St Peter’s School Crossing Improvements

Submission from Spokes Canterbury

Q1 – Overall, have we got the balance right? No

• Not enough investment in cycle infrastructure, particularly in the next three years. Cycling has
  health, wellbeing and climate benefits. It also has the best return on investment.
• Not enough investment in transport safety. The central city 30km/h zone has been very successful
  in reducing deaths and serious injuries, and this should be expanded to more of the city.
• Too much capital allocated to road maintenance
  • Need to invest in cycle infrastructure which requires little maintenance and has numerous
    active health and environmental benefits
  • Increasing use of active transport and public transport reduces wear on our roads
• Not enough investment in climate mitigation.
• Cycleway costs should not include underground infrastructure renewal or the cost of clean-up for
  past environmental damage. These should come out of the maintenance budgets.

For the full submission, please download the pdf linked here.