Point Chevalier to Westmere improvements (including Meola Road)
We’re improving safety and accessibility for people walking, riding and using buses between Point Chevalier town centre and the Westmere shops.
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Project updates
We are stopping traffic management before Christmas. This will allow the community and businesses to move around without traffic cones and closures.
We will:
- take away all traffic management relating to the project
- fully open Meola Road, Garnet Road and all side roads.
It also means Point Chevalier Road will be open to 2-way traffic. This includes all side roads and the intersection of Great North Road and Point Chevalier Road.
After the Christmas break
On Monday 6 January 2025, we will restart minor works such as:
- installing street furniture
- line marking
- planting
- remedial work.
These works will be less intrusive, but there may be locations and periods where we will need traffic management. This could include lane closures and stop/go signs.
Newsletters
December 2024
Construction update December 2024 (PDF, 1.1MB)
October 2024
Construction update October 2024 (PDF, 1MB)
Construction extra addition update October 2024 (PDF, 367KB)
September 2024
Construction update September 2024 (PDF, 1.2MB)
August 2024
Construction update August 2024 (PDF, 1.19MB)
July 2024
Construction update July 2024 (PDF, 787KB)
June 2024
About the project
We’re working to make Point Chevalier Road, Meola Road, and Garnet Road safer and more accessible. The project is under construction and will be completed in mid-2025.
The project will:
- add more pedestrian crossings
- improve cycling safety
- improve existing bus stops and add new shelters
- add more trees and landscaping
- redesign streets to encourage slower vehicle speeds
- add seating and rubbish bins
- provide a great environment for outdoor dining
- improve storm water and drainage
- rebuild Meola Road's foundations
- move Meola Road powerlines underground.
Project information and benefits
For detailed information about each location, including artist’s renders of what the completed improvements will look like, download these resources.
Project staging overview
Stage 1 of Meola Road and Point Chevalier Road (October 2023 to April 2024) is complete.
Meola Road
- May 2024 to December 2024: Stage 2 paving, landscaping and road repairs from Huia Road to Walford Road
- August 2024 to November 2024: Stage 3 roundabout construction
- November 2024 to February 2025: Stage 4 finishing works.
Point Chevalier Road
- March 2024 to August 2024: Stage 2 stormwater and roadworks from Smale Street to Wakatipu Street
- May 2024 to September 2024: Stage 3 stormwater and surface works
- August 2024 to November 2024: Stage 4 stormwater works on the southern part of Point Chevalier Road
- September 2024 to January 2025: Stage 5 Meola Road roundabout and surface works
- December 2024 to March 2025: Stage 6 upgrades at the Great North Road intersection
- February 2025 to May 2025: Stage 7 finishing works on the southern part of Point Chevalier Road.
Garnet Road
- May 2024 to August 2024: Stage 1 drainage works
- July 2024 to February 2025: Stage 2 town centre and intersection upgrades
- December 2024 to February 2025: Stage 3 Garnet Road to Meola Road roundabout
- February 2025 to April 2025: Stage 4 finishing works.
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Point Chevalier Road
There are multiple worksites between Meola Road and Tui Street. Northbound traffic (heading towards the beach) will need to follow the detours in place.
Great North Road and Point Chevalier Road intersection
There is a new layout on Great North Road for:
- eastbound traffic coming from Waterview and State Highway 16
- southbound traffic from Point Chevalier Road.
The current 2-lane configuration nearing the intersection of both roads will be reduced to one lane for:
- eastbound traffic going straight on Great North Road
- southbound traffic on Point Chevalier Road.
We are making this change so we can start work on the library corner. The new layout is expected to be in place until mid-December. If you’re travelling through this intersection, please expect delays or consider alternate routes.
Garnet Road
Currently, work is in progress at Faulder and Oban Avenues and in the shopping area on Garnet Road. This includes:
- drainage works
- building raised pedestrian crossings
- improving footpaths.
Traffic management is in place.
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Stormwater network
We're delivering the stormwater network installation on Point Chevalier Road for Healthy Waters, saving money and time by sharing contractors, equipment and utilising the same traffic management plan and only digging up the road once.
The new stormwater network planned for Point Chevalier is part of a larger project in Auckland to separate combined networks, where stormwater discharges into the wastewater network. Separating the stormwater from the combined network reduces overflows in wet weather.
The stormwater infrastructure for Point Chevalier Road will include the installation of around 900 metres of pipe and associated stormwater manholes.
Timeline
- 2016 – community consultation on cycle routes between Point Chevalier and the city fringe
- 2017 – community consultation on a concept design for a cycleway between Point Chevalier and Westmere
- 2017 to 2018 – reviewed design based on community feedback
- 2019 – community consultation on a revised design
- 2020 to 2021 – project delay due to 2020 Covid-19 emergency budget
- early 2022 – re-engaged with the community
- late 2022 – political re-engagement
- late 2023 – construction begins
- mid-2025 – construction complete.
Nearby projects
Great North Road, Western Springs – pedestrian crossing
From Thursday 21 November we will be installing a traffic-light controlled crossing near the footpath to Western Springs Lakeside Park.
Learn more about the Great North Road, Western Springs – Midblock crossing project.