Leigh crossing project could be dropped by Local Board

Pedestrian counts on a weekday, illustrated, plus on Saturday and Sunday, showed that the vast majority of people cross the road in Leigh near the general store.

Long-standing plans to install a new pedestrian crossing in Leigh may be abandoned, following new research by Auckland Transport (AT) unveiled at a Rodney Local Board workshop on September 13.

Following strident community calls for a proposed raised zebra crossing to be installed in Hauraki Road next to Leigh School, instead of AT’s preferred site outside Leigh General Store, AT told members it had carried out a week-long pedes...