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A map showing the new parking plans around Christchurch Hospital.
Within two years, a new 450-space parking building will be constructed near Christchurch Hospital.
It is part of a package to bring more than 650 new car parks to the area. Two floors and 238 parks will also be added to the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) existing staff parking lot by the first half of 2022.
The new building will be constructed and managed by property Ngāi Tahu and Ngāi Tūāhuriri on a CDHB site in the block bounded by St Asaph St and Hagley Ave. It is expected to be completed in 18-24 months.
Access to parking near the hospital has been a major problem in Christchurch after the earthquake, after a 375-space multi-story parking building on the corner of Tuam and Antigua streets was severely damaged. It was demolished in 2016.
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Nursing staff have been attacked at night during long walks to their parked cars, staff have arrived hours earlier to secure a park before sleeping in their cars, and have been fined for parking outside nearby Hagley Park.
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The old public hospital parking lot on the corner of Antigua and Tuam.
The Crown is contributing $ 10 million for the new building and $ 4.25 million for improvements to the staff parking building.
Greater Christchurch Regeneration Minister Megan Woods said a long-term solution had been reached for “a protracted and less than adequate situation.”
“I really feel sorry for those who have had to endure less than ideal temporary parking options in the area during often difficult times in their lives. The new facilities will be conveniently close to the hospital for both day patients and visitors. “
Currently, temporary parking is provided for hospital staff at the metro sports facility site. Woods said he would have to become vacant sometime next year.
Ngāi Tūāhuriri Ūpoko Dr. Te Maire Tau said that part of Ngāi Tahu’s role as mana whenua was to take care of the people in his community, and they hoped to “remove some of the frustrations that have been present for patients and their whānau in recent years. years”.
“We look forward to launching our designs and beginning construction of this urgently needed parking solution in the coming weeks.”
The CDHB will lease the land to the Ngāi Tahu property for 35 years. The building will transfer to the CDHB after that.
A 350-space park and promenade was recently opened on Deans Ave, of which 200 spaces are reserved for the public.
Transportation planners had suggested an additional 1,400 car parks would be needed in the area in a 2017 report to the Canterbury DHB.
The issue has been very political. In late June, National Leader Judith Collins made a confused promise to move parking to the “correct” side of Hagley Park.
It was later clarified that Collins was talking about the parking and transportation service on Deans Ave.
In response, Labor’s Woods said a hospital parking announcement would be made “in a few weeks.” That was six weeks ago now.
More recently, Ilam Deputy National Director and MP Gerry Brownlee said he thought about 1,000 parking spaces would be needed to meet demand, and suggested that a parking building could be built on Riccarton Ave outside the hospital, with traffic flowing through. below.
