# Roading/Streets, Northwood Boulevard, Northwood, 8051, Canterbury

Northwood, Christchurch · filed 5 February 2019 · report 613078
https://www.chch.live/report/613078

> We all know that a roundabout is an effective solution for traffic with even flow from all directions. We also all know that they fail when there is heavy flow from one direction. This is the case at the Johns Rd/Sawyers Arms Rd roundabout. During busy periods, it is the major bottleneck for Johns Rd. All the money spent on upgrading Johns Rd seems undone every morning and evening by queues and backlogs at the Sawyers Arms roundabout. I’d like to make a suggestion. Your roading designers have created an excellent feature with the new on-ramp S, like at Wilkinson’s Rd. Can we do the same thing from Sawyers Arms Rd turning left onto Johns Rd. This would allow those turning left to move freely, while leaving a much shorter queue at the roundabout for those turning right. As always, having multiple lanes leading into an intersection ensures that people heading one way are not being held back by those waiting to go somewhere else. There is certainly available land on the left of Sawyers Arms heading from the city onto Johns Rd to create a separate merge lane towards the airport. Does this make sense? Brian Spensley

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## The council’s work orders, near this pin
- Potholes, 4 m away · resolved 16 Aug 2023, took 45 hours
- Remove Dead Animal, 4 m away · resolved 28 Aug 2026, took 7 days
- Garden (Road), 8 m away · resolved 11 Nov 2020, took 6 weeks
- Blockage/Water Not Draining, 11 m away · resolved 8 May 2023, took 7 weeks
- Flooding, 11 m away · resolved 1 May 2025, took 28 min
- Litter (Road), 12 m away · resolved 15 Jul 2022, took 26 hours
- Pothole (Road), 12 m away · resolved 2 May 2019, took 3 months
- Blockage/Water Not Draining, 13 m away · resolved 17 Oct 2023, took 19 months
MyCouncilTicket is a different door from the public report, one job can stand in both streams. The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/fixed

The problem: https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage
The street the pin lands nearest: https://www.chch.live/street/northwood/baltic-place
The filed address the pin lands 5 m from: https://www.chch.live/northwood/20-baltic-place
The suburb: https://www.chch.live/northwood
What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.46028787345507&lon=172.6205260427137

Data: https://api.chch.live/report?id=613078