Consultation on Lyttelton Street safety and accessibility improvements has now closed. People were able to provide feedback from 11 to 29 September 2024. You will be able to read their feedback and the staff recommendation once the agenda is available for the Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board meeting, which we expect to be in April 2025.

We have a plan to make Lyttelton Street safer and more accessible, particularly for tamariki and cyclists.

The plan

• Upgrading and raising the crossing outside Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School
• Installing an indented bus bay outside Te Kura Kaupapa Māori O Te Whānau Tahi School
• Adding a 1.8 metre wide painted cycle lane on both sides of Lyttelton Street, from Sparks Road to Rose Street.
  • To accommodate the cycle lane, we will need to shift the existing pedestrian refuge islands and remove 15 on-street carparks.

Click on the icons on the below map to view the plans in more detail, then let us know what you think.

Why this area?

The Beckenham, Somerfield, Spreydon, Waltham area was identified as a priority area for the government’s Christchurch Regeneration Acceleration Facility funding package.

The areas selected had high numbers of potholes, accidents, near misses and requests. They also experienced significant damage and disruption or have more people travelling in them due to changes in travel patterns following the earthquakes.

In 2021, we asked the local community about their transport priorities for the Beckenham, Somerfield, Spreydon, Waltham area. Safety and accessibility improvements for Lyttelton Street was something we heard people wanted prioritised.

Other priorities were also identified, so now’s a good time to sign up to Kōrero mai | Let’s talk (‘Join’ in the top right corner of the page), to be notified when we’re ready for feedback on other plans as part of this package.