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4 Tuesday <strong>June</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
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Study into crossing safety<br />
•From page 1<br />
NZTA senior traffic and safety<br />
engineer David Scarlet said the<br />
feedback has been mixed, but<br />
school children and people operating<br />
the crossing near the school<br />
feel safer.<br />
But he said there have been a<br />
number of issues raised by residents<br />
and road-users following a<br />
survey carried out by NZTA.<br />
This includes there already being<br />
limited options to join onto<br />
Halswell Rd and increased journey<br />
times and distances.<br />
Mr Scarlet said the pilot layout<br />
will stay in place until a permanent<br />
solution is made because<br />
it offers an improved degree of<br />
safety for school children.<br />
Daily traffic counts show about<br />
11,500 vehicles use Halswell Rd<br />
(in the vicinity of Larsens Rd)<br />
daily.<br />
While no crashes have<br />
been recorded at the<br />
intersection in the last five<br />
years – a minor and noninjury<br />
crash was recorded<br />
about 20m north of the<br />
junction.<br />
Halswell School principal<br />
Stuart Cameron said<br />
the school was “really<br />
pleased” in how the trial<br />
has made the crossing safer for<br />
pupils to use.<br />
His views were backed by<br />
BUSY ROAD: This week the New Zealand Transport Agency will<br />
be discussing with residents and stakeholders near Halswell<br />
School permanent solutions for the Larsens Rd/Halswell Rd<br />
intersection.<br />
Halswell resident Melanie<br />
Rushton, who created the petition,<br />
saying there has definitely been an<br />
“improvement.”<br />
But she said equally<br />
it has caused some<br />
other issues including<br />
vehicles performing U-<br />
turns where Halswell Rd<br />
meets with O’Halloran<br />
Dve.<br />
Ms Rushton, who has<br />
a son at the school, said<br />
before the trial was put<br />
in place, the junction<br />
was becoming more dangerous<br />
every day.<br />
“I have seen two or three near<br />
Stuart Cameron<br />
misses at that intersection with<br />
children crossing the road on<br />
their own. I have seen cars driving<br />
really atrociously through that<br />
crossing as well,” she said.<br />
Ms Rushton recalls witnessing a<br />
“terrifying” moment when a child<br />
was almost hit while trying to use<br />
the school crossing when a van<br />
failed to stop.<br />
City councillor Anne Galloway<br />
said the important thing is the<br />
safety issue is being addressed.<br />
She said before the restrictions<br />
were put in place, vehicles turning<br />
right out of Larsens Rd were<br />
turning directly into the school<br />
crossing.<br />
•From page 1<br />
Out of the campaign, the<br />
Greater Hornby Residents’<br />
Association was formed, which<br />
Mr Peters is a member of.<br />
Mr Peters believes he has a<br />
good chance at winning against<br />
Cr Chen.<br />
“I take my hat off<br />
to Jimmy, he has responded<br />
to the raising<br />
of issues in good stead<br />
to get things done he<br />
has worked hard to get<br />
things done.<br />
“The October count<br />
will be what counts<br />
and if the people of<br />
Hornby want a change from<br />
Jimmy’s representation then<br />
they will vote with their feet<br />
and put in the person they<br />
want,” Mr Peters said.<br />
City councillor Jimmy Chen<br />
welcomed Mr Peter’s bid.<br />
“This is a democratic election,<br />
and it is good the people<br />
of Hornby have a choice,” he<br />
said.<br />
Cr Chen, who will be<br />
running under The People’s<br />
Choice, said he has been an<br />
effective city councillor and<br />
wants to make sure Hornby is<br />
well-represented.<br />
He said his best achievements<br />
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have been keeping the Hornby<br />
mega-facility on budget, advocating<br />
the Hornby Service<br />
Centre has 40 hours per week<br />
and launching the city council’s<br />
Multicultural Strategy.<br />
Cr Chen’s goals for the next<br />
term is to ensure the Hornby<br />
facility is built on Kyle<br />
Park and lobbying to improve<br />
Hornby’s roading,<br />
footpath and wider traffic<br />
issues.<br />
Mr Peters said it is time<br />
to remove politics from<br />
Hornby and focus on<br />
outcomes for residents.<br />
As well as Cr Chen, the<br />
current Hornby representatives<br />
are Mike Mora and Natalie<br />
Bryden – all who are aligned<br />
with The People’s Choice.<br />
“The ward is very much tied<br />
down by a party line . . . local<br />
body politics is really not the<br />
place to be having party block,<br />
it is more an area where people<br />
need to have an independent<br />
mind.”<br />
Mr Peter’s key concerns is<br />
the suburb’s infrastructure<br />
has been neglected for too<br />
long, ensuring the new<br />
Hornby mega-facility is built<br />
at Kyle Park and keeping rates<br />
affordable.<br />
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