Significant traffic change coming for Banks Peninsula Governors Bay drivers

Big traffic change Governors Bay, Dyers Pass Road down to one lane, March – August
http://strongerchristchurch.govt.nz/article/big-traffic-change-governors-bay-dyers-pass-road-down-to-one-lane-march-august

Governors Bay and Banks Peninsula residents and people who use Dyers Pass Road to get over the hill each day should expect delays for several months from March. This area is popular with weekend cyclists so both cyclists and drivers need to take care.

SCIRT’s Fletcher team starts work on retaining walls on the Governors Bay side of Dyers Pass Road late February/ early March, narrowing the road to one lane.

In order to maintain two-way traffic, traffic lights will be needed to ensure safe journeys up and down the one-lane stretch. See the work notice and overview for all the details. http://strongerchristchurch.govt.nz/work/activity/6401

• The work will take up to six months.
• Traffic lights will control the flow of traffic.
• The work starts at the intersection of Dyers Pass and Governors Bay Roads extending uphill for 400 metres.
• Two walls will be repaired, with rock anchors, and the central section fully rebuilt.
• More than 100 rock anchors will be installed.

Preliminary work end of February
Preparatory work will be underway from this week, last week of February, until early March 2015.http://strongerchristchurch.govt.nz/work/activity/6388
This will include removing vegetation on the Christchurch City Council road reserve and private property. Property owners will be notified beforehand. This vegetation will be cleared from the work area to ensure enough space to repair the retaining walls on the downside of the hill.
The Fletcher crew will also be establishing the site office and laydown areas (where plant and machinery will be stored) and setting out traffic management. Fencing will be erected around the site, enclosing the work area.

Cyclists and pedestrians
Temporary traffic management using stop/go signs will be in place while this preliminary tree-trimming work is underway.

• Cyclists will need to merge with traffic flow, so please take care and if driving, allow the cyclist to hold the lane until the road opens out and drivers can safely pass.
• Please follow the signs and reduce speed.
• Parking on the street will not be available next to the work area.
• A pedestrian diversion will be provided around the work area. Please follow our signs.
Residents’ access
Residents living on this bottom section of Dyers Pass Road, between number 1091 and 1063, will be most affected by this work over several months. The turning room for cars where the road is reduced to one lane is limited and the angle of the driveways means residents and visitors to these properties will have to exit uphill. There will be a sensor on each driveway which will register when a car is waiting to exit and each property will have their own traffic light system for a safe turn up the hill. There is no visibility from many of these properties to the two sets of traffic lights. The on-site traffic controller will be working to ensure residents can safely turn into their driveways.

SCIRT thanks everyone for taking care and building in extra time while this work is underway, watching for cyclists and pedestrians.

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