The ‘road calming’ on Surrey Crescent with over 100 hitsticks, artworks painted on the road, humps leading towards and away from the school, and the removal of parent carparking were installed as a temporary measure intended to slow traffic and improve safety of the children of Grey Lynn Primary School.
Most temporary measures are usually in place for a short period of time but these have been here since July 2021.
Auckland Transport has been criticised for only consulting with pro-cycleways' ‘stakeholders’, those ‘converted’ to these unproven techniques, in the September 2022 Ponsonby News. AT's official feedback says, "During the consultation period, meetings were held with the following stakeholders: 8 February - Waitematā Local Board; 14 February - Grey Lynn Business Association; 22 February - Cohaus; 11 March - Bike Auckland.”
at.govt.nz/media/1989212/grey-lynn-and-westmere-improvements-engagement-report.pdf
Aligning with announcements from Transport Minister Simeon Brown halting further cycleways, Auckland Transport CEO Dean Kimpton has said, "In that emissions reduction plan, cycling is supposed to rise to 17 percent of all trips. But it's still stuck on 1 percent.”
This area is about to have permanent features, without a cycleway and AT are consulting with parties.
Occupy Garnet Road would like to thank Irene King and Darryl Ojala of the Grey Lynn Business Association for encouraging Auckland Transport to engage with ALL stakeholders including Occupy Garnet Road GR and the residents of the Issac. We are looking forward to that engagement and hope it also includes the resurfacing of the arterial roads in the area where we will be advocating for the retention of median strips.
We also suggest that the business at ‘Black Box Corner’ (Surrey Crescent / Garnet Road intersection business) be included too.
Key stakeholders within the community have been ignored until now.
Occupy Garnet Road, www.facebook.com/occupygarnetroad
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February 2024