SH1 Rolleston transport improvements

22 June 2022

Have your say from 22 June to 22 July, 2022

We're asking for your feedback on the updated improvements recommended for SH1 Rolleston.

We've listened and made changes

Feedback from the community in 2021 has helped shaped our plans. We'd like to check in one more time before we finalise our recommended draft plan and close out the business case ready for the next project phase - detailed design.

The main changes include:

A more direct flyover connection between Rolleston Drive North and Jones Road.

More highway access points - to ease travel and improve efficiency at Weedons Interchange - including a free left turn northbound onto the highway from Hoskyns Road (after the rail crossing) and a southbound service lane off-ramp to Rolleston Drive North and Jones Road.

Our website has more information on the proposed changes. (Linked below.)

SH1 flyover - indicative image

Straighter, smarter

When we proposed the skewed flyover during public consultation last year, people told us that pointing traffic to the east and having to backtrack was too limiting. The preference was for access to all Rolleston's industrial areas and for the full length of Jones Road to remain.

We're recommending a more direct flyover connection. It's a shorter and more intuitive travel route. The bridge will feel similar in rise to Prestons Road bridge in Redwood. The new alignment also preserves land for future development opportunities such as expanded Park'n'Ride facilities.

The bridge structure is not as large and complex to build, which is better for the environment and the community.

Tell us what you think

We'll be taking feedback until 5.00pm Friday 22 July 2022.

You can:

Come along to a community pop-up*:

• Saturday 2 July 1.00-3.30pm Rolleston Community Centre, 94 Rolleston Dr
• Friday 8 July 11.00am-1.30pm Te Ara Ātea, 56 Tennyson St
• Sunday 17 July 11.00am-1.30pm Selwyn Aquatic Centre, 71 Broadlands Dr.

Visit our website where you can find:

• Maps of the proposed changes, background information (under 'publications')
• A video presentation explaining the plan changes 
• Answers to frequently asked questions
• An online consultation form (Tell us what you think tab).

Collect a consultation form from either Selwyn District Council or Te Ara Ātea and FreePost it back to us.

Visit www.nzta.govt.nz/rollestonflyover

Email rollestonflyover@nzta.govt.nz

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About this project

This $125 million project* is planned as part of the government's $8.7 billion New Zealand Upgrade Programme to provide growing communities with more travel options that help people get to where they're going safely. The project aims to improve safety and connections across SH1 between Rolleston's residential side and its industrial and business hubs and railway inland port zone.

Visit www.nzta.govt.nz/nz-upgrade to find out more.

*Includes contingencies.