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One Mahurangi Business Association has held several meetings with Auckland Transport (AT) over the past year to try to address traffic and parking concerns in Warkworth’s industrial area.
With improvements to the raised pedestrian crossing in Woodcocks Road completed, the organisation has turned its attention back to the long-standing parking issues in Glenmore Drive.
Co-chair Dave Stott says the lack of parking and safe pedestrian access has been exacerbated by the limited parking times imposed in Campbell Drive.
“More college students are now using Glenmore – they arrive early, so there’s even less parking for workers and customers,” he says.
Stott says AT is looking at installing bollards on verges outside some businesses to stop them using these areas for their own purposes.
“But overall, the problem is there is a shortfall of available parking. At times you have forklifts working on the road and the sight distance on the road at times is appalling. You even get trucking companies uncoupling trailers and leaving them parked on the side of the road.”
However, finding a solution isn’t easy.
Stott says although AT is keen on timed parking, he doesn’t believe this will help.
“A permit system for workers might work, but would have to be regularly policed, and it would be a challenge to determine exactly who is entitled to a park and who isn’t.”
