Infamous intersection improvements

Interim improvements at the Hill Street intersection, including a zebra crossing on the slip lane off State Highway 1 into Sandspit Road, have started. Auckland Transport (AT) has told the Rodney Local Board that the improvements will include a signalised pedestrian crosswalk phase for pedestrians on SH1, crosshatching of the area on Sandspit Road at Elizabeth Street and short sections of connecting footpaths, as necessary.

The work was dependent on the completion of footpath works on Sandspit and Matakana roads, which started in late November.

AT restated that a long-term solution for Hill Street would not occur, at the earliest, until after the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway extension and Matakana link road are completed late next year.