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Speed limits in the Warkworth and Matakana areas are the focus of two Auckland Transport (AT) road safety initiatives taking place over the coming months.
Firstly, AT is asking for feedback on plans to cut speed limits by up to 60km/h on 15 rural roads in and around Warkworth, Matakana and the Tawharanui Peninsula.
The roads affected are Wilson, Hepburn Creek, Hodgart and Edwards Roads south west of Warkworth; Matakana Valley, Ward, Smith and Govan Wilson Roads north of Matakana; and Takatu, Whitmore, Buckleton, Baddeleys Beach, Clinton, Campbell and Kookaburra Roads, plus Haywood and Bishop Lanes and Pigeon Place, on the Tawharanui Peninsula.
Feedback can be submitted until January 17 and if the proposals go ahead, the changes will come into effect on May 31. Details of all the roads and exact speed limits involved can be found on the AT website at bit.ly/32tLiIR
AT is also running a community safe speeds initiative in the Matakana, Leigh, Omaha and Tawharanui areas, with infrastructure improvements as well as reviewing speed limits.
AT’s elected member relationship manager, Ben Halliwell, told last month’s Rodney Local Board meeting that feedback had been sought on the public’s experiences of roads in the area via an online survey.
“The wider Matakana area has been chosen because of the very high number of speed-related car crashes resulting in death or serious injury on the local roads,” he said.
AT has been working with local residents, including Matakana and Point Wells community groups, local schools and emergency services personnel to encourage support for and compliance with new speed limits, as well as installing new signage.
