One of the cycle/pedestrian underpasses at the new Cambridge Rd roundabout.
For nearly three years it’s been a stretch of road festooned with hundreds of orange cones and lengthy delays for motorists.
Before – December 2023, the road cones were well established
After – November 2025, the road cones are gone and in their place a footpath and cycleway. Photos: Mary Anne Gill
Now Cambridge Road – between Hugo Shaw Road and the new roundabout, complete with two cyclist and pedestrian underpasses – is finally open.
Waipā District Council Cambridge Corridor project was approved in July 2020, started in January 2023 and was originally expected to take 16 months.
This month, the cones began disappearing and by this week almost all were gone, save for a couple of stragglers marking work not immediately obvious to passersby.
A new entry to Te Awa Lifecare opened on Arikura Lane last month while the old driveway was fenced off and returned to pasture.
Long-time Te Awa Lifecare residents Barbara Edgecombe (left) and Gayle MacMillan cut the ribbon to officially open the retirement village’s new entrance on Arikura Lane.
For the first time since Te Awa opened in 2018, residents can walk or take their mobility scooters safely into town.
Manager Nikki Belfield told residents recently the new entrance was quieter and safer.
“As the last of the road cones disappear and the cycleway and median strip take shape, it’s clear that change is not just constant, it’s positive.
“The journey to get here has certainly been a long one, but we can now see the light at the end of the tunnel – quite literally,” she said.
The project delivered a new roundabout, an extension to the Hamilton Rd cycleway, a new three metre wide shared walking and cycling path, a signalised pedestrian crossing and new bus shelters.
At the beginning – May 2023
At the end – two underground passes for cyclists and pedestrians under the roundabout. Photo: Mary Anne Gill
One of the cycle/pedestrian underpasses at the new Cambridge Rd roundabout. Photo: Mary Anne Gill
Clear of orange cones, the path between Te Awa Lifecare and town. Photo: Mary Anne Gill
From the air: Cambridge Corridor Project roundabout. July 2023
From the air: Cambridge Corridor Project roundabout. February 2024
From the air: Cambridge Corridor Project roundabout. September 2024
From the air: Cambridge Corridor Project roundabout. February 2025
From the air: Cambridge Corridor Project roundabout. May 2025
And just another reminder, orange road cones on Cambridge Rd.
