Category: Intersections
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Report Into Telephone Road Level Crossing Options Ignores Grade Separation
The saga of the Telephone Road level crossing at Puketaha and at 11.08 km track distance from Frankton on the East Coast Main Trunk Railway is continuing since Waka Kotahi produced its conclusion on 14th March that the crossing should be closed. As part of that process, WK attached a report produced for them by…
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Royal Oak Roundabout Safety Design FAIL
Controversy has recently surrounded the Royal Oak Roundabout in Royal Oak, Auckland, which is shown below. NZ Herald carried an article on 9 January 2023 asking if it was Auckland’s “most notorious roundabout”. The article states that the roundabout was upgraded only last year and had a history of 61 crashes over a four year…
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Dangerous Level Crossing In Dannevirke
A NewsTalkZB article has highlighted a dangerous level crossing in Dannevirke at the corner of Rawhiti Street and State Highway 1. Although the article was concerned with bad driver behaviour, it is noted that the intersection with a railway crossing through one side of creates very typical safety problems related to the presence of the…
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Roundabout Design Safety Issues In Halswell Junction Road, Christchurch
A newspaper report in Christchurch highlights possible design issues in Halswell Junction Road. The video clip supplied shows that the incident in question took place at the roundabout at the intersection of Halswell Junction Road and Alvaston Drive / Hamill Drive. This was originally a T intersection as seen in this 2011 aerial view. Google…
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Hornby High School Faces Traffic Safety Issues
This issue has been rolling for several years. Students at Hornby High School, which is located near the corner of State Highway 1 and Waterloo Road, are naturally concerned about high volumes of traffic on these roads, particularly heavy trucks. Currently an aggravating problem is the close proximity to State Highway 1, which is still…
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Rolleston Level Crossing Upgrade Proposed [2]
Rolleston is to get some road and rail safety improvements as part of the NZ Upgrade Project. The key feature of this NZTA Waka Kotahi project is a flyover between the Rolleston residential and commercial sectors, which will provide a safe grade-separated crossing over State Highway 1 and the Main South Line railway. It is…
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Introduction – Crossing Safety in Waimakariri District [1]
Waimakariri District Council is a territorial authority in North Canterbury with a boundary that borders Christchurch City, Selwyn District, Hurunui District and the South Pacific Ocean. The main population of Waimakariri District is situated in the eastern coastal region of its territory, close to State Highway 1, State Highway 71 and the Main North railway…
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Christchurch’s Dangerous Intersections [2]: Basic Principles
[Please note: TSBNZ does not claim particular expertise in roading design. Hence posts on this subject are largely written from a longstanding interest in surface transport issues and practical observations of surface transport infrastructure design in large New Zealand cities.] This post attempts to look at some basic issues of intersection design and how these…
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New Level Crossing Proposal At Islington, Christchurch
Christchurch City Council in 2017 opened consultation on a proposal to close the existing intersection of Halswell Junction Road and Waterloo Road, Islington, and in so doing also close the level crossing over the Main South Line made by Halswell Junction Road immediately adjacent to this intersection. Whilst it is not known at this time…