Christchurch City Council Media Advisory

Traffic Management For Working Week - Sunday 12 September 5.15pm

With many citizens returning to school and work tomorrow, the Christchurch City Council has several traffic safety notices of consideration.

* A 30 kilometre per hour speed restriction will be in place from 0500hrs on Monday 13th of September, for the central city. The aim of this is to protect pedestrians and motorists given a number of footpaths and intersections are closed in the central city.

* Also at 0500hrs on Monday, 13 September 2010, the Sydenham-end of Colombo Street, between Carlyle and Elgin streets, will be open one-way into town for buses and light vehicles only

* Kainga Road will be closed at Kainga Bridge, Brooklands until further notice.

* Spencerville Road will be closed on Sunday 12th of September, between 1900hrs and 0700hrs at Spencerville Bridge, Spencerville.

* Lower Styx Road remains open for access to Brooklands and Spencerville areas.

* Lyttelton Tunnel is open, however dangerous goods vehicles i.e. petrol tankers, need to be escorted through. This can be pre-arranged with Transfield Tunnel Control

* The Christchurch City Council carpark buildings that are open are: Tuam Street, Kilmore Street, Lichfield Street (partial), Crowne Plaza and Oxford Terrace.

* Road surfaces are uneven and cracked so people are advised to be extremely cautious.

With most schools in Christchurch reopening tomorrow the Council is calling on parents and students to utilise bus services in a bid to reduce traffic flow to ensure emergency services can operate as required

Many people will return to work in the central city tomorrow and the Council is asking commuters to consider the advantages of taking the bus to work as the number of on-street carparks has been reduced due to areas around unstable buildings being fenced off for safety reasons.

ENDS

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