Transportation projects
Overview
Council provides an effective, efficient, sustainable and safe transportation network which allows people to move around easily and is essential for the economic and social wellbeing of the community. Alternative modes of transport are encouraged through the provision of footpaths, cycleways and passenger transport. Issues and opportunities we face over the next ten years include fluctuating cost of oil on road maintenace and construction costs, providing for long term growth and regaining Tongariro Street and Lake Terrace on completion of the ETA.
Projects we have in the pipeline to enhance our transportation network include:
Council is planning to seal approximately 5km of rural unsealed road each year for the next ten years. This is double the distance we had planned in our 2006-16 ten year plan. This would see much of our main rural unsealed roads sealed within that ten year timeframe.
Following completion of the ETA, Council is planning changes to components of the road network that will improve linkages from the ETA to town and regain the linkages between the central business district, Tongariro Domain and the Lakefront.
Improvements are being planned for a number of intersections to recognise changes in traffic flows that are likely to occur from the completion of the ETA. Timing of these projects will largely be driven by traffic volume. Improvements may include change of priority and/or change in configuration.
Proposals have been identified for changing the streetscape of both Tongariro Street and Lake Terrace to regain the linkages from the CBD to the domain and the Lake. The form of these improvements is likely to include traffic calming through raised pedestrian platforms, chicanes and road narrowing, landscaping and lighting.