CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Read our construction update to see what has been achieved and what is coming up on the Karangahape Road Enhancements project.

Special Feature: 8 new installations have been added to the Street Front Project over the weekend!

Pici and Carly Black
RUN and Lissy Cole Designs
Buana Satu and Flox
Bagel Love and Casey Yeoh, Hara Shin, Brandon Lin, Jessica Lim
Crushes and Claudia Kogachi
Madame George and Haser
Anthology K Road and Component
Coco's Cantina Restaurant & Bar and Mana Cuda

Check them all out by joining us for the Street Front Walking Tour, Karangahape Road Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October 11.30am.

A conversational style walking tour, visiting business windows enlivened by local artists.
Bookings are essential, get your tickets via eventbrite.

Part of the Artweek Auckland 2020 Programme.

If you can't make the tour this weekend, take your own self guided tour using the map of all current windows which you can find at http://kroad.com/streetfront/.

Photo: Courtesy Laura Armstrong - Bagel love and RUN celebrating their installations

Symonds Street to Upper Queen Street

Once the works on the western side are complete, we will move to the eastern side of Symonds Street to complete the new street light and traffic light installation as well as constructing the new pram crossing.

Upcoming works - what to expect:

Finalise new pram crossing

Liverpool Street to Queen Street

Relocation works by utility providers of the exposed services on the corner of Queen Street are expected to take place this week. Works to complete the kerbline and cycleway on this corner can then be undertaken.

Upcoming works - what to expect:

Service diversions to take place by utility providers on 14 October

Queen Street to Pitt Street

Upcoming works - what to expect:

Continue with kerblines for road, cycle and separators from mid-block pedestrian crossing towards Queen Street
Construct light pole foundations
Construct raingarden near Queen Street

Mercury Lane to West Terrace

Upcoming works - what to expect:

Finalise the new pram crossing and install paving and tactiles at Mercury Lane corner
Complete the kerbline at Mercury Lane corner
Transfer signal cables from old traffic light cabinet to the new cabinet at West Terrace/Day Street crossing

Cobden Street to Newton Road

The traffic management plan for the section between Cobden Street and Edinburgh Street has been approved and work commenced on Friday 9 October 2020. Temporary traffic management and fencing has been set up and the construction team has commenced demolition, starting with saw cutting along the carriageway and footpath.

Upcoming works - what to expect:

Breakout of the footpath concrete up to the building line. Pedestrian access will be maintained during this breakout work
Continue with demolition of carriageway

Ponsonby Road to Hereford Street

Upcoming night works - what to expect:

From Sunday 11 October to Tuesday 13 September 2020 from 19:30 - 06:00:

The existing traffic lights at the corner of Ponsonby Road and Karangahape Road will be replaced. Work will be undertaken on both corners of Ponsonby Road to tie into the the traffic light control cabinet. This requires three nights to complete and is taking place in the evenings when traffic volumes are low.

A change in lane layout will be required while this work is taking place, however vehicle and footpath access will be maintained around the work. Please note there will be intermittent medium to low volume noise, i.e. trucks moving but we will endeavour to have noisy works completed by 10:30pm.

Hereford Street to Overbridge

Planting of tree pit near Merge Cafe on Karangahape Road has been completed which includes Nikau Palms and a Pohutukawa Mistral

Upcoming night works - what to expect:

From Sunday 11 October to Tuesday 13 September 2020 from 19:30 - 06:00:

Street lights will be installed at Hereford Street and Howe Street. The Howe Street lights are combination traffic and street light poles and will be placed in their permanent position.

These works are taking place in the evenings when traffic volumes are low. A change in lane layout will be required while this work is taking place, however vehicle and footpath access will be maintained around the work. Please note there will be intermittent medium to low volume noise, i.e. trucks moving but we will endeavour to have noisy works completed by 10:30pm.

Photo: Nikau Palms and Pohutukawa Mistral near Howe Street corner

Upcoming works - Road crossings for services

Part of the upgrade includes traffic lights, street lights and future proofing ducting, and stormwater connections across the carriageway of Karangahape Road.

These works require sections of Karangahape Road to be closed, with detours in place for vehicles. Therefore these works will be undertaken at night when traffic volumes are low. Every morning the team will reinstate the carriageway before morning traffic commences.

This work is expected to commence in the last week of October and the details will be shared in the next newsletters.

STAGING & LOADING ZONES

Parking and Loading zones:

Below is a map of the Karangahape Road precinct showing the construction stages, temporary bus stop relocations and loading zones.

Upcoming section - Edinburgh Street to Newton Road:

The section between Edinburgh Street and Newton Road is pending traffic management approval and will commence once approval is given.

Auckland Transport’s parking enforcement is working to ensure parking is being correctly used throughout the Karangahape Road precinct. If you have a request for parking enforcement, please call Auckland Council on 09 301 0101.

Loading zone map below

If you have any construction queries during the project, we encourage you to contact us on
0800 KRD JFC (0800 573 532) or karangahaperoad@jfcltd.co.nz

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