The city of Christchurch in New Zealand has launched the Christchurch Transport Operations Centre in a move to enhance travel conditions.

The new centre provides the latest travel information to road users in order to keep them informed of road works, travel delays, detours and road closures.

The centre is a collaboration between the Christchurch City Council, New Zealand Transport Agency and Environment Canterbury (ECan).

City Council acting chief executive Jane Parfitt said that the city now has 130 road work sites, making delays inevitable.

"Through the Transport Operations Centre, we will be able to provide all road users – motorists, cyclists, pedestrians and bus passengers – with the latest traveller information about what is happening on the network.

"This will help them to plan their journey, avoiding road works and heavily congested areas, thereby saving time and frustration waiting in queues," Parfitt added.

"The new centre provides the latest travel information to road users in order to keep them informed of road works, travel delays, detours and road closures."

The Christchurch Transport Operations Centre will monitor and administer both local roads and state highways, and will improve traffic flows on all routes, primarily in vital commuter, public transport and freight routes.

Several live travel cameras deployed across the road network will enable the centre to provide road users with the up-to-date and reliable traffic information.

Public can find all the latest travel information on its official website, and can also download a free app that will enable road users to keep up-to-date when on the move.

Through the Transport Operations Centre, the council and the transport agency are undertaking a series of trials to improve traffic management around road works sites.

The first of these trials is expected to be completed over the next couple of months and road users will start seeing some improvements in the number of road signs, road cones and overlapping works sites.