Alfred Street and Church Street intersection improvement

We're proposing these safety upgrades at the Church Street and Alfred Street intersection:

• install a new fully mountable roundabout with high friction surfacing and rubber speed cushions on all approaches
• build 3 new pedestrian pram crossings — one on Church Street west, one on Alfred Street north, and one on Alfred Street south
• widen footpaths, realign kerbs and berms and update road markings and signs to support the new layout
• improve street lighting so the crossings and roundabout are easier to see, especially at night
• install new broken yellow lines (no stopping at all times) to support the new layout.

These changes will help slow traffic and support safer crossing and turning movements, making the intersection safer for all road users.

Parking impacts

To improve safety and visibility, broken yellow lines will be installed to clearly identify where vehicles must not stop or park.

Under the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004, vehicles must not stop, stand or park within an intersection or within 6 metres of an intersection, unless parking is specifically authorised by signs or markings. This restriction applies even where broken yellow lines are not currently present.

The new markings will make the restriction clearer and support parking compliance.

Overall, the changes will affect kerbside space equivalent to 24 vehicles. However, our parking survey found that only 4 of these spaces are regularly used. The other areas are either not regularly used or include spaces where parking is already not allowed.

Therefore, the practical impact is that only 4 regularly used roadside parking spaces will be removed.

This includes:

• 3 parking spaces outside 51A Alfred Street and 186 Church Street, on the Alfred Street north approach.
• 1 parking space outside 48B Alfred Street, on the Alfred Street south approach.

Parking will still be available outside the marked no-stopping areas.