Wellesley Street changes

Introduction | Changes to the road network in the CBD | Changes to Wellesley Street | Future changes to the road network around Wellesley Street

Auckland's CBD Into the future strategy aims to make the CBD one of the world's most vibrant and dynamic business and cultural centres. For this to be achieved, the CBD must be a destination not a through route for traffic travelling across the city.

To assist in achieving this vision, access to the lower part of Wellesley Street, between Kitchener and Lorne streets, is mainly restricted to buses.

A right-turning lane into Kitchener Street has been made longer to reduce traffic queues for those heading towards the mid-city area and the Victoria Street car park. All remaining traffic will be diverted left along Mayoral Drive to the western end of the CBD.

These changes will mean that

• no vehicles except buses will be allowed to enter the lower part of Wellesley Street East (between Kitchener Street and Lorne Street), unless they are coming up from Queen Street
• vehicles coming from the top of Wellesley Street East must turn left into Mayoral Drive, or right into Kitchener Street
• vehicles from Mayoral Drive must go straight ahead into Kitchener Street, or turn right into the upper part of Wellesley Street East.

Map of traffic changes to Wellesley Street East