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The new Warkworth loop bus may not be stopping anywhere near the primary school, after safety fears forced Auckland Transport (AT) to reconsider its route.
The trial service is ready to launch on July 21, and one of the six new stops was due to be sited at the top of Falls Road/Hill Street. Buses would have then continued via Albert Road to Hudson Road.
However, a Rodney Local Board meeting heard last week that complaints from an Albert Road resident about parked cars, a sharp corner and limited visibility turning into Hudson Road had led them to reconsider the route.
AT senior service network planner Dave Hilson proposed that buses should instead now turn from Falls Road straight onto Hudson Road, meaning there would be no stop between Summerset Falls in Mansel Road and the community transport hub.
Warkworth members said not having a stop near Warkworth Primary would be a real missed opportunity and suggested the bus either turn around at the school itself, or carry on straight down Hill Street, turn left at the traffic lights up Great North Road and turn around at the community transport hub.
“I think we should do everything we can to put it past the school,” Ivan Wagstaff said.
Hilson said AT would look at both options and come back to the board.
