Not all the changes are improvements.
The issue of visibility by vehicles coming out of one way Peel Street into Richmond Road and crossing for the children using the school 'walking-bus' could have been addressed more cheaply and more effectively by Auckland Transport. Note the walking bus was been used at Livingston Street corner, details that were used to fund this upgrade. I'm not sure why they even bothered consulting the community when they didn't actually listen to most of what we said. Although they did not install another hump as they planned, so that was good. The "SLOW" sign on the road and yellow lines to the left of Peel St intersection along with that crossing on the berm for pedestrians were all good ideas. I have seen a woman and her dog use it twice. Hopefully, school children are also using it.
My two hour first survey has noted only 93 (30 almost) of 269 vehicles actually appeared to stop as either trafic was approaching or not. No cyclists/motorbikes/scooters stopped at all. The other crossing to the right of Peel is unnecessary and in 2009 AT deemed it dangerous but installed it anyway in 2025. The unnecessary planters have only achieved taking away more parking. A total of seven car parks have been removed at this stage,
along with two lemon tree and a lime tree. The neighbourhood have lined the street with citrus trees but AT don’t approve. The yellow lines to the right of Peel Street have not been installed yet as they are waiting for the vehicle owner to return. Yesterday there were two cars there, including blocking the unsafe crossing. AT will also repaint the faded words "STOP" and double line paint on Peel at the same time. They have placed a larger second stop sign.
I read that a hump was removed from Ash Street in Avondale because of the vibrations affecting adjacent houses. The one in Warnock Street outside my house has caused 15 years of broken sleep and I'm now taking regular medication to cope.
Trucks or large vehicles vibrate glassware/shelved items from time to time, Surely, that hump can be removed too ! the narrowing islands are already there.
War-in-nock!
Don Mathewson
Grey Lynn
