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Auckland Transport (AT) is moving away from an approach favouring raised pedestrian crossings in every case, and estimates that as a result the number of raised crossings will be reduced by around 30 percent, compared to projects now in the pipeline.
AT’s board was told last week that the adjustment was not a step back from efforts to improve safety, but would deliver improvements at a lower cost to ratepayers, and in a way that better met local needs.
AT said it had also found ways to reduce the expense of raised crossings, by using pre-cast units.
They cost 10 percent less than the current raised crossings – and also cut traffic management costs, since the units can be installed in one night, rather than over several weeks.
Mayor Wayne Brown has been scathing of AT’s approach, characterising the installation of pricey raised crossings, when sometimes all that was needed was a repaint, as ludicrous.
