New roads good news for Christmas

From City Scene, published on 30 November, 2008

Two new link roads connecting Waipuna Road with Sylvia Park will create better traffic flow in and around this shopping precinct that will be especially helpful during busy shopping periods.

The construction of Musket Place and Stud Way was a joint project between Auckland City Council and the Kiwi Income Property Trust, which owns Sylvia Park.

Work began in May and is due to finish in the first week of December.

These new roads complement recent changes at Sylvia Park to make this popular shopping destination even easier to use.

A new, multi-storey car-parking building will provide an additional 750 parking spaces. A new lobby connects the shopping centre to the car park. It features two 30-person lifts, a travelator and a pedestrian bridge that connects to level one of the centre.

These enhancements to Sylvia Park will bring the total number of car parks to over 4000, providing ample space for Christmas shoppers and future office buildings.

The new roads and other work, such as the recent upgrades of Queen Street and Newmarket, are part of the council's plan to improve the city's shopping areas.