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Auckland Transport (AT) have put forward a new proposal to minimise disruption during major road repairs on Neville Street.
The original plan infuriated local retailers and café owners who said a road closure to facilitate repairs would devastate their businesses and cost jobs.
During a meeting between representatives from AT and the One Warkworth Business Association late last week, AT said it had revised its plans to accommodate local concerns.
The revised plan includes the following elements:
*Delay the start of the project so that work on the Oaks on Neville development will be largely complete. This is intended to lessen the burden of two major projects occurring at the same time. Work between Alnwick Street and Queen street is expected to start in early June and conclude in late June.
* Complete work on Neville Street in sections. Car parks will be unavailable in the worked-on section but will remain available in other parts of the street.
* Conduct final road sealing at night. This will mean traffic will be able to travel along much of the road during the day.
* Abandon plans to upgrade the footpath at the same time as the road. Pedestrian access will be unimpeded.
To further alleviate car parking concerns, One Warkworth Business Association chair Chris Murphy has volunteered to open car parking to the public at the old Warkworth Toyota site on the corner of Mill lane and Whitaker Road and at Mill Lane, next to Chocolate Brown, during the works. This is expected to make around 60 parks available.
