recorded in the meeting minutes, available online three working days after the meeting.