Canterbury Mornings

It’s back to the future for Christchurch hospital carpark users.The Christchurch hospital park-and-ride site is set to return to the Deans Ave site.Currently, hospital users are forced to use the Lichfield Street Christchurch City Council car park, parking their car, and wait for a shuttle to drop them at the hospital.In a resource consent by Fulton Hogan, and granted by the Christchurch City Council,  the application includes the construction and operation of a car parking lot comprising 350 at-grade car parks on a 1ha portion of 25 Deans Avenue.“The car park is limited in use to Canterbury District Health Board staff and patients and visitors to Christchurch Hospital.”The proposed car parking lot is intended to have a limited duration (five years) and is not part of a permanent activity occurring on the site.Canterbury District Health Board Chief Executive David Meates says while Christchurch City Council has approved a resource consent application in the name of Canterbury DHB on behalf of a private develo