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Bus services

Three new bus routes were introduced in 2019:

• Route 998 between Wellsford and Warkworth – Introduced February 2019
• Route 128  between Helensville and Hibiscus Coast Station – Introduced February 2019
• Route 126 between Westgate and Coatesville – Introduced May 2019.

Twenty new bus stops have been installed to support these bus routes, several following requests from the community. Twelve bus stops have been installed on the Coatesville-Riverhead Highway (Coatesville and Riverhead), one in Opoto Place in Kaukapakapa, one in Station Road in Wellsford, and four on Kahikatea Flat Road (Kaukapakapa and Waitoki). Two new bus stops have been recently installed as part of a Coatesville-Riverhead Highway footpath project.

Bus patronage numbers for all three services met or exceeded patronage targets and have been folded into the Auckland Transport bus passenger transport network.

In September 2022 the local board decided to fund a new on-demand and fixed-shuttle bus service linking Warkworth, Leigh and Sandspit for three years. Operators will be invited to tender for ride-share services. New AT Local electric vehicles have been ordered and the service is expected to begin in Warkworth in July 2023.

Community Transport Hubs

The RLBTTR is funding two new Community Transport Hubs in Warkworth and Huapai to support local bus services and address parking congestion.

• The Warkworth Community Transport Hub was opened at 80 Great North Road, Warkworth on Thursday 30 June 2022. It features 137 car parks (including 15 short term and four for accessible parking), a bus layover, two bus stops, footpaths, a signalised pedestrian crossing across Great North Road, two toilet blocks, bike parking, lighting and CCTV. 

Image: A view of the Walkworth Community Transport Hub

• The design for the Huapai Community Transport Hub is progressing. This proposed facility will provide additional parking for commuters catching buses on SH16. Existing bus stops close to the Hub will be relocated and upgraded.

Footpaths

A priority for the local board and Rodney’s communities is expanding the footpath network in and between towns and villages to make it safer and easier for people to get around.

Criteria for footpath funding includes footpaths situated on busy school routes, on well-used pedestrian routes, and those that link existing areas to new developments.

The Rodney Local Board has approved $24.07 million to design and build 30 footpaths in Kumeū, Dairy Flat, Wellsford and Warkworth subdivisions. If laid end-to-end, the total length would be 10 kilometres of new pedestrian access.

The tables below show the list of footpaths approved for investigation, design and construction.