CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

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

Symonds Street to Queen Street

Liverpool Street has been opened to take traffic exiting Liverpool Street onto Karangahape Road. Access remains unavailable for vehicles turning into Liverpool Street from Karangahape Road, while tactile installation and street light installation continues.  This layout is expected to remain for approximately two weeks. 

The cycleway asphalt has also been completed in the section between Symonds Street and Liverpool Street.

Upcoming works - what to expect:

• Continue with underground services installation and drainage in the section between Liverpool Street and Queen Street

• Continue with kerb stone and cycle lane kerb installation between Liverpool Street and Queen Street

• Continue with installation of tactiles at Liverpool Street

• Commence break out of Queen Street corner slip lane.  A new pedestrian layout will be in place but pedestrian access will be maintained 

Photo: Liverpool street open to vehicles

Upper Queen Street to Mercury Lane

Connecting the existing footpath paving up to the new kerbline has progressed well this week at the Upper Queen Street corner.  

Upcoming works - what to expect:

• Finalise kerb stones and cycleway at the Upper Queen Street corner
• Finalise paving and traffic island build out
• Install steelwork in rain gardens

Upcoming night works what to expect: 

Subject to traffic management approvals, night works are taking place this week at the Upper Queen Street corner to move the existing traffic light.

These night works are taking place in the evening due to lower pedestrian and vehicle numbers as changes to traffic management are required.  To do this safely there will be changes to vehicle and pedestrian access during these works and diversions will be in place.

Works include moving the existing traffic light to a temporary drum so that work on the kerbline can continue, and relocating existing infrastructure out of the carriageway. This work is expected to take three nights to complete, starting from 19:30 to 04:30 each night.  

Please note there will be intermittent medium to high volume noise, i.e. grinding but we will endeavour to have noisy works completed by 10:30pm

Mercury Lane to West Terrace

We have completed the first phase of East Street which was to install the future-proof ducting across the intersection.

Upcoming works - what to expect:

• Continue construction in the carriageway and the outer edge of the footpath
• Continue with rain garden installation
• Continue with stormwater drainage upgrade and installation of new ducting
• Continue laying cycleway and kerbline 

Temporary Traffic management change - East Street:

The second phase of work is to construct the East Street speed table.  We will return late June to construct the speed table.  

West Terrace temporary road closure - planned start mid June:

Work to construct the speed table in West Terrace is planned to start mid-June, subject to traffic management approval.  Due to the narrow nature of West Terrace, a temporary road closure is required to construct the speed table. There will be no access to West Terrace via Karangahape Road. 

Vehicle access will be provided to residents only via Galatos Street. 

Pedestrian access from Karangahape Road to West Terrace will be unavailable during working hours. However in the evenings, we will reduce our working space/fencing and make pedestrian access available.

During the day pedestrian access to Karangahape Road from West Terrace will be via East Street and Galatos Street.  This work is expected to take 6 weeks.

Overbridge

The steel work for the overbridge has been fabricated and will be delivered this week.

Upcoming works - what to expect: 

• Install newly fabricated bus shelters on overbridge 

STAGING & LOADING ZONES 

Upcoming section: 

The section between Queen Street and Pitt Street commences after the section between Symonds Street and Queen Street is complete.  This section is expected to commence mid  to late July.

Parking and Loading zones: 

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

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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