We’re carrying out upgrades to parts of Fitzherbert Avenue over the coming weeks.
This includes road repairs at the signalised intersection of Fitzherbert Avenue and Te Awe Awe Street, as well as an upgrade to the stormwater network from the Fitzherbert Bridge to Hughes Avenue opposite Fitzherbert Park. We’ll also be repairing some handrails on the Fitzherbert Bridge and doing some small patches of road repairs on Fitzherbert Avenue between Te Awe Awe Street and Ferguson Street.

Stormwater upgrade
The existing stormwater pipes are small, which makes the area prone to flooding during heavy rain. We’ll be increasing the size of these pipes to improve drainage. Work will be done during weekdays.
Intersection and road repairs
The road surface at the Fitzherbert/Te Awe Awe intersection is failing due to water damage, causing slumping tyre tracks, which means we need to repair the intersection before winter to avoid any further damage. We’ll be replacing some handrails on the Fitzherbert Bridge at the same time. Small sections of road also need to be repaired between Te Awe Awe and Ferguson Streets. These will take 1 or 2 days each and will involve a lane closure at each site.
The road repairs will be carried out by our road maintenance contractor, Fulton Hogan, and they will start in May. It will consist of a mix of day and night work. Most work will take place overnight from 6pm to 6am to keep the road functional during the day. Some work needs to take place during the day, such as resealing as it requires warmer temperatures. All work will take place during weekdays only, with no weekend work planned.
Traffic management
- Fitzherbert Avenue will have a temporary traffic layout, with all four vehicle lanes shifted and separated by flexi-poles to provide a safe workspace for water pipe installation and to reduce the number of traffic cones.
- Footpaths will remain open, but the cycle lanes will be detoured. People on bikes heading into town will be detoured via the river pathway or Victoria Esplanade and bikes heading to Summerhill will be detoured via Hughes Avenue.
- On-street parking will be removed within the affected area to enable space for the new road layout.
- The Fitzherbert/Te Awe Awe intersection will remain operational during the day, though speeds will be reduced as parts of the road will be unsealed at times. If Fulton Hogan are working during the day, the intersection will be kept open to one lane while they work on the other lane
- The entrance to Victoria Esplanade off Fitzherbert Avenue will remain open, except for about two days while we upgrade the pipes running beneath it.
