Providing transport alternatives to private vehicles has been a major focus of the transport initiatives considered for this development. The redevelopment and integration of existing and new passenger transport options with pedestrian and cycle activity is a key to the Urban Design Framework. A target of 70% travel by these alternatives has been set for the area. The need for car use is being reduced by mixed-use land development, enhanced passenger transport options and improved pedestrian and cycling connections. This will help to maintain capacity at the critical intersections of Beaumont Street and Halsey Street with Fanshawe Street. A new foot bridge over Fanshawe Street will provide safe pedestrian access to Victoria Park. The revitalisation will include plazas, green boulevards, pedestrian priority areas and new lanes designed to encourage people to walk and cycle. Covered walkways and colonnades - the set back of the ground floor of buildings to create cover - will be encouraged to provide shelter for pedestrians. Maximising travel options will reduce vehicle congestion and its associated air and noise pollution, reduce travel costs and stress while reinforcing the concept of a people-focused contemporary urban village. Wynyard Quarter is one of the possible locations considered as an option for a third harbour crossing. Daldy Street Linear Park is sufficiently wide enough to accommodate a potential underground tunnel, should this location be preferred. ARH, Auckland Regional Council, Auckland City Council, and the Auckland Regional Transport Authority are all committed to working with Transit NZ to ensure the Sea+City Project will not be compromised or delayed. EXISTING STREET NETWORK The existing street network is established by a series of east-west and north-south streets, which create typical lot sizes of approximately 200m x 120m. This is considered too large to provide development of the desired scale and form appropriate to the waterfront and urban context. A new street network is proposed which will: create a network of high quality streets create a legible street hierarchy and urban structure improve permeability and establish pedestrian priority and safety facilitate better access and circulation between transport modes define streets and public space frontages, and facilitate appropriate urban outcomes. KEY EXISTING STREETS FANSHAWE STREET & NORTHERN BUSWAY PROPOSED STREET NETWORK The existing street grid will be completed by extending Daldy Street to link Jellicoe Street with Fanshawe Street and by extending Madden Street to the waterfront edge at its Westhaven (west) and Viaduct Harbour (east) ends. The existing large development sites will generally be divided by a central east-west laneway and by a series of north-south lanes to create smaller development sites measuring approximately 70m x 60m. At Point Precinct a series of east-west lanes will establish similarly sized blocks which will provide visual connections between the Sea+City Project area, the harbour and the CBD. The proposed street network will establish a finer grain of development. KEY EXISTING AND PROPOSED STREETS INDICATIVE LANES 10M WIDTH FANSHAWE STREET & NORTHERN BUSWAY PROPOSED STREET HIERARCHY Increased clarity and accessibility will be provided by establishing a clear street hierarchy. Jellicoe Street will become the key pedestrian route for the waterfront. Halsey and Beaumont Streets will function as the primary access points for private vehicles. This will allow Daldy Street to be established as the key north-south passenger transport connection through the project area. Madden, Pakenham and Gaunt Streets will function as the connector roads within Wynyard Quarter. These key strategic routes will be supported by a finer grain of east-west and north-south lanes that will enhance pedestrian movements. KEY PASSENGER TRANSPORT PRIORITY ROUTE OTHER KEY PEDESTRIAN & CYCLE ROUTES PEDESTRIAN & CYCLE LINKS/CONNECTIONS PRIORITY ROUTE GENERAL VEHICLE TRAFFIC OTHER TRAFFIC ROUTES FANSHAWE STREET & NORTHERN BUSWAY INTEGRATE LAND AND WATER BASED TRANSPORT The integration of new and existing bus services into Wynyard Quarter will provide a waterfront service and local (CBD) connections. Daldy Street will act as the key bus interchange for Wynyard Quarter. It is proposed that new and existing ferry services will berth at the western edge. Existing Britomart Bus and Rail Interchange Proposed Te Wero Bridge Point Park bus stop Daldy Street Bus Interchange Potential passenger or goods ferry stop Regional bus service North Shore - CBD KEY 400M/5 MINUTE WALK FROM BUS STOPS INDICATIVE BUS STOPS INDICATIVE FERRY STOPS GREEN DISTRIBUTOR (PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY) GREEN DISTRIBUTOR (PASSENGER TRANSPORT PRIORITY) DISTRICT ARTERIAL ROAD (VEHICULAR PRIORITY) COLLECTOR ROAD FANSHAWE STREET & NORTHERN BUSWAY

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