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INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 2 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF DELIVERY WORK PLAN.................................................................... 3 CRL DESIGNATION CONDITION REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 4 PROJECT WORKS ............................................................................................................................ 14 4.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 14 4.2 General Project Works ......................................................................................................... 14 4.3 Hours of Operation............................................................................................................... 19 4.4 Construction Workforce ....................................................................................................... 19 4.5 Work Travel Demand Management ..................................................................................... 19 EXISTING CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................... 20 5.1 General ................................................................................................................................. 20 5.2 Walking and Cycling Facilities .............................................................................................. 22 PROPOSED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................. 22 6.1 Philosophy ............................................................................................................................ 22 6.2 General Traffic Management ............................................................................................... 23 6.3 Construction Traffic .............................................................................................................. 24 6.4 Contractor Parking ............................................................................................................... 26 ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS............................................................................................................... 26 7.1 Methodology ........................................................................................................................ 26 7.1.1 Traffic Model .............................................................................................................. 26 7.1.2 2018 Reference Case .................................................................................................. 26 7.2 General Traffic Effects .......................................................................................................... 27 7.2.1 Flow Difference Plots ................................................................................................. 27 7.2.2 Journey Times ............................................................................................................ 29 7.3 Public Transport Effects ....................................................................................................... 31 7.4 Pedestrian and Cyclist Effects .............................................................................................. 32 7.5 Construction Traffic .............................................................................................................. 33 7.6 Property Access .................................................................................................................... 33 MONITORING ................................................................................................................................. 34 CONSULTATION AND COMMUNICATION ...................................................................................... 35

APPENDICES APPENDIX A

RECORD OF CLG AND INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEW COMMENTS

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1 INTRODUCTION Flow Transportation Specialists Ltd (Flow) has been commissioned by the requiring authority to develop a Transport Access and Parking Delivery Work Plan (this DWP) for the Albert Street Utility Relocation and Canopy Removal Project (the Project).

The Project involves early works in advance of the main construction of the City Rail Link (CRL) Aotea Station (Construction Contract C3). The early works will be undertaken under the CRL Construction Contracts C2.1 and C2.2 and involve the removal of building canopies and the relocation of underground utilities along the western side of Albert Street from Wellesley Street West to Victoria Street West. The canopies will be reinstated following completion of the Aotea Station construction, under Contract C3.

The location and extent of works are shown in Figure 1 below. The entire works are located within the CRL Designation 1714 (designation 1).

Figure 1: Location and approximate extent of the proposed Albert Street Utility Relocation and Canopy Removal

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2 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF DELIVERY WORK PLAN The purpose of this DWP is to describe the measures that will be taken to avoid, remedy and mitigate the adverse effects of the Project’s construction on transport, parking and property access.

Specifically, this DWP meets the objectives of CRL designation Conditions 25.1 and 25.2, by addressing the transport, parking and property access issues identified in Conditions 25.3, 27.1 and 27.2.

This DWP manages the transport, access and parking implication for the Project for works within the designation. It is considered that the measures outlined in this DWP meet both the requirements of the relevant designation conditions listed in Table 1 below.

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3 CRL DESIGNATION CONDITION REQUIREMENTS The following CRL designation conditions are relevant to this DWP: Table 1: CRL Designation Condition Requirements

Number

Condition

18

“One Network� Consultation

18.1

The Requiring Authority and its contractor shall work collaboratively with the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) during the preparation of the Traffic, Access and Parking DWP (Conditions 25, 27, 28, 29, and 30) in relation to confirming the management of adverse transport effects on the road network. A record of this consultation and outcomes shall be included in the Traffic, Access and Parking DWP. The Requiring Authority shall consult with the NZTA throughout the duration of construction on any changes or updates to the Traffic, Access and Parking DWP which relate to the management of the road network.

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CEMP Requirements

20.1

In order to give effect to the objective in Condition 19.1, the CEMP must provide for the following: (d) A Travel Management Plan for each construction site outlining onsite car parking management and methods for encouraging travel to the site using forms of transport other than private vehicle to assist in mitigating localised traffic effects

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CEMP Construction Works Requirements

21.1

In order to give effect to the objective in Condition 19.1, the CEMP shall include the following details and requirements in relation to all areas within the surface designation footprint where construction works are to occur, and / or where materials and construction machinery are to be used or stored: (a) Where access points are to be located and procedures for managing construction vehicle ingress and egress to construction support and storage areas;

25

General Transport, Access and Parking

25.1

A Transport, Access and Parking DWP shall be prepared to manage the adverse effects of construction of the City Rail Link, or any part of it, on the transport network.

Section Addressed within this Document Section 9

Sections 4.4 and 4.5

Section 6.3

All sections

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Table 1: CRL Designation Condition Requirements

Number 25.2

25.3

Condition

Section Addressed within this Document

The objective of the Transport, Access and Parking DWP is to so far as is reasonably practicable, avoid, remedy or mitigate the adverse effects of construction on transport, parking and property access. This is to be achieved by: (a) Managing the road transport network for the duration of construction by adopting the best practicable option to manage congestion;

All sections

(b) Maintaining pedestrian access to private property at all times; and

Section 7.6

(c) Providing on-going vehicle access to private property to the greatest extent possible.

Section 7.6

To achieve the above objective, the following shall be included in the Transport, Access and Parking DWP: (a) The road routes which are to be used by construction related vehicles, particularly trucks to transport construction related materials, equipment, spoil, including how the use of these routes by these vehicles will be managed to mitigate congestion, and to the greatest extent possible, avoid adverse effects on residential zoned land and education facilities;

Section 6.3 and Section 7.5

(b) Transport route options for the movement of construction vehicles carrying spoil, bulk construction materials or machinery shall be identified and details provided as to why these routes are considered appropriate routes. In determining appropriate routes, construction vehicles carrying spoil, bulk construction materials or machinery shall as far as practicably possible only use roads that:

Section 6.3 and Section 7.5

(i) Form part of the regional arterial network;

Section 6.3 and Section 7.5

(ii) Are overweight / over dimensioned routes;

Section 6.3 and Section 7.5

(iii) Or other routes (specified below) where no other practical option is available.

Section 6.3 and Section 7.5

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Table 1: CRL Designation Condition Requirements

Number

Condition

Section Addressed within this Document

(c) For the purposes of this condition the following routes (that at the time this designation was confirmed were not part of the regional arterial network and / or overweight / over dimensioned) shall be used where practicable for the movement of construction vehicles carrying spoil, bulk construction materials or machinery: (i) Ngahura Road, for trucks heading to/from Eden Terrace construction site;

Not applicable

(ii) Dundonald Street and Basque Road, for trucks heading to/from the Newton Station construction sites;

Not applicable

(iii) Pitt Street (between Hobson Street and Hopetoun Street), Beresford Square, Mercury Lane, Canada Street and Upper Queen Street (between Canada Street and Karangahape Road), for trucks heading to/from Karangahape Station construction sites;

Not applicable

(iv) Wellesley Street (between Nelson Street and east of Albert Street), Cook Street (between Mayoral Drive and Hobson Street) and Mayoral Drive (between Wellesley Street and Cook Street) for trucks heading to/from Aotea Station construction sites;

Section 6.3 and Section 7.5

(v) Nelson Street (north of Wellesley Street), Hobson Street (north of Cook Street) and Lower Albert Street, for trucks heading to/from the Albert Street and Downtown construction sites.

Not applicable

(d) Where other routes are necessary (other than those routes identified above), the Transport, Access and Parking DWP shall identify any residential zoned land and education facilities and shall provide details on how adverse effects from these vehicle movements are to be mitigated through such measures as:

Not applicable

(i) Communication and consultation (in accordance with Condition 15 of this designation) with these properties in advance of the vehicle movements occurring;

Not applicable

(ii) Restricting vehicle movements on Monday to Friday to between 9.30am and 4pm, and on Saturday to between 9am and 2pm.

Not applicable

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Table 1: CRL Designation Condition Requirements

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Condition (e) Proposed temporary road lane reductions and / or closures, alternative routes and temporary detours, including how these have been selected and will be managed to mitigate congestion as far as practicably possible and how advance notice will be provided;

Section Addressed within this Document Section 6.2

(f) How disruption to the use of private property will be mitigated through: (i) Ensuring pedestrian and cycle access to private property is retained at all times;

Section 7.6

(ii) Providing vehicle access to private property as far as practicably possible at all times, except for temporary closures where landowners and occupiers have been communicated and consulted with in reasonable advance of the closure; and

Section 7.6

(iii) How the loss of any private car parking will be mitigated through alternative car parking arrangements.

Section 7.6

(g) Where an affected party unexpectedly finds their vehicle blocked in as a result of a temporary closure, the Requiring Authority shall (within reasonable limits) offer alternative transport such as a taxi, rental car, or other alternative.

Section 7.6

Note: For the purposes of designation Conditions 25, 27, 28, 29 and 30 “temporary closure� is defined as the following:

Noted

(i) In place for less than six hours, the Requiring Authority shall communicate and consult on the closure at least 24 hours in advance, but is not required to offer or provide alternative parking arrangements, though it may choose to offer this on a case by case basis in consultation with the affected party; and

Noted

(ii) In place for between six and 72 hours, the Requiring Authority shall communicate and consult on the closure at least 72 hours in advance, and will offer and provide where agreed with the affected party alternative parking arrangements. The alternative parking arrangement should be as close to the site affected as is reasonably practicable.

Noted

(h) How disruption to use of the road network will be mitigated for emergency services, public transport, bus users, taxi operators, freight and other related vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists through: (i) Prioritising, as far as practicably possible, pedestrian and public transport at intersections where construction works are occurring;

Section 6.1

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Condition

Section Addressed within this Document

(ii) Relocating bus stops and taxi stands to locations which, as far as practicably possible, minimise disruption; and

Not applicable

(iii) Identifying alternate heavy haul routes where these are affected by construction works.

Not applicable

(i) Cross references to the specific sections in the Communication and Consultation Plan that detail how emergency services, landowners, occupiers, public transport users, bus and taxi operators, and the general public are to be consulted with in relation to the management of the adverse effects on the transport network.

Section 9

(j) The alternative (to road) transport options that are available (including the option of rail use at the main construction site adjacent the North Auckland Rail Line) and that have been considered and assessed for the transportation of spoil. This will include as applicable:

Not applicable

(i) Benefits that could be provided by alternative options;

Not applicable

(ii) Potential adverse effects associated with alternative options;

Not applicable

(iii) Where an alternative option is proposed, methods for managing potential adverse effects; and

Not applicable

(iv) Reasons for either adopting or not adopting alternative transport options.

Not applicable

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Monitoring of Transport Network Congestion

26.1

To achieve the objective of Condition 25.2(a), the Requiring Authority will undertake monitoring of the transport network and implement additional mitigation measures as required to manage congestion to achieve the best practicable option.

26.2

The purpose of the monitoring is to monitor congestion on the transport network by measuring average delays for traffic travelling along specified routes. The evaluation times will be:

Section 8

(a) The average travel times over the weekday two hour morning peak period; and

Section 8

(b) The average travel times over the weekday two hour evening peak period; and

Section 8

(c) The average weekday inter-peak travel times between 9am to noon, noon to 2pm and 2 to 4pm.

Section 8

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Condition

Section Addressed within this Document

26.3

The Requiring Authority shall carry out continuous monitoring for the duration that construction of the City Rail Link is occurring.

The intention is that this monitoring is to be continuous, although it is acknowledged that there may be occasional malfunctions.

Section 8

26.4

If a congestion incident occurs (such as an accident), the monitoring during the affected period will be considered unrepresentative.

Section 8

26.5

Monitoring shall commence six months prior to construction of the City Rail Link to establish a baseline of existing transport congestion.

Section 8

26.6

The monitoring will establish whether the City Rail Link construction works have increased traffic delays as follows: (a) Either by more than 10 minutes (from the monitoring previously undertaken in accordance with this condition)

Section 8

(b) Or if the travel times are more than three minutes or 30% greater than the forecast modelled increases along that route (according to the most recent traffic model test of that scenario, undertaken prior to the start of construction. The modelled time is to be based on the Auckland City Centre SATURN traffic model or a different traffic model approved by the Requiring Authority).

Section 8

(c) The 30% above shall only apply for an increase predicted to be over four minutes.

Section 8

26.7

If the travel times exceed the above criteria on any one of the specified routes, then additional mitigation shall be implemented by the Requiring Authority in its role as the Road Controlling Authority (under its statutory obligation). The additional mitigation could include but is not limited to advertising alternative routes, removing on street car parking or implementing operational measures, such as lane reconfigurations or signal phasing, to increase capacity on the surrounding network where reasonably possible at that time.

Section 8

26.8

The purpose of additional mitigation measures is to mitigate the increases in traffic delays, reducing these to below the levels identified in Condition 26.6 as far as is reasonably achievable.

Section 8

26.9

For the purposes of this condition, the following are the specified routes:

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Table 1: CRL Designation Condition Requirements

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Condition

Section Addressed within this Document

(a) Wellesley Street (between Victoria Street and Princes Street)

Section 8

(b) Victoria Street (between Wellesley Street and Princes Street)

Section 8

(c) Customs Street/Fanshawe Street (between Nelson Street and Tangihua Street)

Not applicable

(d) Quay Street/Lower Hobson Street (between Fanshawe Street/Hobson Street and Tangihua Street)

Not applicable

(e) Nelson Street/Hobson Street (between Pitt Street and Fanshawe Street)

Not applicable

(f) Queen Street (between Mayoral Drive and Customs Street)

Not applicable

(g) New North Road/Symonds Street (between Dominion Road and Newton Road)

Not applicable

(h) Mount Eden Road (between Normanby Road and Symonds Street)

Not applicable

(i) Khyber Pass Road between the southern motorway ramps and Symonds Street if this route is to be used by construction related trucks

Not applicable

(j) Newton Road between the northwestern motorway ramps and Symonds Street

Not applicable

26.10

The specified routes shall exclude whichever east-west route has its intersection with Albert Street closed at the time of the surveys.

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Transport and Property Access: Specific Requirements (Britomart to Mayoral Drive)

27.1

To achieve the objective in Condition 25, the following measures shall be implemented:

Not applicable

(a) A vehicle access lane at least 3m wide shall be provided along the eastern side of Albert Street between Customs Street and Victoria Street to provide access to properties (except that while the Albert Street/Victoria Street intersection is closed, this access lane is only to be provided between Customs Street and Durham Street);

Not applicable

(b) A vehicle access lane at least 3m wide shall be provided along the western side of Albert Street between Customs Street and Victoria Street to provide access to properties, except that:

Not applicable

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Table 1: CRL Designation Condition Requirements

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Condition

Section Addressed within this Document

(i) While the Albert Street/Customs Street intersection is closed, this access lane is only to be provided between Victoria Street and Wolfe Street; and

Not applicable

(ii) While the Albert Street/Victoria Street intersection is closed, this access lane is only to be provided between Kingston Street and Customs Street.

Not applicable

(c) The east-west / west-east connection (two fully operational traffic lanes in each direction) is to be maintained in each direction at two of the Customs Street, Victoria Street and Wellesley Street intersections with Albert Street during the period when the third of those intersections is otherwise fully closed;

Not applicable

(d) The left turn movement from Customs Street (from the east) into Albert Street, and the left turn from Customs Street (from the west) into Albert Street, shall be retained while the Albert Street / Customs Street intersection is fully closed;

Not applicable

(e) The left turn from Durham Street into Queen Street shall be reopened while the Albert Street/Victoria Street intersection is fully closed;

Not applicable

(f) Two way access shall be provided on the single service lane along the western side of Albert Street between 87 Albert Street and Kingston Street while the Albert Street/Victoria Street intersection is fully closed;

Not applicable

(g) Vehicular access into and egress from: (i) Mills Lane to and from either Albert Street or Swanson Street; and

Not applicable

(ii) The Stamford Plaza Auckland main entrance and forecourt area is to be provided at all times and for the avoidance of doubt cannot be temporarily closed during construction.

Not applicable

(h) Providing pedestrian and cycle access to private property at all times;

Section 7.6

(i) Providing footpaths of at least 1.5m in width along either side of Albert Street;

Section 6.2

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Table 1: CRL Designation Condition Requirements

Number

27.2

Condition

Section Addressed within this Document

(j) At a minimum two safe crossing passageways (which are “fully accessible� with a minimum width of 1.5m wide and well lit, need to be provided in the vicinity of Swanson Street and Wyndham Street, in addition to pedestrian crossings at the intersections of Victoria Street and Customs Street; and

Section 6.2

(k) Ensuring that construction traffic does not use Swanson Street, Wolf Street or Federal Street north of Swanson Street;

Not applicable

The Traffic, Access and Parking DWP shall demonstrate how these measures will be implemented and shall also include the following: (a) How construction works will be undertaken to mitigate congestion on Albert Street, Wellesley Street, Victoria Street, Customs Street, and Quay Street including retaining east-west traffic movements across Albert Street on Customs Street, Victoria Street and Wellesley Street;

Section 6.2

(b) The timing and sequencing of temporary road lane reductions and / or closures, and the alternative routes and temporary detours to be used, including:

Section 6.2

(i) How these have been selected and will be managed to, where practicable, mitigate congestion on the surrounding road network;

Section 6.2

(ii) How the Albert Street/Wyndham Street intersection will be reopened as soon as practically possible;

Not applicable

(c) How disruption to the use of private property located immediately adjacent the designation with access onto Galway Street, Tyler Street, Queen Elizabeth Square, Customs Street, Albert Street, Victoria Street and Wellesley Street will be mitigated through: (i) Providing vehicle access to private property as practicably possible at all times;

Section 7.6

(ii) Retaining local vehicle access to properties located along Albert Street (which may include only left in, left out access);

Section 7.6

(iii) Retaining access for loading and unloading of goods located along the service lane on the eastern side of Albert Street, between Victoria Street and Wellesley Street; and;

Not applicable

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Table 1: CRL Designation Condition Requirements

Number

Condition (iv) Providing an on street loading bay on Customs Street, Lower Albert Street or Lower Queen Street to provide servicing to 21 Queen Street if access during construction cannot be provided to the existing loading bay area for 21 Queen Street, accessed from Lower Albert Street;

Section Addressed within this Document Not applicable

(d) How disruption to the use of the local road network will be mitigated for private bus users, pedestrians and cyclists through: (i) Providing, where practicable, for the continued operation of private bus operators from hotels and other pick up / drop off locations in the city centre area (cross references to the Communication and Consultation Plan for consulting with private bus operators shall be included in the CEMP and Traffic, Access and Parking DWP); and

Section 6.2

(ii) Retaining pedestrian and cycle access through Lower Queen Street and / or Queen Elizabeth Square to provide access to and from the Ferry terminal and Customs Street; and

Not applicable

(e) How disruption to pedestrians and cyclists requiring the ability to cross from east to west (and vice versa) across Albert Street between Victoria Street and Customs Street can be mitigated through providing, where practicable, safe pedestrian and cyclist passageways across the construction works on Albert Street.

Not applicable

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4 PROJECT WORKS 4.1 Introduction The CRL project comprises the construction, operation and maintenance of a 3.4 km underground passenger railway, running between Britomart Station and the North Auckland Rail Line (NAL) in the vicinity of Mt Eden Station.

The works relating to this DWP constitute part of the enabling work for CRL, including the relocation of existing utilities and the removal of existing building canopies. Both components of the work will generally take place on Albert Street, between Wellesley Street West and Victoria Street West.

4.2 General Project Works The Project proposes to relocate existing utilities and to remove existing building canopies on the western side of Albert Street, between Victoria Street West and Wellesley Street West. The works will be completed in sections, as documented below:

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Removal of the existing building canopy at 99 Albert Street (the AA Centre)

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Removal of the existing building canopy at 129-135 Albert Street (the Auckland Council building)

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Removal of the existing building canopy at 101-107 Albert Street (the Manhatten Apartments)

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Removal of the existing building canopy at 109-125 Albert Street (the Sky City Grand)

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Relocation of existing utilities beneath the footpath on the west side of Albert Street (between Wellesley Street West and Victoria Street West) and beneath a short length of the footpath on the south side of Victoria Street West.

In general, a consistent temporary traffic management plan will be applied throughout the Project.

This plan is illustrated in Figure 2 to Figure 4 overleaf.

Albert Street Utility Relocation and Canopy Removal Transport Access and Parking Delivery Work Plan Figure 2: Albert Street Temporary Traffic Management

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Albert Street Utility Relocation and Canopy Removal Transport Access and Parking Delivery Work Plan Figure 3: Albert Street Temporary Traffic Management – Victoria Street West Detail

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Albert Street Utility Relocation and Canopy Removal Transport Access and Parking Delivery Work Plan Figure 4: Albert Street Temporary Traffic Management – Wellesley Street West Detail

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In total, the works will take place over an approximately 15 month programme, commencing January 2018.

4.3 Hours of Operation Works will generally be undertaken between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm Monday to Saturday.

4.4 Construction Workforce The total Project workforce will vary through the work stages, but may peak at approximately 40 to 60 staff. Additional subcontractor workforce such as traffic management and utilities staff will attend the site intermittently.

No workforce parking will be provided at the site, and workers will need to either park within public parking buildings or travel via other modes. Project vehicle access will be restricted to plant and material delivery, spoil removal and service vehicles.

4.5 Work Travel Demand Management It is expected that the traffic effects of the workforce travel will be minimised through car sharing, use of public transport or staff shuttles. The Project workforce will be provided with public transport travel information, and encouraged to car pool if they choose to drive and use nearby public car parks.

The size of the workforce, relative to the main CRL construction workforce, is expected to be relatively small.

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5 EXISTING CONDITIONS 5.1 General Albert Street, Victoria Street West and Wellesley Street West all currently have temporary lane restrictions due the CRL enabling works. Of these enabling works, the Albert Street Stormwater works reduce both Victoria Street West and Wellesley Street West to a single lane of traffic in each direction at Albert Street. These works are anticipated to be completed in December 2017.

Further north on Albert Street, the CRL cut and cover works will continue to restrict traffic on Albert Street.

Albert Street is classified as a local road within the Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP). Prior to the CRL enabling works it carried approximately 11,500 daily vehicles, although this is expected to now be significantly reduced. Approximately 8% of Albert Street’s traffic are heavy commercial vehicles (HCVs), with much of this due to bus services. The route is strategically significant for public transport services, with Albert Street bus services part of Auckland Transport’s Frequent Service Network. This role has diminished with the CRL enabling works however, with no bus services on Albert Street between Victoria Street and Customs Street.

The following figures illustrate the existing lane configuration on Albert Street, between Victoria Street West and Wellesley Street West.

At the Victoria Street West intersection: Area closed to traffic

NB traffic lane (left turn at Victoria Street)

NB traffic lane (through at Victoria Street)

SB traffic lane

NB bus stops

NB bus lane

NB traffic lane

SB traffic lane

Midblock:

At the Wellesley Street West intersection: NB bus lane

NB traffic lane

SB traffic lane (right turn at Wellesley Street)

SB traffic lane (through at Wellesley Street)

SB traffic lane (left turn at Wellesley Street)

It is expected that on completion of the Albert Street Stormwater works in late 2017, the northbound lane on Albert Street at the Victoria Street West intersection that is currently closed to traffic (shaded grey above) will reopen as a separate left turn lane.

The Albert Street bus lanes operate at all times. On street parking is prohibited on this section of Albert Street.

Both Victoria Street West and Wellesley Street West are classified as Arterial Roads within the AUP, and carry 24,100 and 15,000 daily vehicles, respectively. Both streets are currently restricted to a single through lane at Albert Street, due to the CRL Albert Street Stormwater works. On completion of the CRL Albert Street Stormwater works, both streets will generally revert to their pre CRL works

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layouts illustrated in Figure 5 and Figure 6 below (albeit with an additional westbound lane on Wellesley Street West, to provide separate left turn and bus-only through lanes). Note that the Albert Street lane configurations in these aerial photos have since changed to those shown above.

Figure 5: Victoria Street West at Albert Street

Figure 6: Wellesley Street West at Albert Street

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Currently, bus services from Pt Chevalier and West Auckland (via both the Northwestern Motorway and Great North Road) operate on the section of Albert Street between Wellesley Street West and Victoria Street West (northbound only), before turning left into Victoria Street West, then left again into Hobson Street. These services will be relocated off Albert Street shortly before the Project commences. We understand that the final routing of these services is yet to be confirmed, but the shift will result in the existing northbound bus stops and bus lane on Albert Street being redundant.

The above changes in bus services will be in place prior to the start of the Project works and will effectively form a new base case. The effects of this bus service shift are not considered as part of this DWP.

5.2 Walking and Cycling Facilities Albert Street, Wellesley Street West and Victoria Street West all currently have footpaths on both sides. The western footpath on Albert Street in particular (that directly affected by the works) currently serves four functions:

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Access function: Providing access to existing properties that front this section of Albert Street

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Through function: Providing a through route for pedestrians between other properties, public transport facilities, parking areas and other destinations

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Public transport function: Providing access to, and waiting space for, existing bus stops on Albert Street. This function will cease once bus services have been removed from Albert Street

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Place function: Providing a space for pedestrians to linger and interact; it is thought that there is very little such function on this section of Albert Street, as with the exception of a small lunch bar with two small tables on the footpath beneath the AA Centre, there is no activation or reason for pedestrians to linger here.

Signalised pedestrian crossings are provided across all legs of the Albert Street intersections with Wellesley Street West and Victoria Street West. The latter operates with a ‘Barnes Dance’ type pedestrian phase, while the former operates separate pedestrian phases. A signalised midblock pedestrian crossing operates on Albert Street, approximately 50 m north of Wellesley Street West.

There are few dedicated cycling facilities in the area. Facilities are limited to cycle advance stop boxes on the Victoria Street approaches to Albert Street.

6 PROPOSED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT 6.1 Philosophy This DWP has been developed in general accordance with the traffic management approach put forward in the CRL designation conditions, as well as with Auckland Transport’s Code of Practice (ATCoP) and the Transport Agency’s Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management (CoPTTM).

In practical terms this means providing for the connectivity and access described in the designation conditions wherever and whenever possible and in particular for main road movements. Additional

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turn bans or changes to connectivity or access have been restricted to those imposed by safe operational practice, and geometric or spatial constraints for traffic management.

The modal priorities adopted by this DWP are: 1.

Active transport 2.

Public transport 3.

Freight, service vehicles, couriers and taxis 4.

Private vehicles (including construction traffic).

Within CoPTTM, Albert Street, Wellesley Street West and Victoria Street West are classified as a Level 2LS (low speed) roads 1. The traffic management measures proposed in this DWP have been developed accordingly.

The below traffic management methods have been developed to be commensurate in size and scale to the construction activities proposed and their expected effects on the transport network.

6.2 General Traffic Management The works will in general require the occupation of the existing footpath and two traffic lanes on the west side of Albert Street, between Victoria Street West and Wellesley Street West. The works will maintain the existing single traffic lane in each direction on Albert Street. However, the existing, short, three lane, southbound approach to Wellesley Street West will be reduced to two short lanes (with left turning and through traffic sharing a single lane).

Prior to the works, all existing bus services on Albert Street will be shifted elsewhere and as such, the existing northbound bus lane and bus stop lane on Albert Street will be redundant. The occupation of the northbound bus lane will as a result have no effect on bus services.

The removal of the building canopy from the AA Centre will require a short section of works to extend onto Victoria Street West. These works will result in the existing two westbound through lanes on Victoria Street West being reduced to one through lane.

Similarly, the removal of the building canopy from the Auckland Council building will require a short section of works to extend onto Wellesley Street West. These works will result in the existing separate eastbound left turn and through lanes on Wellesley Street West being combined into a single, shared lane.

It is expected that each of the above lane closures will be in place for the duration of the works.

During all stages of the works, all existing traffic movements between public streets will continue to be available.

Pedestrian movements on Albert Street, Wellesley Street West and Victoria Street West will continue to be provided, with at least 1.5 m footpaths provided in accordance with CRL Designation Condition

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https://at.govt.nz/about-us/working-on-the-road/traffic-management-plans/#carriageway

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27.1(i). These footpaths will be provided by a pedestrian route within the roadway, between the work area and the northbound traffic lane. All existing pedestrian crossings at both Wellesley Street West and Victoria Street West will continue to be provided. Wayfinding signage will be provided at each junction in pedestrian routes. Where appropriate, this will include references to specific buildings or businesses (refer Social Impacts and Business Disruption Delivery Works Plan).

Where practicable, all pedestrian routes will meet accessibility requirements, with appropriate ramps and gradients. We understand however that there may be one section of footpath at Victoria Street West which, due to gradients, will not meet accessibility criteria. This section of existing footpath within the AA Centre’s undercroft, approximately 4 m long with a gradient of approximately 1 in 4, will be the only pedestrian access to the AA Centre, along with a set of four steps.

The existing signalised pedestrian crossing outside 129-135 Albert Street will be kept open.

It is expected that traffic signals at both Victoria Street West and Wellesley Street West will adapt to changed traffic patterns through their usual process of adjusting signal phase times, but no new signal phase plans will be required.

6.3 Construction Traffic Truck loading will occur via two proposed vehicle accesses on Albert Street (see Figure 2 previously).

Truck movements will be limited to left-in and left-out only, and the accesses will be shared with the existing vehicle accesses to 101-107 and 109-129 Albert Street. Conflict between pedestrians, private vehicles and construction activity will be managed by a Traffic Controller at each access (during active site hours).

Overall, the volume of construction traffic generated by the Project is predicted to be very low, with in the order of 4 to 8 truck deliveries per day (ie 8 to 16 one-way movements). These movements will generally occur between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm, Monday to Saturday.

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Truck movements will be via the Arterial Road network at Victoria Street West and Wellesley Street West, as shown in Figure 7. The site is very well located relative to the Arterial Road network, and will not require trucks to use local roads (other than Albert Street) or to pass sensitive areas such as residential streets or schools.

Figure 7: Truck Access Routes to/from Albert Street Site (image: Google Maps)

Albert Street Work Site

Arterial Roads (AUP) Access Routes

Reverse manoeuvring of construction trucks shall not take place on any arterial route (ie Wellesley Street West and Victoria Street West). If reverse manoeuvring is required on any local street (ie Albert Street) this shall be carried out with the assistance of a Traffic Controller.

Truck movements to and from the sites will generally be via 11 m large rigid trucks, or smaller units.

These truck types can be accommodated within the streets used to access the site shown in Figure 7 above.

When required, delivery of large plant by over-dimension vehicles will take place via the Transport Agency’s over-dimension routes where practicable. These routes include the State Highway network, Fanshawe Street, Albert Street, Vincent Street and Mayoral Drive (north of Cook Street).

Access by over-dimension vehicles will require these vehicles to manoeuvre within limited sections of arterials that are not designated over-dimension routes, including potentially sections of Nelson Street, Hobson Street, Victoria Street, Wellesley Street, Beaumont Street and Halsey Street. These vehicle movements will be occasional in nature, used only to deliver/remove large plant, will take place outside of the commuter peak periods, and will be managed by appropriate mobile traffic management. This will allow these vehicles to safely traverse multiple lanes of traffic as required. Of these, Wellesley Street West (between Nelson Street and east of Albert Street) is permitted in CRL Condition 25.3(c)(iv) to be used for CRL construction truck access. Mayoral Drive and Cook Street are similarly permitted by this condition, but the use of these streets to egress the Albert Street work site

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(rather than Victoria Street West as shown in Figure 7) would require trucks to U-turn within Albert Street, which is not considered appropriate.

Similarly, overweight deliveries will take place where practicable via the Transport Agency’s over weight routes, which include the State Highway network, Fanshawe Street, Beaumont Street and Victoria Street (between Beaumont Street and Franklin Road).

6.4 Contractor Parking On-site parking will be provided for the loading/unloading of equipment and materials, and for essential contractor vehicles. This will be provided longitudinally within the work site, which has ample space for storage of materials and vehicles.

7 ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS 7.1 Methodology 7.1.1

Traffic Model

The 2021 Auckland City Centre SATURN model has been used in this assessment. The model was developed by Flow for the traffic modelling of the CRL project’s construction effects during the Notices of Requirement stage as well as the initial SP2 pipe jack TTMP planning and assessment. The model was later provided to AECOM for a more detailed assessment of the proposed temporary traffic management associated the CRL C1 and C2 contracts. Subsequently, the updated model has been obtained by Flow for this assessment.

7.1.2

2018 Reference Case

The proposed temporary traffic management has been compared to a Reference Case scenario that represents the background traffic operation of the city centre in early 2018, following the completion of the Albert Street Stormwater works. As such, the Reference Case represents the expected city centre network operations in 2018, should the proposed Albert Street canopy removal and utilities works not proceed (or be postponed).

The Reference Case includes existing infrastructure provision and bus routing, but additionally includes the following significant network changes, expected to take place at least in part during the same time as the canopy removal and utilities works:

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Rerouting of existing Albert Street bus routes as documented previously

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Construction of the cut and cover tunnels beneath Albert Street, between Wyndham Street and Customs Street, generally reducing traffic on this section of Albert Street to a single, kerbside lane in each direction

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Construction of the Britomart to Downtown Shopping Centre CRL contract, generally resulting in the closure of Lower Queen Street to all traffic and one way operation of Lower Albert Street

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Construction activity at the New Zealand International Convention Centre, reducing Hobson Street to three lanes of traffic between Victoria Street West and Wellesley Street West.

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The following CRL related projects are not expected to have significant impacts on the traffic network, or fall outside the City Centre SATURN model, so have not been included within the Reference Case model:

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Construction of the Nikau Street Stormwater main in Mt Eden

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Demolition of properties within the main CRL construction area in Mt Eden

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Ongoing CRL pot holing investigation works

In addition, the Pitt Street cycleway and Phase 2 of the Nelson Street cycleway are expected to be completed late 2017. Accordingly, both have been included within the Reference Case model.

Stage 1 of the Karangahape Road streetscape improvements (Ponsonby Road to Pitt Street) is expected to be under construction through 2018, and will coincide with the canopy removal and utilities works. This project has been included to allow a conservative assessment of effects (in effect assuming a reduction in traffic capacity on Karangahape Road).

The existing Albert Street pipe jacking works on Victoria Street West and Wellesley Street West are expected to be completed prior to the canopy removal and utilities works, with these streets reinstated as before. Similarly, the existing CRL enabling works impacting traffic at the intersection of Customs Street West and Albert Street are expected to be completed in late 2017. Customs Street has been assumed to return to full capacity in 2018.

7.2 General Traffic Effects 7.2.1

Flow Difference Plots

In the following plots, green bands indicate increases in traffic flows between the 2018 Reference Case scenario and the CRL Albert Street utilities relocation and canopy works scenario, while blue lines indicate decreases in flows. The flows displayed are what SATURN terms “actual” flows, which are the flows that are predicted to be able to get through to the particular links within the single peak hour. In congested networks, these “actual” flows are lower than the demand flows.

Albert Street Utility Relocation and Canopy Removal Transport Access and Parking Delivery Work Plan Figure 8: Actual Flow Difference for CBD Area – 2018 Reference Case vs CRL Albert Street Works; Morning Peak

Figure 9: Actual Flow Difference for CBD Area – 2018 Reference Case vs CRL Albert Street Works; Midday Peak

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Figure 10: Actual Flow Difference for CBD Area – 2018 Reference Case vs CRL Albert Street Works; Evening Peak

The proposed temporary traffic management is predicted to result in slightly reduced traffic on Mayoral Drive northbound and on sections of Albert Street. Corresponding increases in northbound traffic are predicted on Pitt Street and Nelson Street. The scale of these redistribution is generally small, in the order of 50 to 150 vehicles per hour.

7.2.2

Journey Times

Journey time routes included in this assessment are as follows:

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Wellesley Street between Halsey Street and Princes Street

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Victoria Street between Halsey Street and Princes Street

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Nelson Street between Union Street and Fanshawe Street, and Hobson Street between Quay Street and Union Street

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Queen Street between Customs Street and Mayoral Drive

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Albert Street between Customs Street and Wellesley Street.

These routes are illustrated in Figure 11 below. The journey time routes are consistent with those used to evaluate the predicted impacts of other CRL construction scenarios, as well as those being used monitor the CRL construction effects. However, routes that are unaffected by the proposed works have been omitted (Quay Street, Customs Street and Cook Street/Mayoral Drive).

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Figure 11: Journey Time Routes Victoria Street Wellesley Street Nelson/Hobson

Queen Street Albert Street

Table 2 presents the modelled journey times for the routes assessed. Forecast changes in journey times in the table have been colour coded, in order to more clearly illustrate trends and compare scenarios. The key for the colour coding is illustrated in Figure 12.

Figure 12: Journey Time Reporting Colour Scale

Increases under 30 seconds

Reductions under 30 seconds

Increases between 30 seconds and 1 minute

Reductions between 30 seconds and 1 minute

Increases between 1 and 2 minutes

Reductions between 1 and 2 minutes

Increases over 2 minutes

Reductions over 2 minutes

Table 2: Modelled Journey Times

2018 Reference Case

2018 Albert Street Canopy and Utilities Works

Morning Peak

Midday Peak

Evening Peak

Morning Peak

Midday Peak

Evening Peak

Eastbound

8:55

7:25

9:25

9:00 (+0:05)

7:25 (-)

9:20 (-0:05)

Westbound

6:50

7:10

10:30

7:15 (+0:25)

7:20 (+0:10)

10:50 (+0:20)

Eastbound

8:35

7:45

9:35

8:40 (+0:05)

7:40 (-0:05)

9:30 (-0:05)

Westbound

8:40

7:55

14:30

9:00 (+0:20)

8:25 (+0:30)

15:15 (+0:45)

Wellesley Street

Victoria Street

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Table 2: Modelled Journey Times

2018 Reference Case Morning Peak

2018 Albert Street Canopy and Utilities Works

Midday Peak

Evening Peak

Morning Peak

Midday Peak

Evening Peak

Nelson Street/Hobson Street Northbound

8:45

4:40

8:35

8:20 (-0:25)

4:45 (+0:05)

8:45 (+0:10)

Southbound

4:25

3:35

6:10

4:20 (-0:05)

3:35 (-)

6:05 (-0:05)

Northbound

9:40

9:05

10:50

9:50 (+0:10)

9:05 (-)

11:00 (+0:10)

Southbound

9:25

9:55

11:40

9:25 (-)

9:50 (-0:05)

11:50 (+0:10)

Northbound

3:35

3:45

3:45

4:10 (+0:35)

4:05 (+0:20)

4:10 (+0:25)

Southbound

4:00

4:05

4:50

4:20 (+0:20)

4:20 (+0:15)

5:30 (+0:40)

Queen Street

Albert Street

Travel time increases are in all cases predicted to be small, with increases of less than one minute predicted for all routes.

7.3 Public Transport Effects Forecast travel times for key bus routes that pass the Project works are shown below. Not all affected bus services are shown, but instead three key Frequent Service Network routes that form an important part of the wider public transport network, and which can be considered indicators of overall bus performance within the city centre.

The same colour scale has been applied to the predicted travel time changes here.

Table 3: Modelled Journey Times

2018 Reference Case Morning Peak

Midday Peak

2018 Albert Street Canopy and Utilities Works

Evening Peak

Morning Peak

Midday Peak

Evening Peak

Western Services via Great North Road 2 Inbound

21:45

15:55

21:25

22:15 (+0:30)

16:35 (+0:40)

21:40 (+0:15)

Outbound

10:10

8:00

11:35

10:05 (-0:05)

8:05 (+0:05)

11:40 (+0:05)

2

Route shifted to new route prior to Project works. Inbound via Great North Road, Karangahape Road, Queen Street and Victoria Street. Outbound via Victoria Street, Hobson Street, Pitt Street, Karangahape Road and Great North Road

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Table 3: Modelled Journey Times

2018 Reference Case Morning Peak

Midday Peak

2018 Albert Street Canopy and Utilities Works

Evening Peak

Morning Peak

Midday Peak

Evening Peak

North Shore Services to Midtown Inbound

16:55

10:50

25:50

17:05 (+0:10)

11:00 (+0:10)

26:15 (+0:25)

Outbound

14:50

10:35

15:55

16:10 (+1:20)

10:45 (+0:10)

16:30 (+0:35)

Clockwise

31:15

27:30

36:05

32:25 (+1:10)

27:40 (+0:10)

36:25 (+0:20)

Anticlockwise

32:30

28:10

37:20

33:15 (+0:45)

28:50 (+0:40)

37:55 (+0:35)

Inner Link Services

Travel time increases for bus services are in all cases predicted to be modest, with increases of 1½ minutes or less predicted for all routes.

7.4 Pedestrian and Cyclist Effects Pedestrian and cyclist effects are expected to be limited to only minor inconvenience. All existing pedestrian routes on Albert Street, Wellesley Street West and Victoria Street West are to remain open at all times, albeit slightly diverted to allow safe passage past construction activity. Pedestrian and cyclist access to existing properties will generally be maintained. Where short closures are required, property owners and leaseholders will be consulted with in advance. As a result, the pedestrian ‘through’ and ‘access’ functions of this section of footpath will be maintained.

The works will reduce a footpath width on the west side of Albert Street, and may result in reduced business conspicuity, reduced passing pedestrian volumes, and lessened ‘place’ function of this footpath. This may have effects on businesses that front this section of Albert Street, and these effects are addressed in the Social Impact and Business Disruption Delivery Works Plan.

Existing cycle infrastructure in the area is limited to advanced cyclist stop boxes on the Victoria Street approaches to Albert Street. These will be maintained during the works.

It is noted that the intersection of Albert Street and Victoria Street West operates with a ‘Barnes Dance’ type pedestrian phase, while the intersection of Albert Street and Wellesley Street West operates with separate pedestrian phases. It may well be a necessity to temporarily operate a pedestrian Barnes Dance at this intersection during the main CRL works, and it is similarly possible that Auckland Transport will wish to operate a Barnes Dance permanently as part of the Albert Street rebuild following the CRL. Given this, and given that additional traffic capacity will be available at this intersection following the completion of the Albert Street Stormwater main works, this may be a timely opportunity to install such a Barnes Dance phase. While this is not a necessity to mitigate the temporary works being proposed, a Barnes Dance would improve the pedestrian environment overall, assist pedestrians in crossing to the other side of Albert Street and avoid the works, and assist pedestrians to and from their new bus stop locations.

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It is noted however that such a pedestrian phase will have wider implications in terms of bus operations on Wellesley Street, temporary traffic effects during CRL construction, and would need to be consistent with any long term aspirations for this intersection. As a result, this proposal will require further internal consultation within Auckland Transport.

7.5 Construction Traffic Where practicable, truck movements will be restricted to the Arterial network as defined in the AUP. Truck movements are expected to be low, at approximately four to eight deliveries per day. As a result, the congestion impacts of construction traffic are considered negligible.

Given the dimensions of the proposed utility trench, spoil volumes from the proposed utilities works will be relatively small, and much less than the main CRL tunnel boring operations. The removal of these small spoil volumes via the road network will not adversely affect congestion.

Truck movements will not be required to take place on streets that pass education facilities, nor on streets with residential zoned land (refer CRL Condition 25.3(a)).

Where over-dimension or overweight vehicle movements are required, these will take place via the Transport Agency’s over-dimension and overweight routes, where practicable (refer CRL Condition 25.3(b)(ii)), or Wellesley Street (refer CRL Condition 25.3(c)(iv). Local access to the work site by overdimension vehicles will require the use of some arterials and local streets that are not designated as over dimension routes, such as Nelson Street, Hobson Street and Victoria Street West. This will be managed by limiting the movements of these vehicles outside of the commuter peak periods, and by applying mobile traffic management where these vehicles are required to traverse multiple lanes of traffic. Each of these streets are multi-lane arterials, and there not expected to be any issues manoeuvring over dimension vehicles.

7.6 Property Access During the works, pedestrian and cyclist access to properties on Albert Street will be generally be maintained at all times. This access will be maintained either via the existing building undercroft (99 and 101-107 Albert Street), or by providing a protected pedestrian access through the work area into buildings (109-125 and 129-135 Albert Street). Signage will be used to direct traffic and pedestrians wishing to gain access to businesses.

After hours pedestrian access will be maintained to properties at all times, either via the existing building undercroft (99 and 101-107 Albert Street), or by providing a protected pedestrian access through the work area into buildings (109-125 and 129-135 Albert Street). Consistent wayfinding signage will be used both during the day and after hours, as accesses will remain the same in each case.

Pedestrian and cyclist accesses may be closed for short periods of time for critical works. This will be minimised as much as practicable. When closures are necessary, property owners and leaseholders will be consulted with, prior to the closure.

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Existing vehicle accesses to properties on Albert Street will generally remain open (affecting 101-107 and 129-135 Albert Street). Vehicle access to these buildings will be shared with construction vehicles.

The accesses will each be staffed by a Traffic Controller, to manage conflict with pedestrians and construction activity.

Both vehicle accesses will however be closed for periods of time for critical works such as the removal of the section of canopy above each access. This will be minimised as much as practicable and when closures are necessary, property owners and leaseholders will be consulted with, prior to the event.

During these periods, alternative parking spaces will be made available to the owners/leaseholders of these spaces. In this regard, it is noted that there are a number of public and private parking buildings located within a short walk of the work area. The details of this will be agreed through the consultation avenues proposed which area outlined in Section 9 of this DWP and the Communication and Consultation Plan outlined in the CEMP. Throughout the works, the three existing informal parking spaces located under the building canopy at 101-107 Albert Street will be unavailable, and their access closed. When unavailable, alternative parking spaces will be made available to the owners/leaseholders of these spaces.

Where an affected party unexpectedly finds their vehicle blocked in as a result of a temporary closure, the Requiring Authority will (within reasonable limits) offer alternative transport such as a taxi, rental car, or other alternative, in accordance with CRL Condition 25.3(g).

8 MONITORING CRL Condition 26 requires that monitoring be carried out of travel times on Wellesley Street (between Victoria Street and Princes Street) and on Victoria Street (between Wellesley Street and Princes Street). This monitoring is to be carried out to assess the effects on traffic congestion due to the CRL works. Condition 26.6 specifically seeks to identify when CRL construction works have increased average traffic delays as follows: (a) “Either by more than 10 minutes (from the monitoring previously undertaken in accordance with this condition) (b) Or if the travel times are more than three minutes or 30% greater than the forecast modelled increases along that route (according to the most recent traffic model test of that scenario, undertaken prior to the start of construction. The modelled time is to be based on the Auckland City Centre SATURN traffic model or a different traffic model approved by the Requiring Authority). (c) The 30% above shall only apply for an increase predicted to be over four minutes.�

Section 7.2.2 demonstrated that the proposed works are predicted to result in travel times on city centre routes increasing by no more than approximately one minute due to the works. As a result, the 4 minute and 10 minute thresholds conditioned above are considered very unlikely to be reached.

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Whether the proposed construction activity results in travel time increases in excess of those identified above.

9 CONSULTATION AND COMMUNICATION The Communications and Consultation Plan included within the CEMP sets out the communications and consultation procedures to advise affected parties and the general public of the proposed temporary traffic management works. Table 4 summarises the external communication requirements for the Project. These property owners and occupiers are noted for early and specific consultation and agreement in regards to traffic matters.

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Table 4: External Consultation Requirements

Stakeholder

Potential Issue

Resolution

99 Albert Street (the AA Centre)

Temporary closure of footpath on Albert Street footpath and diversion of pedestrians.

Consultation ongoing to establish suitable mitigation.

101-107 Albert Street (the Manhatten Apartments)

Temporary closure of footpath on Albert Street footpath and diversion of pedestrians.

Consultation ongoing to establish suitable mitigation.

Temporary vehicle and pedestrian access restrictions.

Removal of informal car parks 109-125 Albert Street (Sky City Grand Hotel)

Temporary closure of footpath on Albert Street footpath and diversion of pedestrians.

Temporary vehicle and pedestrian access restrictions.

Property owner/leaseholder to be consulted in advance of any temporary vehicle or pedestrian access closure, in accordance with CRL Condition 25.3(f)(ii).

Consultation ongoing to establish suitable mitigation.

Property owner/leaseholder to be consulted in advance of any temporary vehicle or pedestrian access closure, in accordance with CRL Condition 25.3(f)(ii).

129-135 Albert Street (Auckland Council building)

Temporary closure of footpath on Albert Street footpath and diversion of pedestrians.

Consultation ongoing to establish suitable mitigation.

The general public and wider city centre community.

Temporary changes to bus stop locations and pedestrian routes, increased truck movements.

Wider community to be consulted through the project website and Aotea Station Community Business Liaison Group Community Liaison Group

New Zealand Transport Agency.

“One Network� consultation, in accordance with Condition 18.

The proposed works were presented to the New Zealand Transport Agency for comment.

The Agency confirmed via email on 21 August 2017 that the proposed works are expected to result in only very minor effects on the State Highway network.

Public transport users and operators, taxi operators.

Emergency services.

Temporary changes to bus stop locations.

Taxis will be affected to the same extent as general traffic.

Works will not impede emergency service access to properties.

Proposed shift of Albert Street bus routes is part of background management of city centre bus routes, not part of these works.

No specific consultation taxi operators required.

New Zealand Police, New Zealand Fire Service and St Johns Ambulance will be consulted with in terms in the reduced traffic capacity along Albert St in vicinity of the works.

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record of CLG and independent peer review comments

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CLG Comments The following comments were received from the Community Liaison Group (CLG) regarding the Transport access and Parking Delivery Work Plan: Comment ID

Date

Time

Forum

Commenter

Comment

Resolution

1

24/08/17

Letter

Heart of the City Auckland

‘Active transport’ sections requested for each topic within DWP.

We consider the structure of the report to be adequate. However additional commentary has been given to active mode effects in Section 7.4, and to existing active mode facilities in Section 5.

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24/08/17

Letter

Heart of the City Auckland

Request that additional analysis of existing footpath users on Albert Street be provided, including surveys of existing pedestrian destinations, trip purposes, etc.

Analysis added in Section 5. Pedestrian surveys are not considered necessary however as the existing footpath has very little activation, and the footpath has little ‘place’ function.

3

24/08/17

Letter

Heart of the City Auckland

Consider whether signal phasing could be adjusted to give greater priority to pedestrians.

It is noted that a pedestrian ‘Barnes Dance’ already operates at the intersection of Albert Street and Victoria Street. There is scope for similar pedestrian phasing to be introduced at the Wellesley Street intersection, and this will be investigated by Auckland Transport.

4

24/08/17

Letter

Heart of the City Auckland

There should also be greater reference about ensuring that access for pedestrians is fully accessible, i.e. ramps when the ‘footpath’ is relocated on to the roadway; clear wayfinding etc.

Additional reference to accessible pedestrians added to section 6.2 and 7.4.

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Time

Forum

Commenter

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Resolution

5

24/08/17

Letter

Heart of the City Auckland

The DWP states that “pedestrian and cyclist activities to existing properties will generally be maintained, with potential short closures communicated in advance..” We do not feel that is adequate that any pedestrian/cyclist closures to properties are only “communicated to” in advance. Refer 7.6 which states “property owners will be consulted with prior to closure”, this should be reflected in 7.4. Further under 7.6 this needs to say “property owners, and leaseholders..”. There should be consistency with the approach taken for restrictions for vehicle access.

The wording has been amended to provide a consistent approach.

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24/08/17

Letter

Heart of the City Auckland

We ask for clarity on what signage will be provided – will this include any reference to the specifically affected businesses?

Additional commentary regarding signage has been added to Section 6.2. We also refer to the Social Impact and Business Disruption DWP, which address business effects more directly.

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Independent Peer Reviewer Comments The following comments were received from the Independent Peer Reviewer regarding the Transport access and Parking Delivery Work Plan: Comment ID

Date

Time

Forum

Commenter

Comment

Resolution

7

13/09/17

Report

Commute Transportation Consultants

CRL26.1 – It is unclear if monitoring is being undertaken as part of this contract. Whilst I agree with the DWP that the thresholds for which monitoring is being established are unlikely to eventuate, the purpose of the monitoring condition is to confirm this. However the reviewer thinks that other CRL contracts are already undertaking monitoring that covers this part of the network. If this is the case, the DWP should refer to this to show compliance with the intent of the condition.

Section 8 updated to refer to Auckland Transport’s ongoing road monitoring.

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13/09/17

Report

Commute Transportation Consultants

25.3(G) – It should be confirmed in the DWP that the parking spaces outside 101-107 Alert Street are not ‘consented’.

Section 7.6 updated: While there is no record of these spaces having a resource consent, alternative spaces will be made available to the owners/leaseholders of these retail units during the works.

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Council Reviewer Comments The following comments were received from Council’s reviewer regarding the Transport access and Parking Delivery Work Plan: Comment ID

Date

Time

Forum

Commenter

Comment

Resolution

9

10/11/17

n/a

Letter

HGT2

The applicant should confirm how pedestrian and vehicle access will be maintained for the businesses with frontage on Albert Street after work hours. This could include details of additional wayfinding signage for pedestrians.

Section 7.6 updated to include details of how after hours pedestrian access will be maintained.

10

10/11/17

n/a

Letter

HGT2

The applicant should confirm that a traffic controller will be available at all times during construction hours to assist with heavy vehicle access at 105 Albert Street.

A traffic controller will be stationed at all times during construction hours at both vehicle crossings (101-107 and 109-125 Albert Street), as per Sections 6.3 and 7.6.

Incorrect building numbers in Section 6.3 have been corrected however.

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10/11/17

n/a

Letter

HGT2

The applicant should specify the expected duration of any lane closures on Wellesley Street and Victoria Street.

Clarification provided in Section 6.2.

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10/11/17

n/a

Letter

HGT2

The applicant should confirm the gradient of Albert Street and the practicability of complying the standards specified in NZS 4121-2001.

Additional detail regarding this ramp provided at Section 6.2.

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