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The old fire station has been cleared to add a new access to car parking.
Work is well underway on the new interim design and layout for Kaipara District Council’s Wood Street revitalisation project in Mangawhai Heads.
The scheme will see a one-way system installed for the next 12 to 18 months, as well as improved parking, more public spaces, plus new planting schemes and road art in a bid to make the shopping area more people friendly.
The old fire station at 9 Wood Street has been demolished to create an open space and a new access route to parking and facilities in Fagan Place. Aggregate is being laid to mark the roadway, with work done to prepare the rest of the site for it to become a public shared space. The carpark behind the
Senior Citizens Hall has also been improved. New street seating is being made with the help of the team at Mangawhai Shed, and Mangawhai Artists are working on designs for road art.
A KDC spokesman said Council was working closely with the community and the Mangawhai Business Association, and was looking for ideas on how new public spaces could be used. Volunteers can also sign up to paint road murals or help with planting.
Once these initial works have been finished, the one-way system will be set up in December, which will be similar to the one trialled last summer.
The project is 90 per cent funded by a Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency grant through its Innovating Street programme.
