Selwyn Times: March 21, 2018

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Traffic light plan could come early
Council to
monitor
roundabout
congestion
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
TRAFFIC LIGHTS could be
installed earlier than planned
to combat congestion at a
roundabout in Lincoln.
The district council is planning
to place traffic lights at the Gerald
St/Springs
Rd/Ellesmere
Junction Rd
intersection
in 2027/28 as
part of its draft
Long Term
Plan 2018-2028.
Malcolm
Lyall
But the district
council’s
transportation
asset manager Andrew Mazey
said it will consider advancing
the upgrade earlier than expected
if traffic delays become of
significant concern.
He said the it will be monitoring
the performance of the
intersection.
It comes as traffic is often
backed up to New World Lincoln
and along Springs Rd at peak
hours in the morning.
“Council is very aware that this
busy intersection needs to operate
efficiently within realistic levels
at peak morning and evening
times to deal with the increasing
traffic demands,” Mr Mazey said.
The traffic demands are a result
of Lincoln University and other
developments in the area, including
the Te Whāriki subdivision.
The traffic signal installation
is part of a series of roading upgrades
in support of the Lincoln
Town Centre master plan.
Mr Mazey said the plan will
progressively upgrade Gerald St
from east to west over the next
14 years.
It is estimated the upgrade will
cost $1.92 million.
Lincoln chief fire officer Jeremy
Greenwood said at peak times
the roundabout can be an issue.
“But we take our time and get
round the best we can considering
the circumstances,” he said.
Deputy Mayor Malcolm Lyall
said there is a lot of congestion
due to a lot of single occupant
cars travelling to the university.
“I do wish more people going
to the university would use public
transport but it doesn’t seem
to happen,” he said.
Mr Lyall said he would
welcome a review of having the
traffic lights installed earlier than
2027/28.
Leeston resident Caitlin Miles,
who travels to Christchurch via
Lincoln most days said the traffic
BUSY:
Ellesmere
Junction Rd,
Springs Rd
and Gerald St
roundabout
traffic.
PHOTO:
MARTIN
HUNTER
along that section of the road is
“ridiculous” at the moment.
She said she will be glad to see
the district council do something
– but “the sooner the better.”
However, Lincoln Club president
and Hammer Hardware
owner Lynn Townsend said
while he does not travel through
the roundabout at busy times,
the roundabout works well.
“Anytime I go through there,
there is never any problem at all,”
he said.
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SLOW SPEED ZONE
Police are urging motorists to
slow down through a temporary
speed zone as road works get
under way in Rolleston. Road
works will remain on Rolleston
Drive, by Countdown, until the
end of April. A temporary speed
of 30km/h is currently in place.
Sergeant Alex Pickover said
police had received complaints
about motorists driving through
the work site at high speed. Drivers
caught speeding will be issued
with an infringement notice.
CAR FIRE
Firefighters were called to
contain a car fire on Sunday.
The incident happened at 10pm,
Sunday, on Greenpark Rd. Chief
fire officer Jeremy Greenwood
said it was likely the car was
stolen before it was set alight.
HALL REBUILD TENDER
Plans to rebuild the Lakeside
Soldiers Memorial Hall have
taken another step forward with
the tender for the project going
to the district council’s public
excluded section of the meeting
last week. District councillor Pat
McEvedy said the information
on the tender will be released in
due course so the project can go
ahead. Selwyn Times reported in
July the district council approved
to increase its original funding of
$167,788 to $417,697.
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