Speed decision undemocratic

I’m writing to offer thoughts on the two issues covered in the informative lead article for February 2023 – bringing in a 50km/hr speed limit around the bays and the cost blowout in the Tupua Horo Nuku cycleway.

Since when has it been considered democratic to implement a measure (the speed limit cut) when only 130 out of 459 submitters support it – under 30 percent? I assume the council will reconsider.

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The cost of Tupua Horo Nuku has more than doubled from $30 million to $79 million. Undoubtedly the price will continue to grow. At what point should the Auditor-General take a look at the cycleway to make sure we’re getting value for money?

David Venables Eastbourne

Change the signs

Km/h is the speed as per NZ and ISO standards. On page 1 you do get it right a few times. Congratulations you are much better than the DomPost who insist on using a modified imperial standard mph > kph. If you are working with dimensions, it is essential that you use the correct dimensions, otherwise you would have no idea what the unit is you have calculated.

It is obvious that the recommending sign of 25km/h on the corner of Mahina/York Bays did not encourage the driver [that crashed the car] to slow down. To force a speed down one uses humps and bumps and road narrowing to slow a car down. Put up signs 50km/h but not where they are now. In the past I have recommended placing the speed signs somewhere else, so that each sign becomes a repeat for every driver. The Council changed one sign and left the rest as is. My suggestion actually reduced the number of signs.

Adrian Moonen Eastbourne