Monmouth Street and Newton Central School safety improvements

We're planning several improvements for the Monmouth Street area in Grey Lynn. The proposed changes are focused across four key areas around the school.

Location 1. Right outside the school along Monmouth Street

Planned changes include:

• a new clearly signposted pick-up and drop-off area
• parking limits (P10) during pick-up and drop-off times, with general paid parking at other times (Monday to Friday)
• upgrading the existing pedestrian crossing near Burns Street and shifting it slightly closer to the intersection to align with where people already cross
• changes to the kerb, including cutting back the southern side to support the new parking area. This will take away the need to use the off-road parking area, improving safety and reducing conflicts with nearby businesses.

Location 2. Along Burns Street, heading toward Great North Road

Planned changes include:

• a new pedestrian crossing near Putiki Street to support safer access towards Great North Road.

Location 3. At the Waima Street and Putiki Street intersection, on the way to the bus stops

Planned changes include:

• a new diagonal zebra crossing with kerb buildouts to complete the walking route to nearby bus stops
• loss of one on-street parking space on Waima Street outside 148 Great North Road (Tony’s Tyre & Auto Care)
• loss of one on-street parking space on Putiki Street outside 22B Putiki Street (No Filter Ltd).

Location 4. At the Waima Street and Monmouth Street intersection

Planned changes include:

• new kerb buildouts and pram crossings to improve safety and accessibility at the intersection
• loss of one on-street parking space on Monmouth Street outside 9 Waima Street
• loss of one on-street parking space on Waima Street outside 5 Waima Street.