Kia ora Sam,

Thank you for your email.

We are handling your request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). We have forwarded it to the appropriate Christchurch City Council staff, and we will provide a response or update within 20 working days of the date we received your request. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact me so that these can be taken into account.

Kind regards,

Ella Sullivan
Official Information Advisor
Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive

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Kia ora Sam

I refer to your request regarding Lincoln Rd Level Crossing incidents.

We have decided to grant your request. However, we are still compiling a response for you. We expect to have this to you this week.

Please let me know if you have any queries.

You have the right to request the Ombudsman to review this decision. Complaints can be sent by email to [email address], by fax to (04) 471 2254, or by post to The Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.

Kind regards
Ella

Ella Sullivan
Official Information Advisor
Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive

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Dear Sam,

 

Thank you for your email, received on 21.08.2023. You requested the
following information, under the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA):

 

“a) I'm requesting the number of incidents in the past 5 years at the
Lincoln Road, Addington Level crossing. As well as any future plans for
modification to any paths, fending, road marketings or road surfaces that
intersect with it.

 

b) I'm interested in understanding how often there are issues with this
section of the road after seeing many vehicles stop across the level
crossing, rear end others, or generally use the crossing in an unsafe
manner

 

c) I'm also interested in understanding if there are any plans to modify
the road layout, speed or other traffic management at this location”.

 

Please find attached and below a response to your LGOIMA request.

 

a/b) For tracking crashes at the crossing, the only regularly updated
source that Council has access to is via Waka Kotahi's Crash Analysis
System, which provides information on reported crashes (those attended by
Police).  In the past 5 years there have been 3 reported crashes within
50m of the level

crossing.  Of these, two crashes (non-injury) appear to be associated with
the interaction of traffic and the level crossing.

 

a/b) In 2021, a Level Crossing Safety Impact Assessment (LCSIA) was
undertaken as part of the Lincoln Road Bus Priority Project.  This is
attached for reference and contains additional information sourced from
KiwiRail.  It needs to be noted that the findings of the report were
considered for inclusion in the

bus priority project, however given the significant scale of investment
required to implement all the recommended improvements, the decision was
made not to progress improvements to the crossing as part of the project
works due to budgetary constraints.

 

a/b) For up-to-date Information on near misses or other incidents as
recorded by the train drivers, this would need to be obtained from
KiwiRail.

 

 

c) At this stage Council has no plans to undertake project works at this
crossing.

 

You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review our
decision. Complaints can be sent by email to
[1][email address].

 

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City Council website a month after they have been responded to, with
requesters’ personal details withheld. If you have any concerns about
this, please contact the Official Information team on
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Yours sincerely,

 

 

William Bloemraad

Information Coordinator

Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive

 

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