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More than $1million of traffic calming and pedestrian safety projects in the Warkworth and Wellsford areas are back on Auckland Transport’s work agenda and should be carried out in the near future.
Rodney Local Board members voted unanimously to approve the funding package at its meeting last month, following the reinstatement of its transport capital fund that had been slashed to zero last year after the Emergency Covid-19 budget.
Members heard that time was of the essence in getting the project funding approved and out to contract, since there was a risk that budgets might yet be impacted by any cuts that might result from the current lockdown.
AT staff said, once board funding was approved, they would work to contract out the projects as soon as possible.
All the projects, in Warkworth, Wellsford, Puhoi, Point Wells, Omaha and Leigh, have been advocated for by community groups, schools and local residents.
Where the money is going:
Warkworth Primary School
$260,000 raised pedestrian crossing/traffic calming
Mansel Drive, Warkworth
$260,000 raised pedestrian crossing
Rodney Street, Wellsford
$200,000 raised pedestrian crossing
Leigh School
$150,000 kea crossing*/school zone signage
Point Wells
$100,000 traffic calming measures
Omaha Causeway
$22,500 electronic speed monitor
Puhoi
$22,500 electronic speed monitor
Puhoi
$16,000 “red carpet” road painting
*a set of large portable stop signs and fluorescent flags used by a school patrol for children to cross the road safely.
