Safer communities programme Safer communities programme
AT's Safer Communities programme uses a localised approach to make our roads safer and create more opportunities for active transport.
For our 2018-21 programme, we are working with three communities to identify issues and solutions to make it safer and easier to get around by foot: Papakura, Mt Roskill, and Māngere Bridge.
The programme has a staged approach so we are working first with Māngere Bridge, then Mt Roskill and then Papakura.
Project status: Investigation
Project zone: Central/South
We are now seeking further community feedback:
Target areas for 2018-21
Papakura
Papakura Safer Communities public feedback report - December 2018 is now available.
Māngere Bridge
Māngere Bridge Safer Communities public feedback report – November 2018 is now available.
Mt Roskill
Mount Roskill Safer Communities public feedback report – November 2018 is now available.
Initial engagement
Working together
In November 2017 we worked with each of the communities, talking to locals at events and at locations like train stations, libraries, schools, community centres, churches, supermarkets, and recreation centres.
We also talked to the Local Board, Police, community leaders, mana whenua and mātāwaka.
We asked people to tell us about:
- What physical improvements to the road environment would help more people walk around your local area.
- What changes we could make to improve the safety of walking around your local area.
- How we can make it easier for you to walk to important places like marae, local recreation centres, libraries, schools, and train stations.
What we will did with your feedback
We used the feedback you gave us in November 2017 to come up with rough plans of what we could do to make it safer and easier to walk around.
We are now asking you to tell us what you think of the draft plans before we get into the detailed design stage.
We also produced reports about what you told us.
Reports attached as they come online (at the same time as the consultation goes live)
We will work to seek funding for the projects from the New Zealand Transport Agency and Auckland Council.
Timeline
- October - December 2017: Community and stakeholder feedback.
- January - March 2018: Feedback analysis, engineering investigation, and planning to come up with proposals.
- March - September 2018: Initial designs presented to the local community.
- September 2018: Formal consultation on the plans.
- June 2019 - June 2020: Physical works.
- June 2020: Work with the communities to help them understand the changes and to encourage more walking, especially around schools.
How we selected the communities
We used a thorough investigation process to select communities. The process looked at a large range of factors including:
- The location of schools.
- The location of community facilities like train stations and town centres, and the potential to get more people traveling around on foot between them.
- If the community has recently had upgrades or has upgrades planned.
- Areas that have higher than average crashes involving people walking.
- How many safe crossing facilities there already are in the area.
Outside the scope of the project
This project is about getting more people to walk around their community. It does not have scope to solve issues about:
- Bus shelters.
- Personal security.
- Crime
- Footpath maintenance.
- Traffic congestion
- Public transport issues/ issues with routes/ HOP cards.