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Waiheke Local
Board
10 October
2019
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Proposed
Changes to Mātiatia Summer Trial
File No.: CP2019/18547
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
make amendments to the Mātiatia summer trial to address concerns expressed
with the current proposal.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. At
its 26 September 2019 business meeting the Waiheke Local Board resolved as
follows (inter alia):
Resolution number WHK/2019/184
MOVED by Member B Upchurch, seconded by
Chairperson C Handley:
That the Waiheke Local Board:
a) receive the Auckland Transport Report
September 2019.
b) endorse the tabled document material
detailing a trial of an alternative traffic operation plan for Mātiatia over
the coming summer.
c) recommend that the Mātiatia
trial finishes on 13 April 2020 unless public consultation during the latter
part of the trial supports its continuation.
d) delegate authority to the current
Chair of the Waiheke Local Board (and recommends that any future Chair be
authorised) to give feedback on any minor design changes on behalf of the local
board on the final design of the Mātiatia trial.
e) note that the new drop off area will
have temporary and not a permanent surface.
f) note that there will be not any
reduction in the number of public parking spaces.
g) allocate up to $50,000 from the Local
Board Transport Capital Fund as a contribution, in addition to Auckland
Transport committed funds, towards the cost of implementing the Mātiatia
trial.
h) request confirmation that the
Auckland Transport have consulted the Mātiatia trial with mana whenua.
i) request that Auckland Transport
actively monitor and report back to the local board on all aspects of the
Mātiatia trial.
3. The
purpose of the trial was to address historical congestion issues experienced
over summer, to support the additional space needs of Waiheke buses under the
new Metro bus network, and to help test transport options to be introduced as
part of the proposed Mātiatia Plan.
4. The
proposed changes were discussed in detail with the Waiheke Transport Forum and
publicised through social media and the Gulf News, but not formally consulted
on with the public.
5. Strong
feedback from the public and a petition since that time expressing concern that
visitors are being prioritised over local residents has resulted in the Waiheke
Local Board agreeing to reconsider some elements of the trial.
6. At
a workshop on 7 October, the local board proposed to retain the existing
pick-up and drop-off area in the outer keyhole and to move the taxi and shuttle
area to the front carpark.
7. These
proposed changes require consequential changes to the layout of the front
carpark to make way for taxis and shuttles and retain the existing number of
mobility and P30 carparks.
8. The
local board also proposed to investigate establishing an area for mobility and
freight vehicle parking at the far end of the keyhole and to improve the
existing mobility park at the front of the outer keyhole.
9. To
help determine the effectiveness of the trial, it was proposed that
functionality would be measured and monitored and mechanisms to do that will be
reported back to the board in due course.
10. With
the trail set to commence in early December 2019 and the new Waiheke bus
network commencing on 13 October, Auckland Transport has confirmed a bus
layover area will be established in front of the Harbourmaster’s building
during that time. It may or may not need to continue once the trial starts.
11. Parking
displaced by the above changes will be replaced behind the
Harbourmaster’s building now that the existing rental car lease has
expired. This will ensure there is no overall reduction in parking.
12. The
local board also agreed to hold an extraordinary meeting on 10 October to
consider the proposed changes.
13. A
plan showing these changes will be circulated prior to that meeting and tabled
at the meeting.
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Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendations
That the Waiheke Local Board:
a) approves
the following changes to the Mātiatia summer trial approved at its 26 September
2019 meeting:
i.
change the proposed pick-up
and drop-off area on the landward side of the proposed
new footpath in the front carpark to taxi and shuttle parking only.
ii.
investigate additional mobility
and freight vehicle parking at the far end of the
keyhole.
iii.
consequential changes in the front
carpark to ensure no loss of mobility and P30
parking spaces.
b) leaves
all other components of the Mātiatia summer trial unchanged and in particular
retains the following elements:
i.
the existing P2 pick-up and
drop-off area in the outer keyhole.
ii.
the proposed pick-up and drop-off
area on the seaward side of the proposed
footpath in the front carpark.
c) notes
that the summer trial will be monitored and measured to help inform its effectiveness
and to provide data for wider proposed changes under the proposed Mātiatia
Plan.
d) reaffirms
that there will be no net reduction in public parking by the establishment of
additional
carparks at the rear of the Harbourmaster’s building concurrent with
the establishment
of the bus layover areas in front of the Harbourmaster’s building.
e) request
confirmation that the Auckland Transport have consulted the Mātiatia
trial with
mana whenua.
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Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
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this report.
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Authors
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John Nash - Programme Manager,Waiheke & Gulf
Islands
Jonathan Anyon - Manager Elected Member Relationship
Unit - Auckland Transport
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Authorisers
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Louise Mason – General Manager - Local Board
Services
Helgard Wagener - Relationship Manager - Great Barrier
and Waiheke Local Boards
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