At its 14 November 2024 meeting, the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board considered three options proposed for the peak-hour lanes between Berwick Street and Innes Road, after reading the submissions, and hearing the deputations, from the public.

With the board voting in favour of a peak-hour bus lane, the decision will now sit with the full Council, which will consider the board’s recommendation in December. Changes are expected to be implemented in early 2025.

Board chairperson Emma Norrish said it’s been a long journey to the recommendation. “It’s good for the local St Albans community to be a step closer to having a permanent layout for this section of Cranford Street. The opening of the Christchurch Northern Corridor was always going to have big implications for this community, and it has been good to go through this process of hearing the feedback of all the submitters.”

The work will be funded by the Council through the Downstream Effects Mitigation Plan (DEMP).

The peak-hour lane operates on the southbound side in the morning peak (7am to 9am) and on the northbound side in the evening peak (4pm to 6pm), on weekdays. The lanes revert to on-street parking, with more space for cyclists, outside of these times.

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