The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is working to provide better access to and from the south of Christchurch to the Christchurch City Centre and Lyttelton, by improving the capacity, safety and alignment of the Christchurch Southern Corridor.
From October to December 2010 NZTA ran a consultation seeking feedback on the alignment and design options for CSM2 and MSRFL. Since this time we have analysed the community feedback and continued with investigations and design work on possible alignments and intersections.
Based on feedback and work done to date, we have chosen a route for CSM2 that lies south of Marshs Road and between the two proposed routes within our original study corridor presented in the October-December 2010 consultation. For MSRFL we are widening the road to the west (towards the existing railway) which will require a strip of land up to 22m wide from properties on the north of the existing state highway.
You can assist in the development of this project by providing your feedback on aspects of the chosen route. Your feedback will be used as part of our further design process.
To help you understand more about this project you can visit the CSM2 and MSRFL project website. We have also developed a newsletter (PDF, 1.41 MB) and a set of posters and maps for the open days concentrating on some areas of interest.
- Alignment options since October 2010 (PDF, 564 KB)
- Timeline for the project (PDF, 43 KB)
- Noise (PDF, 2.40 MB)
- Groundwater (PDF, 2.38 MB)
- Stormwater (PDF, 5.31 MB)
- Landscape design (PDF, 6.91 MB)
- Images of junctions (PDF, 4.71 MB) or you can view the images in the CSM2 subsite gallery
- Key feedback from the consultation held in Oct-Dec 2010 (PDF, 6.51 MB)
- Maps of the Christchurch Southern Motorway Stage 2 and Main South Road Four Laning can be viewed on the CSM2 subsite maps page.
