Motueka High Street.

Safety improvements coming for the Motueka community

In August 2020, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency received $6.8 million as part of the Government’s COVID-19 and Recovery Fund to deliver intersection improvements and pedestrian crossing signals on State Highway 60 (SH60) High Street through Motueka’s town centre.

We started investigating safety and journey time reliability improvements on SH60 High Street in 2017. At this time, we sought the community’s feedback on the proposed improvements and have taken this feedback on board to refine the safety improvements we will be delivering along this stretch of road.

We are now ready to share the designs for these improvements with you.

These safety improvements will ensure everyone who uses High Street can get to where they are going safely when they are driving through or visiting Motueka’s bustling town centre.

What we're delivering

Waka Kotahi will deliver four safety improvements for the community:

• A new roundabout to improve access onto SH60 at the King Edward Street and Old Wharf Road intersection.
   
• Traffic signals will be installed at the Tudor/High Street intersection, and the existing zebra crossing just north of this intersection will be removed.
   
• Pedestrian signals will be installed on High Street north of Wallace Street, along with a right turn bay into Wallace Street. At this location we will also be removing the existing zebra crossing.
   
• Traffic signals will be installed at the Pah/Greenwood/High Street intersection, and the existing zebra crossing on High Street, just south of the Pah/Greenwood/High Street intersection will be removed.

High Street is a busy road with lots of people driving, walking and cycling through the area. By making the intersections safer with a roundabout and signalised intersections, and replacing the existing zebra crossings with signalised crossings, everyone will be able to get to where there going more safely. These changes will also help traffic flow better during peak times and make it easier for people to enter High Street from side streets.

To deliver these safety improvements, the large trees and some on-street parks will be removed within the area.

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We need your insights

As part of the project we need your feedback on
the following elements:

• What do you think about the four zebra crossings at each approach on the roundabout?
   
• Where do you think mobility, time-restricted, loading zone, bicycle and motorcycle parking could go along High Street within the parking spaces we have allocated?
   
• What you think about the current speed limits on High Street?

You can feedback via the following ways:

1. Drop-in information sessions on Saturday 10 April, 10am–3pm at the Motueka Recreation Centre, and Sunday 11 April, 8am–1pm at the Motueka Market
    
2. Online at www.nzta.govt.nz/sh60-motueka-safety-improvements (feedback closes on Friday 16 April)
    
3. Email SH60Motueka@nzta.govt.nz

Construction timelines

Construction will be staged. We are working towards starting construction of the traffic and pedestrian signals in July 2021 and finishing construction on these signals before December 2021. Construction of the roundabout will commence in September 2021 and expected to be completed no later than April 2022.

We will be pausing construction during the peak summertime (2 December 2021 – 11 February 2022) to ensure minimal disruption to businesses along High Street and to the Motueka community.

During construction, we will work closely with businesses and the community to minimise any disruption.

We will have further updates around construction timings within the coming months.

More information

For more information on the SH60 Motueka safety improvements project, contact us at SH60Motueka@nzta.govt.nz

Visit our website www.nzta.govt.nz/sh60-motueka-safety-improvements/