Hamilton Urban Blog

There is a lot on offer in the neighbourhood from the Wairere Drive greenbelt to Peachgrove Rd. This post will start with the Peachgrove shopping centre on the corner of Clyde St, end with a comment on the […]

The University to City Centre route has always been given a high priority in Hamilton’s bike planning. In a 2005 report , ‘the CBD/ University Sector – the highest priority focus in terms of cycling numbers – had […]

A 2005 future prediction of traffic on Fifth Avenue predicted it to exceed 18,000 vehicles per day (vpd) by 2046 (see image end of post) and 13,900 vpd in 2021. The graph below shows Wairere Drive’s ‘ […]

This post is Living Streets Hamilton’s submission on the proposed Crosby Rd safety improvements.
Note: 90% of crashes involving pedestrians occur while pedestrians are crossing roads (p3-7 NZTA Pedestrian G […]

Back ground story –  ‘Former McKenzies variety store site to be redeveloped’

Second Story from Waikato Times – ‘New apartments and retail space on Hamilton’s main street’

In Hamilton, a 10m-wide 2-lane road can move over 30,000 vehicles per day (vpd). A 6m-wide 2-lane road between obstacles (wall or parking) moves just under 20,000 vpd, and a 5.7m-wide 2-lane road moves just under […]

The submission by Te Papanui Enderley Community Trust to the 10 year plan asked for safety improvement to the streets in the Enderley neighbourhood, the list of locations for safety improvements can be found on […]

Prior to European occupation of the Te Papanui–Enderley Area it was a ‘semi-swamp forest … with a border of manuka and cabbage tree swamp (p3*) …  Drainage of the area … had obvious effects on the bush […]

Springfield Crescent is one of the only streets in the Enderley area that had a mature street trees cover. Even though the trees have been felled, it is still described as ‘One of the best streets in the a […]

 ‘Enderley is named after the farm [or “capacious dwelling-house” as it is described by Wikipedia] of Edward Shoard … the farm ran to the east of Peachgrove Road, between Southwell School and Enderley Av […]

Like the Garden City described by E. Howard (EH), Enderley, located within what was originally a large native forest, known to Maaori as Te Papanui, has a green park at its centre, with some public buildings […]

Hamilton’s Central City Transformation Plan (CCTP) Refresh sets a goal to ‘Improve walkability to and from the central city so walking trips under 2km will increase from 26% to 50% in the next 10 years’*. The C […]