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Resolution
number HM/2018/70
MOVED by Chairperson S Henderson, seconded by Member B
Brady:
That the
Henderson-Massey Local Board:
a)
provide the
following feedback on the Draft 2018-2028 Regional Land Transport Plan, draft
Regional Fuel Tax proposal and draft Contributions Policy:
Key Priority
Items
The
Henderson-Massey Local Board strongly support light rail to the Northwest and
request that this be funded and built immediately.
The
Henderson-Massey Local Board consider Te Whau Pathway as a priority, and
request that it be planned and funded through this process.
General
comments
Commends the
team responsible who have developed a robust and future-focused plan with a
strategic approach that addresses the challenges of a swiftly growing city.
Strategic
approach
Supports the strategic
approach and agrees that investment in modes of travel other than roads and
single occupant private vehicles is critical.
Considers that
the plan is largely successful in aligning delivery to the outcomes in the
draft Auckland Plan, the Government Policy Statement and the Auckland
Transport Alignment recommendations.
Notes strong
alignment of Henderson-Massey Local Board Local Board Plan outcome ‘It
is easy to get around without a car’ and the initiatives therein to
improve access through walking and cycling links and quality of transport
centres.
Safety
Commends the
proposal to apply the Vision Zero approach of shifting responsibility for
safety from road users to designers and operators.
Supports the
Auckland Transport safety related projects in the proposed funded capital
programme
Supports the
environmental focus projects in the proposed funded capital programme
Environment
Is heartened to
see that environmental protection and measures to address climate change
through decreasing green-house gas emissions is a feature of the plan.
Encourages
reporting and project assessment having increased focus on CO2 emissions.
Suggests
Auckland Transport audit and report all future projects against climate
change impacts.
Rapid transit
general
Supports investment
in areas that will enhance access to public transport, active modes like
walking and cycling and shifting modes from single occupant cars.
Supports
integrated ticketing and would like to see all users being able to use one
card to access any public transport within the Auckland region.
Considers that
structuring public transport costs and ticketing to keep prices as low as
possible should be a priority.
Considers that
crucial to the success of rapid transit (especially light rail) and moving
people away from cars in general is convenience and ease of access to
transport nodes. A prioritisation program for feeder routes such as local
walk/cycleways, suburban bus routes and installing park and ride in outlying
areas should be investigated.
Light Rail
Strongly
supports City Rail Link delivery in 2024.
Strongly
supports light rail along the northwest corridor
Supports light
rail between the central city and the airport.
Considers that
preparations for light rail in the northwest corridor should start
immediately.
Considers that
the construction project needs to include an effective communication strategy
to ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum, for example the successful
retail strategy adopted with the City Rail Link project.
Buses
Supports all
efforts to improve capacity and speed of bus travel.
Supports
bus priority improvements to improve public transport, increase productivity
and lower the environmental impact of transport.
Rail
Considers that
all rail crossings on the Auckland network in urban area must have pedestrian
arms or gates.
Would like to
see a staged progression for eventual separation of all pedestrian rail
crossings.
Supports rail
to Kumeu/Huapai to support urban growth in the Northwest and future extension
beyond Kumeu.
Walking and
cycling
Considers that
separated cycleways should be the default standard and implemented wherever
possible.
Requests that
ways to easily accommodate bicycles on buses and light rail be explored as
another method of improving integrated travel opportunities.
Supports the
move to include footpaths in LTNZ subsidy and the need to invest in walking
to decrease congestion from education and work commute
Road network
Notes that
apart from the Lincoln Rd corridor project all Auckland Transport roading
projects in or with direct impact on the Henderson-Massey Local Board area
are in the unfunded capital programs list.
Ferries
Supports the
ferry strategy and considers it important to have ferries that are large
enough to deal with increasing demand.
Considers it is
important to integrate bus and ferry timetables to ensure bus arrivals align
realistically with ferry departures.
Unfunded
Auckland Transport projects
Would like more
information and discussion about how the Appendix1 Table 1B unfunded Auckland
Transport projects can be funded in the future RLTP programme.
Support for currently unfunded projects
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Project
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Details
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Te Whau
Pathway (p. 67)
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Requests
that this project be urgently reassessed for its strategic contribution.
The
local board has included Te Whau Pathway as an advocacy item to the
Council’s Long Term Plan.
Te Whau
Pathway will provide a link from the suburbs of Te Atatu South and
Glendene. to the North-Western and Avondale cycleways. It will link 33
reserves, esplanade strips, sports parks and roads, including better
connections to 13 schools in the area.
Sections
of the pathway have already been completed at Archibald Park, Ken Maunder
Park, Olympic Park (New Lynn) and McLeod Park (Te Atatu South)
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Level
crossing safety improvements and grade separation (p. 67)
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Kiwirail
has investment but Council’s contribution is unfunded.
Growing
rail patronage means more pedestrian activity leading to increasing
incidents of accidents and near misses
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· Northside
Drive East
· Redhills
Fred Taylor Stage 2
· Redhills
Network Coatesville-Riverhead Highway
(p. 69)
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Infrastructure
to prepare for growth should be a priority.
As per
the Auckland Future Urban Land
Supply
Strategy, Red Hills Live zone area anticipates 10,650 dwellings while Red
Hills North anticipates 1,400 dwellings.
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Westgate
Interchange (p. 67)
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Infrastructure
to prepare for growth should be a priority.
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· Henderson
bus interchange upgrade
· Henderson
new bus station (p. 67)
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Projects
should be assessed in context of Panuku Development’s Unlock
Henderson project and the future intensification in the Henderson
Metropolitan Centre.
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Rosebank
Rd upgrade (p.70)
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Improving
the conditions on this road will have a beneficial flow-on effect along
SH16.
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Feedback on the
Regional Fuel Tax Proposal
The board considers these projects important, in
order of priority
1.
Active transport (walking and cycling)
2.
Growth related transport infrastructure
(transport services and facilities for new housing developments)
3.
Road safety
4.
Network capacity and performance improvements
5.
Bus priority improvements
6.
Road corridor improvements
CARRIED
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