Mahurangi Matters_Issue 346_1 August 2018

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August 1, 2018

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SPECIAL FEATURE pages 29-44

Dangerous drivers put kids at risk Police will have an increased presence around the pedestrian crossing on Hill Street, outside Warkworth School, following a number of incidents where drivers have put children at risk. Around 400 students use the crossing daily during break times to access Shoesmith Domain and the senior side of the school, which has been vacated for demolition work set to start soon. Deputy principal Suzanne Donovan Skeens says some driving behaviour around the

crossing has been dangerous. “We have motorists speeding up to get through the crossing while children are waiting to cross,” Ms Skeens says. “Some drivers will inch right up to the crossing, intimidating children who are patrolling, so that they don’t put out stop signs.” She says that children will be crossing during break times for the next 18 months. Drivers need to be aware of this and show respect.

Fears of second ‘Hill Street’ bottleneck

A suggestion that the proposed Matakana Link Road be reduced from four lanes down to two has alarmed local community groups, who fear it may create traffic snarl ups to rival Hill Street. Auckland Transport (AT) is under pressure from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to slash the

cost of the $89 million road, which will connect Matakana Road to SH1. In May, AT decided to progress the project, subject to NZTA funding subsidy approval. But the NZTA first wants to see the outcome of investigations to discover whether the cost of the project can be cut back to less than $55 million.

At a meeting of the Warkworth Road Infrastructure Forum last month – attended by representatives of various local groups – an AT representative revealed that a move to two-lanes was among the cost-cutting options being considered. But the proposal is described as “madness” by Matakana Community

Group chair Simon Barclay. Dr Barclay says a two-lane road will fail to cope with a planned new industrial park, increasing residential development and the opening of the new Puhoi to Warkworth motorway in 2021. He says the new motorway will see a

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