The PNCC is consulting on a cycleway for Summerhill Drive which will affect how some young men get to school and they would like feedback from our community.

For further information and to make a submission: https://www.pncc.govt.nz/summerhill (submissions close at 4pm, Friday October 2) 

The options

Both options would see us install a safe cycleway with a physical separation between motorists and people on bikes. We will choose from the different separators available, including vertical posts and horizontal barriers. The separation would still allow rubbish, recycling and street cleaning vehicles to access your properties.

Option A

You will be able to continue parking in the slip lane between #127 and #145, however other on-street parking on both sides of the street would be removed to make room for the cycleway.

We’d install three indented parking bays providing 12 parking spaces. Indented parking is where we remove the berm and create parallel parking spaces. These three bays would be outside #70, #114 and #145/147.

We’d install two indented bus bays on the southern side of the road (heading into town). These are outside #80/88 (see image slide one, below).

We’d also relocate the stop outside #126 to outside to #130. The painted median in the middle of the road would remain, and we’d also install two raised areas where pedestrians can wait safely before crossing to the other side.

Option B

To make room for this cycle lane we’d only remove parking on the northern side of Summerhill Drive (the side heading away from Palmerston North CBD). Parking in the service lane wouldn’t be affected.

We’d also install one indented parking bay that has three parking spaces outside #145/147.

The painted median in the middle of the road would be removed, meaning the cars drive closer to each other. This removes the ability for motorists to wait in the middle of the road before crossing the flow of traffic (see image slider two, below).

We’d also install two raised areas where pedestrians can wait safely before crossing to the other side.

For further information and to make a submission: https://www.pncc.govt.nz/summerhill (submissions close at 4pm, Friday October 2)