Dear Luke,

 

Thank you for your email.

 

We are handling your request under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). Your request has been
forwarded to the appropriate Christchurch City Council staff, and we will
provide a response or update within 20 working days of the date we
received your request.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Anna Sinclair
Public Information Adviser
Office of the Chief Executive

Christchurch City Council
53 Hereford Street, Christchurch 8011
PO Box 73016, Christchurch 8154

 

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Dear Luke,

 

Thank you for your email, received on 5 May 2017. You requested the
following information, under the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA):

 

“Does the council have a standard width for cycle lanes

- If not, why not

- if yes, what is this

 

What consolation was had with members of the public and property owners in
relation to cycle lanes around the City (by definition, I mean projects
lead by CCC)

 

What reasons are given for Grove Street Cycle Lane to be as wide as the
road beside it?”

 

Response

Staff have provided the following response:

The Council references contemporary Traffic Engineering Guidelines in
order to determine the widths of its cycle facilities. These have formed
the basis of a specific cycle design guide for Christchurch’s major
cycleway routes (as defined in the Christchurch Transport Strategic Plan).
They have also provided guidance for facilities such as the Grove Road
cycle path and much of the Central City cycle provision. The guides give
consideration to many factors when providing guidance on the differing
types of cycleways and their widths, including the road network hierarchy
that the cycle facilities are in, whether the cycleway functions as two
way or one way, the speeds of the adjacent traffic lane motor vehicles and
the expected level of use. As such, there are a range of widths, with
absolute minimums through to desirable widths. The Grove Road cycleway is
categorised by the Council as a ‘Major Cycle Route’ and as such it is
designed to provide a level of functionality aimed at encouraging people
who may not be highly experienced or skilled as cyclists to try cycling.
Grove Road is identified as a residential road, thus giving less priority
to through motor traffic and more priority to local residential access and
amenity needs. The bidirectional cycle path on Grove Road is 3.5 metres
wide whilst the Grove Road carriageway is 6 metres wide at its narrowest.
We have attached a table extracted from the Christchurch Cycle Design
Guidelines adopted by Council in 2013 and 2014. These guidelines are a
living document, developed in the context of New Zealand endeavouring to
provide people in the main centres with real options for sustainable
travel; it will continue to be changed and refined to reflect the latest
best practices tailored to Christchurch.

 

Staff have also provided an overview in relation to what consultation
there has been in general around cycle provision in the city:
The Council's planning processes start with an understanding of the
community outcomes. The community outcomes are a collection of aspirations
relating to life in our city and are developed through community
consultation. The Council’s vision, strategies, plans and policies are all
designed to contribute to the fulfilment of those aspirations as well as
meeting any mandatory requirements. As the outcomes cascade down into the
various detailed strategies and plans, each is consulted on; the transport
strategies were no different. There has been transport-focused
consultation in developing both the central city recovery plans and the
wider Christchurch Transport Strategic Plans; every significant roading
project has also been consulted on, such as the major cycleway in Grove
Road.

Community
Outcomes: [1]https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/plans-st...

Share an Idea and the Central City Recovery Plan:
[2]https://www.ccc.govt.nz/the-council/plan...

Christchurch Transport Strategic Plan:
[3]https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/plans-st...

 

As an example of consultation undertaken on the Grove Road major cycle
route, an extract from the report to the Council’s standing committee
considering the project is provided below and the full report (item 7:
Major Cycleways – Little River Link) in the 4 February 2016 committee
meeting can be found
at: [4]http://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open....

 

6.   Major Cycleway from Moorhouse Avenue to Annex

 

Community Views and Preferences

6.5       Consultation on the Major Cycle Routes - Little River Link was
undertaken from Friday 16 October to Tuesday 10 November 2015.

6.6       640 consultation information booklets were hand delivered to all
properties along the route and within the immediate Addington area,
including posting to absentee landowners.  Approximately 1900 flyers were
also hand delivered to the wider community within the vicinity of the
remainder of the route through to Middleton.  This section of the route is
currently existing.  A copy of the booklet was also sent to approximately
200 key stakeholders.  The project was posted on the Council's 'Have Your
Say' website.

6.7       At the close of consultation, 123 submissions were received.
Feedback numbers in response to the consultation were:

Do you support better facilities for people who want to cycle?

YES                                  112

NO                                   2

NO RESPONSE            9

Do you agree in principle with the proposals outlined for Addington,
Spreydon and Middleton?

YES                                  107

NO                                   4

NO RESPONSE            12

6.10    There was a strong level of support for the project overall as
indicated in the submissions. This support was received from both the
local community and residents as well as the wider city, especially people
who commute on cycle from outside the area and will use this new route
when open.

6.11    During the consultation period a drop in session was held at St
Marys Church as well as the team attending the Addington Neighbourhood
Event picnic.  Each session gave the team a great opportunity to talk to
the community and answer their questions with both events having a very
good attendance.  The project team worked closely with Manuka Cottage who
were instrumental in ensuring the community was aware of the consultation,
assisting residents with their submissions and ensuring that people had
the opportunity to have their say.

6.12    The main concerns raised were loss of parking, safety of cyclists
from vehicles reversing from private property, and feedback related to the
current P120 on-street car parks (11am - 3pm) on Collins Street and Grove
Road being occupied all day by non-residents (local businesses only need
to move their cars once during this period to avoid parking penalties). 
The speed of vehicles through Church Square was also raised a number of
times, especially from the local residents.

 

 

The Council considered all the consultation on the plans and resolved to
progress with the Grove Road (and city end of the Christchurch to Little
River Link) improvements. This cycle facility will provide an improved
level of service for people to cycle and give many residents a choice on
how they want to travel around the city.

 

If you have further questions on this, transport staff have indicated they
would be happy to meet with you and discuss this information in person.
Please get in touch with us through your personal email if you would like
us to set up a meeting with you.

 

You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review our
decision. Complaints can be sent by email to
[5][email address], by fax to (04) 471 2254, or by post to
The Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.

 

Publication of responses to LGOIMA requests

Please note: our LGOIMA responses may be published on the Christchurch
City Council website a month after they have been responded to, with
requesters’ personal details withheld. If you have any concerns about this
please contact the Official Information team on
[6][CCC request email].

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Anna Sinclair
Public Information Adviser
Office of the Chief Executive

Christchurch City Council
53 Hereford Street, Christchurch 8011
PO Box 73016, Christchurch 8154

 

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