Post by Brent George on Feb 27, 2018 19:38:00 GMT
Despite the incorrect pluralisation of "cul-de-sac" in this article - Stuff (Marlborough Express) - 27 Feb 2018 - the point is an interesting one.
The future-proofing of an urban layout is not a new concept - the challenge is how does a urban designer (some Surveyors have these roles when plotting the road layout in a new subdivision) ensure that the needs of a community will be covered into the long term future?
In this case, the development along Budge Street appears to have started in the late 1960's as pockets of subdivision blocks sprouted off the central road axis. The area is bounded by the Opawa River which circles the Riversdale block. That hydro feature, the name of the suburb and the potential connector road beyond Budge Street ("Swamp Road") indicates the obvious site impediments.
However, with current emergency management principles being applied to all things including urban design, I am sure the Blenheim Planners; Surveyors; and Engineers could come up with an effective solution.
I wonder how many other similar islands of culs-de-sac there are around the country.....