Press Release – National Road Carriers Proposed roading layout changes to Queen Street will make freight and courier deliveries to downtown retail and office businesses more difficult and unsafe and says National Road Carriers Association (NRC) spokesman Chris Carr. Auckland Transport has proposed …
Proposed roading layout changes to Queen Street will make freight and courier deliveries to downtown retail and office businesses more difficult and unsafe and says National Road Carriers Association (NRC) spokesman Chris Carr.
Auckland Transport has proposed changes to the way vehicles use Queen Street including:
· The northbound lane on Queen Street between Shortland Street and Customs Street becoming a bus lane at peak times between 7am-10am and 4pm-7pm. Delivery vehicles must use the southbound lane at these times.
Auckland Transport has proposed changes to the
way vehicles use Queen Street including:
· The
northbound lane on Queen Street between Shortland Street and
Customs Street becoming a bus lane at peak times between
7am-10am and 4pm-7pm. Delivery vehicles must use the
southbound lane at these times.
· Full-time bus lanes
in both directions creating a bus-only section on Queen
Street between Wakefield Street and Wellesley
Street.
· A full-time northbound bus lane between
Mayoral Drive and Wakefield Street, with travel restrictions
at the intersection of Mayoral Drive and closing the Lorne
Street exit into Wellesley Street.
Mr Carr said
delivery vehicles not being able to park on the side of
In April 2020, cones and Day-Glo plastic sticks were placed on Queen St to encourage physical distancing as New Zealand battled its outbreak of COVID-19. But much to the dismay of local businesses, Auckland Council decided to retain the cones as makeshift traffic barriers to advance its plans for the pedestrianisation trial - exacerbating businesses economic woes amid the ongoing pandemic.
This April, the council unveiled its plans to replace the plastic sticks, stone blocks and temporary footpaths with wide boardwalks, seating and native plants - changes that would be trialled before undertaking a permanent revamp.
Parts of the main drag will also be closed off to private vehicles with expanded bus lanes, with more public transport expected to be routed through Queen St. It s understood cyclists will be expected to share the lanes.
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