Moorhouse Avenue is one of Christchurch's busiest transport corridors, with approximately 24,000 vehicles passing through each day. It is also a key route for pedestrians and cyclists traveling to and from the central city.

It’s important to ensure our infrastructure is capable of handling the growing demand from increased population and vehicle activity in this busy part of the city. So, we're planning to improve pedestrian safety and accessibility at two intersections on Moorhouse Avenue which are key access points for Ara, the growing south-east central neighbourhood, and One New Zealand Stadium at Te Kaha.

Two intersections along Moorhouse Avenue are planned to be improved:

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• Installing a new staggered ‘green man’ crossing on the east side of the intersection with a waiting area in the current raised central median. This will be consistent with other recent pedestrian crossings along the four avenues.
• Removing the north-west slip lane from Moorhouse on to Madras and replacing this with a left turn lane. This is so the north-west corner can be widened to increase the number of people that can wait for the pedestrian crossing.
• Installing priority crossings and speed humps on the existing slip lanes from Gasson Street onto Moorhouse Avenue and from Moorhouse Avenue onto Gasson Street, to slow vehicles down as they come up to the crossing point and minimise the severity of a potential crash.
• Repainting road markings, including cycle lanes.

Modelling shows that converting the slip lane to a signalised left-turn lane is unlikely to significantly affect vehicle travel times. Left-turning traffic may experience an additional wait of up to 40 seconds when stopped. The intersection is expected to operate similarly to the Moorhouse Avenue / Montreal Street intersection.

Click on the dots to view a close up of the proposed changes.

• Installing a new staggered ‘green man’ crossing on the east side of the intersection with a waiting area in the current raised central median. This will be consistent with other recent pedestrian crossings along the four avenues.
• Installing a priority crossing and speed hump on the existing slip lane from Moorhouse Avenue on to Waltham Road, to slow vehicles down as they come up to the crossing point and minimise the severity of a potential crash.
• Repainting road markings, including cycle lanes.

Changes to traffic light phasing to accommodate the additional ‘green man’ crossings will only affect traffic turning right on to Moorhouse Avenue from Waltham Road and left from Barbados Street.