Detail on lighting design levels and car parking, bus stops and loading areas

Detail on lighting design levels

Lighting levels and design are important to the town centre – not just to create an attractive space, but also to ensure the safety of the community.

Our lighting engineers have designed the road lighting to achieve the following road lighting categories, in accordance with AS/NZS 1158:

1. Tennyson Street (from Moore Street to Rolleston Drive) is a collector road and is categorised as pedestrian with sub category 3 (P3). There will be a mix of vehicle, pedestrian and cycle traffic.
2. The pedestrian promenade is primarily for pedestrian use and is categorised as pedestrian with sub category 6 (P6).
3. Car parks are categorised as pedestrian with sub category 11b (P11b).
4. The town centre and surrounding pedestrian spaces are designed to at least category P6 for public activity areas.

Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) guidelines have also been considered in the lighting design for the town square and surrounding areas:

1. Lighting has been designed to support visibility for pedestrians and for motorists.
2. The light fittings are out of reach of vandals, or are vandal-resistant.
3. Glare is kept to a minimum and uniformity of lighting will reduce shadows.
4. We have coordinated the light fittings with vegetation and trees to avoid loss of light.
5. The design has also allowed for staging of the project with lighting provided for the spaces that will initially be empty.

Car parking, bus stops and loading areas

A number of loading and car park areas are proposed across the town centre.

The car parks have been deliberately located to service the commercial units and also ensure pedestrian links are large-scale and appropriately located. These proposals will help ensure people are not dispersed across the town centre and provide car parking close to the larger scale retail areas. Car parking is not allowed in the area immediately adjacent to the town square, because of the proximity to the reserve. This is another reason for the choice of car park location.

Accessible parking is proposed in multiple locations across the town centre to minimise travel distances for physically impaired drivers, in response to feedback from the community and the Barrier Free Trust on the importance of closely located accessible car parking.

Outline of proposed pedestrian and vehicle movement within the town centre.

Car parks

We’re proposing a main set of car parks to the south of the development to provide parking for the town centre requirements. This will provide 441 off-street car parks.

Bus stops and loading areas

Existing bus stops on Tennyson Street will remain. The indented bus bays and loading bays are 2.5 m wide with lengths of 13.5 m and 12 m respectively. The loading bays will service the retail and commercial operators. On-street, right-angled parking bays are proposed in all areas. The bays are designed to be 2.6 m wide and 5 m deep in accordance with District Plan standards.

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