Safety works continue in Glen Eden

Work is continuing on road improvements in Glen Eden. With the intention of making this town centre safer for all road users, especially pedestrians, $5 million is being spent on safety improvements.

The works are taking place on West Coast Road between the intersections of Janet Clews Place and Glendale Road – as well as the intersection of Oates Road and Glendale Road. Further works are to take place on Captain Scott Road between West Coast Road and its intersection with Oates Road. Although West Coast Road and Captain Scott Road will be the focus of the work, smaller pieces of work will be happening on side streets.

The changes are intended to calm traffic and provide more and safer opportunities for people to cross these busy roads.

“Glen Eden was chosen for this project because West Coast Road is a high-risk arterial road that needs transformational change to make the town centre safe,” says Greg Presland, chairperson of the Waitākere Ranges Local Board.

“This is a really neat little town centre and, with the development we see happening around us, we want it to be as safe as possible for the people choosing to call it home.”

Waka Kotahi (the New Zealand Transport Agency) is funding 75 per cent of the project cost, according to Auckland Transport’s portfolio delivery director (projects) David Nelson.

“In Auckland, urban arterial routes like West Coast Road account for a disproportionate number of high severity crashes. In 2018, 60 per cent of deaths and serious injuries involving vulnerable road users occurred on our arterial routes. This project is about providing significant benefits despite the relatively small, targeted programme of works.”

Included in the work is: • The addition of raised speed tables at the West Coast Road/Captain Scott Road and West Coast Road/Janet Clews Place intersections, and at the roundabout at Captain Scott Road/Oates Road (with the addition of pedestrian crossings); • A new signalised crossing to the north of the level crossing on Glenview Road, which will be coordinated with the lights at the West Coast Road intersection; • Removing the right turn into Captain Scott Road from West Coast Road and making Captain Scott Road one-way, southbound, between West Coast Road and Glenmall Place; • The removal of the slip lanes at the West Coast Road intersections with Glenview Road and Bowers Road; • A new roundabout at the intersection of Oates Road and Glendale Road; • The addition of high-friction or coloured surfaces at some crossing points; • More crossing points controlled by traffic signals; and • A general lighting upgrade.

The changes being made were publicly consulted on in 2018 and have the full support of the Waitākere Ranges Local Board.

Maps of the work and more information can be found on the project page on the Auckland Transport website.

The work is expected to be finished in mid-2021.

Safety improvement work underway at the intersection of West Coast and Glendale Roads.

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