St Joseph’s Church will look to silence the jackhammers during funerals and Sunday services should the proposed Basin Reserve flyover go ahead.
Father Gerard Burns said the parish was still not “completely comfortable” with how the NZ Transport Agency’s $90 million project would affect the church on the corner of Brougham and Ellice streets.
The church building itself had been constructed with the noise of the area in mind, he said.
It was likely the flyover would require the church to give up some land on its boundary, which would reduce its car parking, Father Burns said.
In return, the church would seek assurances from the agency that construction noise would not disrupt funerals and Sunday services, he said.
Father Burns said losing car parks would force parishioners to park elsewhere in Mt Victoria and walk to the church, which raised issues around safety.