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Resolution number OR/2014/12
MOVED
by Chairperson DEC Simpson, seconded by Member KH Baguley:
That the Orākei Local Board:
a) notes that Auckland Transport has decided to install traffic
lights at the intersection of Tamaki Drive and Ngapipi Road in the interests
of safety and traffic management along with the additional initiatives
requested by the Orakei Local Board as outlined below.
b) notes that from detailed analysis and information available to it,
Auckland Transport has concluded that signalisation is the safest option for
all users of the intersection.
c) supported a
full consultation process to obtain and understand the local communities’
attitude to installing either a roundabout or traffic lights at the Tamaki
Drive/Ngapipi Road Intersection in the interests of road safety and improved
traffic management.
d) expresses its disappointment that Auckland Transport did not fully
consult on a range of options, but had already determined a preferred option
and did not plan to change that option, and at the manner in which
consultation was carried out.
e) has not yet been briefed on changes to the proposal which went to
consultation, as a result of feedback from submitters.
f) notes that the result of the limited consultation indicated that
almost 70 per cent of submitters across the Orakei Local Board’s communities
and other interested parties did not believe that Auckland Transport’s
solution is the correct one.
g) believes that work on this intersection should not be ‘ad hoc’ and
considers there will be significant ‘flow on’ effects at neighbouring
intersections (eg Ngapipi Road/Kepa Road and Tamaki Drive/Patterson Avenue)
and impact on users of Tamaki Drive and Ngapipi Road during peak periods.
h) believes that separating users at the Tamaki-Ngapipi Road will
provide the safest option.
i) requests Auckland Transport to separate cyclists/pedestrians/
vehicles at this intersection.
j) requests Auckland Transport in the interests of safety for all
users of the intersection to install a ‘clip on’ walkway on the seaward side
of the Ngapipi Bridge for pedestrians, designate the current footpath for
cyclists and keep the vehicles on the carriageway, which would align work at
this intersection with the objectives of the Tamaki Drive Master Plan.
k) requests Auckland Transport as a consequence of the proposed
intersection improvements to widen the Point Resolution bridge to improve
safety and traffic flow along Tamaki Drive.
l) notes that, in addition to the intersection improvement, Auckland
Transport will address flooding issues on Tamaki Drive between Teal Park and
Ngapipi Bridge, and is currently considering how this can be addressed.
m) notes that in addition to the intersection improvements Auckland
Transport is developing the Orakei Local Board vision to build a
walkway/cycleway from Tamaki Drive to Glen Innes which includes the option of
taking the walkway/cycleway by the Orakei Local Board’s favoured route across
Hobson Bay adjacent to the existing rail line and up the Pourewa Valley, and
undertakes to involve the Orakei Local Board at an early stage and during the
development of those plans.
Secretarial Note: The
above clause m) was amended and the new clause is included in the
Orakei Local Board business meeting minutes dated 1 May 2014.
n) notes that the Tamaki Drive Master Plan seeks to provide an
integrated solution to the Tamaki Drive precinct’s needs, and that Auckland
Transport was significantly consulted during the preparation of and accepted
the Master Plan and is a significant party in delivering the outcomes of the
Master Plan.
CARRIED
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