Stage 3 updates

Yes. We will ensure entries and exits to properties in the construction area will be accessible. Please take note of traffic management directions for your own safety and our contractors’. We will advise you if any major work is required near your business/property.

Operators and property owners along the streets adjacent to the project work and nearby will receive regular updates. Keep an eye on the DCC’s social media and this web page for new information.

The aim is to improve traffic flow on Strathallan Street, which is regularly congested. All carparking will be removed from both sides of Strathallan Street to allow three lanes of traffic. This will create room for two lanes for traffic approaching traffic signals at each end of the street and it enables longer approach lanes to signals, reducing the likelihood of lanes becoming blocked with queuing traffic. It also provides enough distance for drivers that need change lanes to turn from Strathallan Street onto Ōtaki Street.

We expect the work on this phase of the Harbour Arterial Project will be done during the day. We will post information on the DCC social media pages, and we will advise businesses and property owners near the site if this changes.

Yes, the shared Te Aka Ōtākau shared harbourside pathway will remain open during this work. Please take note of traffic management directions for your own safety and our contractors’.

Yes, we are aware that some roundabout designs make turning difficult for large trucks and truck with trailers, so we have designed a low profile roundabout as part of the Orari-Ōtaki Street intersection improvements.

The Harbour Arterial is already a busy route, carrying around 16,600 vehicles per day.

When complete, the Harbour Arterial will use these roads (south to north): Caversham Motorway (SH1)/Andersons Bay Road intersection – Andersons Bay Road – Strathallan Street – Wharf Street – Thomas Burns Street – Ward Street – connecting SH88 and SH1 using Ward Street overbridge to the Frederick Street/Anzac Avenue intersection.

Information about this project was included in public consultations on the preferred programme for the Shaping Future Dunedin Transport Business Case in 2021, in the Dunedin City Council 2021-31 10 Year Plan. Public consultation took place as part of the 9 year plan 2025-2034 process.

The scope of the project includes:

• direction signs and real time information showing congestion/delays on SH1 and the Harbour Arterial route
• major and minor intersection upgrades to address known safety and efficiency issues
• road improvements
• upgrades to the Ward Street overbridge
• minor improvements for pedestrians and cyclists.

The Harbour Arterial will provide an improved alternative route for freight/traffic bypassing the central city, the new Dunedin Hospital site and the rail level crossing, resulting in more efficient and reliable travel times

Reduces/ avoids disruption during construction of the new Dunedin Hospital, which is expected to affect traffic on SH1 in the central city

Improved safety and connections on Te Aka Ōtākau (the Otago Vine) the shared pedestrian/cycling path around the Otago Harbour, from Port Chalmers to the Otago Peninsula.

DCC staff have talked to major operators on Strathallan Street.

We have already completed safety improvements to Wharf Street between Kitchener and Fryatt Streets as part of the Harbour Arterial Project.

We plan road improvements and intersection upgrades on Strathallan Street, Wharf Street, Portsmouth Drive and Otaki and Orari Streets in 2026.

Further road and minor intersection improvements are planned for Thomas Burns Street from Fryatt Street to the pedestrian crossing signals (north of Bombay Street). Additionally, we anticipate making road and intersection improvements from the Railway Station footbridge to Frederick Street/Anzac Avenue SH88 via Ward Street and the Ward Street railway overbridge.

The Harbour Arterial improvements project has a budget of $16.3 million and is partly funded by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. The 2026 section will cost $2.8 million.