Some parking relief on the horizon for long-suffering hospital users.
12 months later than the original time frame the work on the 450-space car park on the corner of St Asaph Street and Hagley Ave began in February last year. Hoping to ease some of the parking pressure around the busy hospital. Parking at Christchurch Hospital has been a long-standing problem for many years, following car parks lost in the 2011 earthquakes.
Some hospital staff and visitors have had to find their own parking. A two-storey addition to an existing secure staff parking building on Antigua Street, which would add another 238 parks, has been delayed.
The hospital public parking building is being built in partnership between Ngāi Tahu Property and Te Whatu Ora. It is expected to be open by the end of September.
By Geoff Sloan, Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air
