Traffic controls to stay along Sumner Rd

The parking restrictions and traffic controls that allowed Sumner Rd to be safely re-opened will be made permanent.

Temporary traffic management measures, like no stopping, no overtaking, no right turn, no entry restrictions and stop and give way signs, enabled the road to reopen on March 29.

Now those controls will be made permanent after the Banks Peninsula Community Board approved the move at its meeting on Monday.

The restrictions aim to make Sumner Rd safer, as it is the dangerous goods route for trucks travelling to Lyttelton and is popular with tourists, sightseers and residents.