Six months on and still no parking sensors in sight

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from The Press

The disruption of the $15 million CBD revitalisation project is in the rear-view mirror but the project is not fully complete.

The overall project was completed in November except for the installation of the parking sensors.

Six months later they are still yet to even arrive in the country.

“International supply-chain issues have meant they are yet to be delivered,” infrastructure services group manager Neil McCann said.

“We checked with our supplier two weeks ago, and they indicated that they approximately three months from arriving in New Zealand.”

The in-ground parking sensors will electronically log when a vehicle parks in a space, then send an alert to a parking warden if the vehicle has overstayed the free time allowed.

The eventual installation of the sensors is expected to cause minimal disruption.

To install the 215-odd sensors, a hole the same size as the sensor is drilled into the road surface in which the sensor is placed, requiring no remediation of the road surface.

Aside from the sensors, and the snag list of minor repairs and outstanding items is being worked through, it has been delivered on time and on budget.

The total expenditure on the project to date is $17,494,993 and with about $97,000 outstanding for the parking sensors it will still come under the approved budget for the project of $17,639,620.

COST BREAKDOWN

Open Spaces $2,581,004

Parking $43,105

Roading:

- Drainage $416,827

- Footpaths $2,898,431

- Kerb and Channel $354,452

- Lighting $1,289,411

- Rain Gardens $1,059,842

- Rehabilitation $3,433,639

- Raised Intersections $441,955

- Roadmarking $108,676

- Street Furniture $102,585

- Signage $256,153

- Traffic Islands $50,821

- Traffic Signals $677,039

Sewer $846,857

Solid Waste $96,828

Stormwater $1,568,586

Water $1,147,972

Services $120,812

TOTAL: $17,494,993