IPENZ Engineers Feb 2016

CRL – taking Auckland places IPENZ 10 February 2016

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Overview • Why do we need it?

• Where is it going?

• What will it do?

• When is it happening?

• What are its traffic challenges?

• What progress on consents and property?

• What will it look like?

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Auckland in 2041

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Auckland is pivotal to the social, economic and cultural development of New Zealand 2,500,000 More than 700,000 new residents

Click to edit Master title style An extra 400,000 dwellings

Twice as many city centre and city fringe residents and employees City Centre student numbers up by 30%

City centre producing 25% of Auckland’s GDP - currently 17%

2,000,000

1,500,000

Growth to 2041

1,000,000

500,000

729,000

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Christchurch Wellington

Waikato

Bay of Plenty

Otago

Growth in Auckland to 2041

Auckland's growth in perspective

We are adding the equivalent populations of Wellington and Christchurch to Auckland in the next 30 years

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Auckland rail patronage growth- 25% last year

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Vertical alignment

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Citywide benefits

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Albert St developments- 170K sq metres and growing

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Programme

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Construction zones

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Pipe Jacking • •

Move storm water pipe under Albert St to the east.

Includes shafts at: • Albert St/Swanson St • Albert St/Victoria St • Albert St/Wellesley St

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Draft start dates 2015 Nov

Dec

2016 Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

Contract 1

Queen Street

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Jun

Jul

2017 Aug

Sep

Oct

CPO (Civil Works) Demolition starts

Downtown DSC

Contract 2

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Jan

Feb

Apr

- Tyler and Galway Street (access change, buses removed and reversing Tyler) - Lower Queen Street buses removed - Interim bus plan operational

Britomart Temp Accom

Pipe jack

Nov

Victoria St (east/west constraint)

Albert St cut and cover

Lower Albert St (partially closed to through traffic) Albert St (Victoria to Custom) service lanes only)

Custom St/Albert St intersection

May

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Traffic challenge

Congestion conditions.

Expected congestion – additional bus priority lanes as mitigation.

PT Objectives: - Retain levels of service.

- Allow for customer growth.

- Target mode shift to PT.

Buses need to move out of lower CBD for CRL –51% of trips affected.

Stage 1 complete Stage 2 in design for 17/4/16

Bus stop and route changes

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 Virtually every bus route has to change primarily because of the closure of Albert St and Britomart to buses.  Needed to ensure that bus passengers could still easily access downtown and connect to the train station and ferry services.  Over a year of analysis and modelling by AT, Aurecon and Flow to assess how to shift the buses within the city centre  Numerous options were explored.

Mode shift during construction ďƒ˜ During early work construction it is important that current and forecast demands on the road network can be supported, so that the city keeps moving ďƒ˜ To achieve this, a mode shift towards bus, trains, ferries and active transport (walking and cycling) is needed.

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Bus Priority Measures To address the changes to bus routes and the need to encourage a mode shift a range of bus priority measures were proposed : •

24/7 Bus priority lanes (improved amenity – reliability, punctuality for customers)

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Bus route diversions

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Future planning – the majority of the bus lanes will remain in place after the CRL early works are completed

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Phase 1 – bus priority measures

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Challenges and lessons learnt - Phase 1  Importance of working closely with range of teams within AT.  Change in Bus Parking signage.  Additional warning signage for Bus Lanes when they start mid-block.

 Clear communications regarding bus route changes.

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Phase 2 – bus priority measures

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Challenges and lessons learnt - Phase 2

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 Importance of working closely with range of teams within AT  Moving Adshel shelters  Resource Consent requirements under Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP)

Consents

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Consent lodged

Hearing

Appeal

Hearing Result

NoR 2012

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2014

2015

Pipejack 2014

2015

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Approved

Enabling works regional consents 2014

2015

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Approved

Britomart NoR 2015

November 2015

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NoR Alterations 2015/16

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Main works regional consents 2016

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NoR confirmed

Property • • • • • •

Vast majority of the 68 surface properties needed have been acquired Most in main construction site adjacent to Mt Eden Station About $90m spent on property Sub surface negotiations start next year CRL portfolio has about 40,000 sqm of property - most commercial Less than 5% vacancy

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Britomart Station – temporary facilities

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Lower Queen St public space concept

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Lower Albert Street – Before and After

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Aotea Station- concepts

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Karangahape Station- concept

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Catalyst for urban development Future proofed for possible development

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Mt Eden Station - concept

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Transport - Conclusions • There is an established way of approach transport appraisal based on straight line growth forecasts and values of time with fixed population and employment patterns, but it is not clear that it reflects what actually happens • In reality transport drives land use patterns just as much as land use drives transport demand

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