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Corridor for new bridge revealed
added pressure on Fergusson (Low Level) Bridge requiring a clip on solution or another new bridge. A new bridge in town features in all three The project team identified a site for a third options unveiled by Waipā District Council today in its long-awaited multi-million dollar bridge closer to town over the river from the Town Belt between Marlowe Drive and Cambridge Connections business case. Ihimaera Tce across to an area south of Alpha Of the three, the preferred option C out for Street and west of Haworth Ave. consultation to stakeholders is an ambitious “Cambridge is growing, we actually need plan which restricts Victoria (High Level) a plan for transport as a whole. It’s not just Bridge to pedestrians, mobility scooters and about a bridge, it’s about main routes like cyclists. The option enhances the town centre, adds a Victoria Street, Hamilton Road, (Carters Flat) 10-minute local bus service, optimises vehicle and Shakespeare Street which will all need routes and introduces paid parking - but does some transformation over time,” said Hudson. Option C provided for broader walking and not include additional Waikato Expressway cycling improvement plans across the town on-off ramps at Tirau Road. and would keep commuter traffic out of the Transport manager Bryan Hudson and transportation planner Rachel Algar told The CBD. There would be more frequent bus services News this week Cambridge Connections to Hamilton, an around town commuter would define the shape of the town’s option and buses to and from Te Awamutu. transport infrastructure for the next 30 years. People who needed to avoid the CBD – to The traditional solution to dealing with traffic congestion in the past would be to build commute to Hamilton for example - could use the new bridge. more roads, make them bigger and provide That would allow some streetscape more growth space, he said. refinements in the CBD – possibly even “We heard from people early on that the closing parts of it to pedestrians only – while roads weren’t coping and they also said they needed a bridge that was out of town because increased parking management and shorter there was a lot of thinking that was the logical time limits were also an option. “In terms of what it could deliver place to put it.” Cambridge in the way it looks and feels and But when the project team analysed the the living space people value, it’s (Option C) data, it was clear the bulk of the people wanted to still cross the river in town because got more potential,” said Hudson. The options are being presented to a lot of their business was there – dropping children off to school, supermarket shopping, stakeholder groups from today. Staff will take feedback and prepare a business case for the dining and entertainment as examples. If a third bridge was built out from Aotearoa council to endorse in June. The business case relies on New Zealand Park across Waikato River to near St Peter’s Transport Agency and ratepayer funding School and the High Level Bridge closed to all but cycles and pedestrians, that would put across the whole district. By Mary Anne Gill
New third bridge
The corridor proposed for the new bridge is marked in light blue.
Graphic provided by Waipa District Council.
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