25 February 2013
Comments on Draft Ferry Road Master
Plan needed by Thursday 28 February
Residents and
businesses have until 28 February to tell the Christchurch
City Council their views on the vision, goals and actions
proposed in the Draft Ferry Road Master Plan (Phase One).
The Council-led Plan has been prepared to support commercial
centres along Ferry Road in response to the damage caused by
the earthquakes.
The final date for public submissions is
5pm on Thursday 28 February 2013.
The Plan is available to
view in any of the Council’s open service centres and
libraries. It is also available online at www.ccc.govt.nz/haveyoursay
City
Planning Unit Manager Brigitte de Ronde says more than 50
submissions on the Plan have come in.
“There is strong
support for a shared pathway network along the
Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River and through public open spaces.
People also responded positively to the theme for Woolston
Village: reconnecting people, the river and heritage.
Comments support the use of materials and designs for
buildings, street furniture and landscaping that reflect and
celebrate the area’s built, social and natural history.”
Mayor Bob Parker says the Draft Master Plan sets a
long-term vision for the area that recognises the vital role
of the corridor as an important transportation route for the
city, while also developing actions that support a good
quality of life for the people who live, work and visit this
area.
“I am heartened by the level of detail people have
put into their submissions to the Plan. Amongst the many
initiatives that people are keen to see in the Ferrymead
area is an increase in safety for pedestrians and the
beautification of the area through additional landscaping
and street furniture. The Plan reflects these ideas by
proposing a much more pedestrian-friendly environment and
greatly improved public access to the recreational value of
the natural environment.
“I urge people to get their
comments on the Plan in before submissions close on 28
February. These comments enable any modifications to be made
to the Plan to make sure it truly reflects people’s
aspirations and hopes for the future of this important
area,” he 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.
For
more information visit www.ccc.govt.nz/suburbancentres
Background
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.
ENDS
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