Rangiora Woodend Road looking across SH1 to Woodend Beach Road

Safety, sealing and speed… here’s the latest news on SH1 in North Canterbury

Kia ora,

We would like to share our plans with you as we move ahead with the SH1 Saltwater Creek to Cam River road safety improvements project.

We can also update you on the scheduled reseal between the Cam River and the SH71 (Lineside Road) overbridge, and a review of some speed limits in North Canterbury.

Saltwater Creek to Cam River

We’re designing a range of safety improvements to be built between Saltwater Creek (north of the Ashley River) and the Cam River (just south of Williams Street), including Woodend Township.

These include wide centrelines, flexible median safety barriers and improvements at intersections such as traffic lights, roundabouts or left-in/left-out access to the highway.

The insights we’ve received from the community in the past, together with ongoing technical investigations, have helped shape our designs.

Find out more

• For more information about the project and to view project maps, visit our website here 

• Printed brochures will be available at Waimakariri District Council offices and service centres, and at some eateries in Woodend from the end of the week

• After the holiday break, drop in to our community information session where you can look at plans, meet the project team and ask us questions:
   - Thursday 16 February 2023,
   - anytime between 3.30-6.00pm
   - at the Woodend Community Centre, School Road, Woodend

• You can also find out more about different safety improvements, including flexible median safety barriers, on the Safety Toolkit tab on our project page.

• Email the project team at safetynorthcanterbury@nzta.govt.nz

Have your say on safer speeds

To ensure our transport system protects us, and helps us get to the places and people important to us, we’re delivering an Interim State Highway Speed Management Plan. Locations in North Canterbury include the Pegasus roundabout and Amberley south.

There's still time to have your say. Find out more and use our online form here

Consultation on the Speed Management Plan closes: Monday 12 December 2022.

More information

For more information on the SH1 North Canterbury Corridor projects visit our website here 

Or, contact us at safetynorthcanterbury@nzta.govt.nz