Streets Alive - Shaping Gore's Future
Streets Alive trials roll out completed
After months of talking to the community and planning, the Streets Alive trials have been rolled out.
The series of initiatives are aimed at making Gore’s streets safer, more accessible, and people-friendly. We will trial the initiatives for three months.
Some of the adjustments to our roads may impact on how you get around, while other initiatives to make our spaces more enjoyable. We’re talking about things like street art, a play trail, and wayfinding signage.
You can download maps and details about the various initiatives from this page. Please also read our FAQs. The key points to remember are:
- The trials are only for three months, after which everything will be removed from the streets
- The planters are to trial where a permanent solution, such as a bulbous kerb, might work
- Community feedback during and at the end of the trials will influence what initiatives the Council considers to become permanent
We need your feedback
It’s really important we get your feedback on these temporary changes so we know what works well, where things could be better, or what didn’t work at all.
So make the most of Streets Alive. Be open to the opportunity of doing things a little differently for a while and future possibilities.
Join the conversation by going to our forum.
Take the first of two surveys. There will be one when all the trials have been rolled out, and another at the end of three months.
What is Streets Alive all about
Streets Alive is a community-driven project to create a future vision for Gore.
It's your opportunity to dream big about improvements and outcomes you want for your town.
The Council was successful in attracting $900,000 of central government funding from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s innovating streets fund to undertake the Streets Alive project. We are contributing $100,000.
Themes
Six themes came out of the feedback we received last year. The themes and associated initiatives we are trialling are:
• Creative street spaces – the street art around the town has added vibrancy to the town and created a popular walking trail.
• Signage and wayfinding - new directional and informational signage will be placed around Gore. There will also be information created about existing and new trails
• A pedestrian friendly place - working with Irk Street businesses, the team has come up with a concept to create people-friendly spaces (parklets), café style seating and landscaping to slow and reduce traffic. The road will remain two way
• Improvements to ease congestion and enhance safety - many of the initiatives are geared towards reducing congestion and speed, so streets are safer for all road users. There will be median strips on some roads, new temporary roundabouts and pocket parks
• Safer road crossings - there will be 45 courtesy crossings, creating better opportunities for people to cross Gore wide, busy streets safer
• Connecting spaces and places to improve access for everyone - there will be tracks created through greenspaces to link through to safe crossings on the street