The timelapse below shows what it took for the NZTA and their contractors to build a cycling underpass at Wellesley St. While the road was narrowed the street itself was only closed for about a week. Now if only we could get some similar underpasses at interchanges like St Lukes.
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CAA managed to get a west-east underpass for the cycleway at the Te Atatu Interchange, but yeah, nothing at St Lukes, I am afraid.
And yeah, cool video from NZTA.
Especially disappointing considering the $20M blow out on the St Lukes project.
What it does show is how unnecessarily wide it is and how no other modes are accommodated.
Amused to note that the video of the underpass being constructed, was taken from the overpass already crossing Wellesley. Not saying it shouldn’t have been built, but we’re ignoring the assets we already have.
Nice video, but further to yesterdays post its a shame that nothing like this is done about walking along Wellesley. Even a tiny path on the side would make it at least possible to get to the domain (although awful, to be fair).
The CEWT study – which was the transport follow-on from City Centre Masterplan – proposes the main centre-city west-east cycle axis to be Wellesley Street East, so that cycleway is very much on the cards. When? Phew, ask who the next government is, and how much Len is putting into cycling in the next LTP…
And Carrington Rd.
How the motorway expansion was allowed in this area without the cycleway being fixed puzzles me.
Previously the retaining wall could have been lowered, with the cycleway built on top, giving a nice grade each side.
Now that space is going to be used by additional motorway lanes, leaving the cycleway to bare the expensive solution as per the video above, and probably an up and down instead of a nice grade to Gt Nth Rd.
Cycled down here today, the new path is great! Currently those weird connections though — I ended up just walking my bike up the bank and cycling up Wellesley…
Surely it wouldn’t be that difficult or expensive to connect the cycleway to Albert Park/art gallery/universities with a cycle path underneath Symonds St.
Strange though that there is still no connection for pedestrians and cyclists across the motorway along Wellesley St.
Not expensive in a motoring sense, but still probably a couple mil – if in addition to the path under Symonds Street through the tunnel, you wanted to then build a cycleable (i.e. not too steep) connection to the GG cycleway from Wellesley to the lower level where the cycleway crosses under the street.
All on the cards, but probably not happening next week…