The project aims to:
- Improve road condition and safety for all users.
- Create safer connections for cyclists and pedestrians.
- Support a more accessible and enjoyable coastal route.
- Upgrade ageing underground infrastructure and improve drainage.
- Enhance the look and feel of Marine Parade, including new planting.
Key improvements include:
- Renewing the road between Hawke Street and 187 Marine Parade.
- A new two-way cycleway from Hawke Street to Lonsdale Street.
- Upgraded shared path from Lonsdale Street to Bowhill Road.
- Three raised platforms to slow cyclists.
- Road narrowing to fit the cycleway and parking layout.
- A new zebra crossing near Hawke Street.
- Pedestrian island and kerb buildouts at the beach carpark.
- Upgraded bus stops with new markings and tactile pavers.
- Speed humps at the Rawhiti Avenue intersection.
- Kerb and channel renewal from Lonsdale Street to 142 Marine Parade.
- Garden bed and tree removals with new planting along the dunes.
- 12 existing carparks between Rawhiti Avenue and Bowhill Rad will be permanently removed to accomodate the cycleway. These include:
5 of these car parks will be removed on Marine Parade due to the new crossing point.
7 of these car parks will be removed in the parking bays on the coast side of Marine Parade near Rawhiti Avenue.
- The car parks will be between Hawke Street and Bowhill Road. (The five on-street parks are south of Rawhiti Avenue)
The work is from November 2025 to June 2026 and will be delivered in four stages:
- Stage 1 (Before Christmas): Watermain upgrades and retaining walls.
- Stage 2 (Jan to Apr): Stormwater upgrades and major transport improvements.
- Stage 3 (Mar to May): Final road pavement and surfacing.
- Stage 4 (May to June): Finishing work and tidy-up.
Exact dates may be affected by weather, but we will keep residents updated.
- Marine Parade will operate one-way northbound through the work area.
- Southbound traffic will detour via Bowhill Road, Keyes Road, Hawke Street.
- No right turns will be allowed from Bowhill Road, Rawhiti Avenue, or Lonsdale Street onto Marine Parade.
- The speed limit will be reduced to 30km/h.
- Residents should expect delays and allow extra travel time.
- Later in the project, the one-way system will extend further north between Lonsdale Street and Hawke Street, updates will be shared before this change.
