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The extension of Orewa Boulevard from Riverside Road to Empire Road will proceed to the design stage after it was approved by the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board last month.
The project, estimated to cost more than $1.3million (HM April 18), will extend the work completed by the former Rodney District Council that upgraded Hibiscus Coast Highway, from Moana Ave to Riverside Road, and slowed traffic.
It will include a pedestrian crossing, paved footpath, angle parking on the beach side, street lighting, traffic islands with planting and a new shared path through the reserve.
However, the significant cost of this project, which is being funded from the local board’s Transport Capital Fund, means that the proposed slow zone for Silverdale has been deferred. This is estimated to cost more than $164,000.
A slow zone aims to make a roadway more pedestrian friendly, by way of traffic calming devices such as raised pedestrian crossings, small roundabouts or speed cushions. Some of this work has already been done in Silverdale village with Auckland Transport working alongside the Silverdale Area Business Association. Local board chair Julia Parfitt says that the slow zone in Silverdale could still proceed, if funding is found, and that ideally the local board wants every town centre to be a slow zone.
Auckland Transport will bring detailed concept designs for the Orewa Boulevard Stage 2 extension back to the local board for approval in due course.
