We have a plan to improve safety for pedestrians crossing Deans Avenue between Oakford Close and Palazzo Lane. This plan will also improve accessibility to Hagley Park for local residents and people parking on Deans Avenue.

• A staggered pedestrian crossing with a fenced pedestrian refuge island on Deans Avenue, between Oakford Close and Palazzo Lane. This is to provide a safe crossing point in a high use area for pedestrians.
• Speed humps on the approaches to the new crossing. The crossing is in a busy location with many people, including tamariki and rangatahi visiting Hagley Park, for school and weekend sports, for walking and enjoying the park, and also attending events. The speed humps are aimed at slowing traffic down. This means people have more time to react and avoid a crash and the impact of a crash is also less severe at lower speeds.
• Merging the southbound lanes between Freyburg Avenue and Oakford Close, to reduce the number of lanes at the new crossing.
• A new two metre path connecting the crossing to the existing shared path in Hagley Park.

The Riccarton/Fendalton areas were identified as a priority for the government’s Christchurch Regeneration Acceleration Facility funding package.

In 2021, we asked the local community about their transport priorities for the Riccarton/Fendalton area. Making it easier for pedestrians to cross Deans Ave was one of the things that we heard that people wanted prioritised.