Controversial Leigh crossing axed by Rodney board

The long-running saga of if and where Leigh might get some sort of pedestrian crossing has finally ended, with Rodney Local Board members voting to can the $150,000 project and spend the money elsewhere. Over the past three years, the scheme has morphed from a simple kea crossing with temporary flags and barriers outside the school into plans for a full-scale raised zebra crossing outside Leigh General Store. Originally part of the local board’s capital transport budget, the crossing project was switched to its transport targeted rate fund last year, when Auckland Transport (AT) said budget cu...