VICTORIA ROAD / CAMBRIDGE ROAD ROUNDABOUT

CAMBRIDGE ROAD ROUNDABOUT

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  • WHO FOR:
  • WHAT:
  • Cambridge
  • Waipa District Council
  • Intersection upgrade and streetscape design
Details

This project involved changing the existing Hamilton Rd/Victoria Rd intersection to a roundabout and the streetscape of the surrounding area, including a new median down Victoria St.

Gray Matter were involved in the consultation, design of the streetscape and supervising the construction of both the new roundabout and the streetscape.

Heritage was an important part of the streetscape design and we worked with Heritage NZ on a number of elements, including the relocation of the Lake Te Ko Utu Gates.  We worked with local business such as the Good Union to ensure a seamless streetscape between private and public land.

To aid with consultation for this project we commissioned artists impressions of what the completed project would look like at four locations around the site.  The pictures were made into large sign boards that were erected to help enable the public to visualise the complete product.  This was a very successful tool to help gain public support for key items, such as moving the Lake Te Koo Utu Gates.

The project was very successful, coming in under budget and on programme.

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I would like to thank Karen and the team at Graymatter, for and outstanding job delivering the new roundabout at Hanlin Road. The project was very high profile, as it was outside the National Velodrome and St Peter’s School in Cambridge. Graymatter were involved from the beginning with project planning, and other activities needed to get funding approval. Graymatter led project and stakeholder workshops, and completed a comprehensive business case for the works. Graymatter also led investigations and completed the design work and contract documentation, and well as project supervision, and MSQA. Throughout the process the Graymatter team acted professionally and ensured tough questions were not avoided, and overall our stakeholders and partners enjoyed the positive collaborative honest and friendly approach taken. The end result is one the community is proud of, and looking at the project I can see many areas, where the inputs led by Karen and the team made a difference and ensured that value was added. Additional cyclepaths and bus access was able to be incorporated into the design. Karen also managed to keep all the parties working towards common agreed goals. The construction also was disrupted by COVID shutdown and Karen kept the project construction moving forward, and ensured that the all parties managed their own risks positively and colaboratively.   I would have no hesitation in recommending the Graymatter team for other works.
Paul Strange Asset Management team leader-Transportation
WAIPA DISTRICT COUNCIL