Draft Ferry Road Master Plan Released For Public Comment
Monday 28 January
2013
Draft Ferry
Road Master Plan Released
For Public
Comment
Christchurch City Council today released
the Draft Ferry Road Master Plan (Phase One) for public
comment. The Council-led Plan has been prepared to support
commercial centres along Ferry Road in response to the
damage caused by the earthquakes.
The Plan is available
to view from Monday 28 January 2013 in any of the
Council’s open service centres and libraries. It is also
available online at www.ccc.govt.nz/haveyoursay
The final date for written comments is 5pm on Thursday 28 February 2013.
The Draft Ferry Road Master Plan is Phase One of a
master planning project for the area. Due to the
corridor’s size and the number of suburban centres along
its length three distinct programmes of work have been
identified, all of which will contribute to the final,
overarching Plan for the area: the Ferry Road / Main Road
Master Plan.
Phase One deals with the area between the
city (Fitzgerald Avenue) along Ferry Road and Main Road to
the Ferrymead Bridge only. Phase Two includes the portion of
the corridor from Ferrymead Bridge to Sumner. The initial
project scoping work for Phase Two has begun. A Council-led
corridor study is also planned for Ferry Road that will help
determine transport priorities for the road corridor. The
Corridor Study is planned to start in early 2013 and will
take several months to complete.
Phase One is a comprehensive, stand-alone Plan, however, as the other two associated programmes of work are progressed, adjustments to the Draft Ferry Road Master Plan (Phase One) may be required.
City Planning Unit Manager Brigitte de Ronde
says Ferry Road is an important route connecting the city to
the sea. It has strategic transportation functions for the
whole city; as well as offering services to local
communities.
“The Plan (Phase One) has carefully
balanced the dual role of the corridor. It identifies and
emphasises the needs of the local community in the design of
public space while preserving and broadening the function of
Ferry Road; and considers ways to build economic and social
resilience into these areas.
“This has been one of the
more challenging of the Council’s master plans to put
together in terms of the size of the area and the number of
commercial centres along its length that support local
communities. These commercial centres are part of a wider
commercial network, yet they have their own identity and
focus and have suffered varying degrees of
earthquake-related damage.
“The Plan is all about creating liveable, prosperous and vibrant futures for these areas. We now need to hear back from the community to know if the Plan delivers the things people want for the future of their local centres, and the area as a whole. I encourage people to make time to have their say on the Plan before consultation closes on Thursday 28 February 2013,” she says.
Comments can be made:
• online at www.ccc.govt.nz/haveyoursay
• emailed to FerryRoadMP@ccc.govt.nz
• posted
to
o Freepost 178
Draft Ferry Road Master
Plan
Strategy and Planning Group
Christchurch City
Council
PO Box 73012
Christchurch 8154
or
•
hand-delivered to Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street.
The Council is also holding drop-in sessions where people can view the Plan, discuss its content with Council staff and make submissions.
Come along anytime to one of the drop-in
sessions and have your say:
o Monday
11 February 2013, 3.30pm–7pm
Woolston Community
Centre, in Woolston Park, Ferry Road
o Tuesday 19 February
2013, 3.30pm–7pm
St Johns Anglican Church Hall, corner
of St Johns and Ferry
Road
To view the
Draft Ferry Road Master Plan click here
To view the Summary Draft Ferry Road Master Plan click here
For more information visit www.ccc.govt.nz/suburbancentres
ENDS