The Devonport Flagstaff Page 13
February 12, 2016
Zebra crossings for Africa A new $90,000 zebra crossing proposed for outside White’s Dairy has raised eyebrows among nearby neighbours, as there are two other crossings close by. Helene Thomas, who has lived on Vauxhall Road since 2007, says the plan to upgrade a small traffic island into a pedestrian crossing makes no sense. “We already have a crossing 120 metres to the right near the kindergarten and 150 metres to the left at Holy Trinity Church. “ I can’t see why it is a priority for Auckland Transport to spend $90,000 on a third one in the middle,” Thomas says. Thomas, who has three children and whose husband sits on the Devonport Primary School board, has been lobby- Misdirected spending…Helene Thomas, pictured with daughters Noemie (12) and ing for a safer school crossing Rianon (9), questions the need for another crossing on Vauxhall Road on St Aubyn Street for years without gaining any traction Thomas says she also worries about the Submissions on the Vauxhall Rd crossings with Auckland Transport (AT). loss of car parking spaces indicated in AT close on February 12. AT did not respond to “And other areas like Albert Rd, which plans. “Parking around here is already com- queries about the reason for the crossing or has no crossing at all, that could really use promised during the rugby season, so I am a guidelines for the installation of pedestrian one,” she says. bit worried about that too,” she says. crossings, before the Flagstaff went to press.
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