The entry to Ross Ln from State Highway 1 will be closed, and Knights Ln will be extended to connect with Aberharts Rd under a proposal which Marlborough District Councillors approved at a planning meeting on Friday.
Councillors met for the third of four meetings to discuss proposals in the southern Marlborough urban growth and development strategy, which attracted 300 submissions last year.
The meeting's plan for the long-term future growth of Marlborough for about the next 20 years and approved proposals still need to gain the necessary consents and are subject to available funding.
The specific details of any proposals are still to be finalised.
Mayor Alistair Sowman said the option could mean a two-lane road could be built south from Ross Ln to Aberharts Rd.
Ross Ln needed to be closed to traffic because if another accident were to happen at the intersection with State Highway 1 the council "would look very stupid", he said.
Grovetown youth Steven Evans was seriously injured when the car he was a passenger in was hit by a train on the line crossing Ross Ln in September 2008. The line is just three metres from the intersection with State Highway 1.
Councillor David Dew argued it would be cheaper to extend Knights Ln to connect with Fell St or Vickerman St.
However, chairman Peter Jerram said the council would need to acquire land to build the road for either of those options.
Cr Dew said the Public Works Act, which allows local authorities to obtain any land for public work including roads, could be used to acquire some of the privately owned land.
The cost of the road would be shared between the New Zealand Transport Agency and the Marlborough District Council.
Councillors also agreed at the meeting not to close Fell St at the SH1 intersection.
- The Marlborough Express
SIMON WONG
Change planned: The State Highway 1 entry to Ross Ln will be closed and Knights Ln will be extended to connect with Aberharts Rd
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