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Stanmore Bay residents are petitioning Auckland Transport (AT), asking for new measures to combat speeding cars on Brightside and Stanmore Bay Roads.
The petition was started by Liezel Kilian, who says cars speed on Brightside Road both day and night.
“We are sick of hearing tyres squealing and want to see something done before someone is hurt,” Kilian says.
She says in the year she’s lived in the area, there have been two accidents, both resulting from drivers speeding up the road. Her family’s much loved cat died after being hit by a car.
With the Leisure Centre, sports clubs, schools, and early childhood facilities as well as a dairy and fish and chip shop in the neighbourhood, there are a lot of people, including children and youth, walking and cycling.
Kilian says more pedestrian crossings and speed humps would help but so far when she has spoken to AT and Auckland Council they have denied there is a problem.
“Just bringing the speed down doesn’t work because people don’t obey it,” she says. “There need to be some drastic steps.”
The petition asks for a reduction in speed limits, speed bumps and speed cameras as well as more safe pedestrian crossings and footpaths on Brightside Road and Stanmore Bay Roads.
Waka Kotahi/NZ Transport Agency crash analysis figures show that there were 13 crashes on Brightside Road in the five years 2017-22. In this period there were two serious crashes, four minor crashes and seven where no injuries occurred. There were no fatal crashes in the period. Incidents not reported to Police do not show up in the Waka Kotahi figures.
Spokesperson Natalie Polley says AT is currently investigating the possibility of installing a raised zebra crossing near the Langton Road intersection with Brightside Road.
Back in April, residents of Langton Road also petitioned AT and made a presentation to the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board asking for measures to slow traffic and make it safer for pedestrians. At the time, AT said it was aware that there are speeding issues on Langton and Kauri Roads and that AT is committed to installing more prominent speed signs there.
The Brightside Road petition is at www.change.org/SlowDownBrightsideStanmore
