Western Ring Route
WATERVIEW CONNECTION
Owairaka – Walking and Cycling facilities
A range of improved pedestrian and cycling facilities are planned in this area
including a connection between Alan Wood and Harbutt Reserves.
Harbutt pedestrian bridge
Proposed Walking and
Cycling Facilities
Sector 8 – Avondale Heights
Tunnel
Existing Walking and
Cycling Facilities
Sector 8 – Avondale Heights
Tunnel
Sector 9 – Alan Wood Reserve
There are on-road lanes along both sides of
the length of Carrington Road and Mt Albert
Road to the intersection with Sandringham
Road. These cycle lanes are important as
they provide a direct link parallel to the
proposed SH20 alignment further to the
north. Springleigh Avenue links cyclists
with the shared walkway / cyclepath
through Phyllis Reserve.
There are also pedestrian walkways through
Oakley Creek Esplanade, Alan Wood
Reserve and Hendon Park. Oakley Creek
Esplanade can be accessed from Great
North Road through a number of locations
and stairs into the park and alongside the
creek. Alan Wood Reserve and Hendon
Park have an entry from New North Road
and a number of entries regularly spaced
along Hendon Avenue. At the end of the
walkway through Hendon Park, the shared
pedestrian and cycle path continues through
Underwood Park and Walmsley Park.
The shared cycleway / pedestrian path
continues adjacent to Great North Road,
until it enters the Phyllis Street Reserve
via a new bridge from the intersection of
Great North and Blockhouse Bay Roads.
The shared path carries on through
the reserve on the eastern side of the
underground alignment. Through the
reserve the shared path will travel over
small foot bridges which link the path
over Oakley Creek. As the shared path
approaches New North Road, the Harbutt
pedestrian bridge over the railway corridor
provides a new connection into the reserve
from New North Road.
This bridge will provide sufficient
clearance for the existing railway line. The
shared walking and cycle path is expected
to continue along both sides of New
North Road, crossing Ennismore Road and
Hendon Avenue and enter Alan Wood
Reserve at the current entrance to the
reserve.
Sector 9 – Alan Wood Reserve
The shared walking and cycling path leaves
New North Road and enters Alan Wood
Reserve where it runs through the reserve
mainly to the north of the underground
tunnel alignment. There are two bridges
proposed to facilitate pedestrian movements
over the motorway. Where the motorway
emerges from the tunnel through the Alan
Wood Reserve, the Olympus Bridge will
provide a link from the centre of the reserve
from Hendon Avenue opposite Olympus
Avenue. The other bridge, the Hendon
Bridge, will also provide a pedestrian link in
to the park at the south of the reserve.
At the southern portal, the shared walking
and cycle path will join the motorway
further south. The cycleway is expected
to follow adjacent to the northbound
carriageway and will pass under the
Richardson Road bridge with a link to
Richardson Road. From here the cycleway
follows the alignment at the grade of
the motorway until the Maioro Street
northbound on-ramp, where it follows
the on-ramp up to the Maioro Street
Interchange. At the interchange, the
cycleway will connect to the Southern
Isthmus Cycleway or onto the local roads.
There are crossing facilities through the
interchange to allow for pedestrian and
cycle movements in all directions.
Olympus pedestrian bridge