Southern View: March 03, 2020

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​Council considering safety
improvements for Tennyson St
• By Matt Slaughter
THE CITY council is
considering widening traffic
islands on Tennyson St to
address pedestrian safety
concerns.
Star News reported last month
a member of the public illegally
painted a pedestrian crossing
after a schoolgirl was hit by
a cyclist on an e-bike while
negotiating a traffic island near
the Tennyson and Norwood Sts
intersection. The crossing has
since been removed.
In May 2018, a boy also suffered
a broken leg after he was hit
by a car at the same intersection.
Beckenham Neighbourhood
Association chairman Greg Millier
said its members want the city
council to widen the traffic island
closest to the intersection where
the e-bike accident happened.
Said city council transport
operations manager Steffan
Thomas: “Widening of the
islands is currently under consideration
as a means to improve
pedestrian safety.
“Design investigations are
currently under way to develop a
proposal to improve pedestrian
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Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto
principal Sandy Hastings said:
“Needless to say the school is
concerned and the board [of
trustees] are concerned, as are
other schools and early child
areas in the area.”
Said Mr Miller: “A significant
part of the Beckenham School
community does cross that road
on the way to and from school and
really it’s crucial in terms of safety.
“There are quite a few [traffic
islands] there [Tennyson St] at the
moment and they’re just so small
and the visibility is not that great.
“Particularly the one by the
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Norwood and Tennyson St
corner, if you stand there on the
footpath trying to look out for
traffic to see if there’s anything
coming when you want to get
across to the traffic island, you
can’t really see and just because
of parked cars and things you
can’t actually see much,” he said.
Mr Miller said he understands
city council staff has to make a
number of considerations before
going ahead with safety improvements
like widening traffic islands
but said it is important something
is done to keep school pupils safer.
He said in spite of the high
cost, ideally, he would like the
DANGEROUS: Traffic
islands on Tennyson
St may be widened to
keep school pupils safe
while crossing.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
city council to consider installing
traffic lights closer to the
Norwood St end of Tennyson St
in the future.
“I think in the short term, we
would definitely like to see something
provide some safe crossing
points there and the that’s with
a view to greater improvements
down the track,” said Mr Miller.
However, Mr Thomas said:
“It would be difficult to justify
the signalisation of this
intersection due to the residential
nature of the area, relatively low
traffic demand, and, compared
to other intersections, there’s a
low crash risk.”
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MOTORCYCLE DANGERS
Concerns have been raised about
motorcycles being ridden along
the walkway on Derrett Pl, St
Martins. Those who use the
walkway believe this is putting
them and others who use it in
danger. The Spreydon-Cashmere
Community Board discussed
people’s concerns about this at
its February 18 meeting.
CYCLEWAY CRACKING
A resident of Sheldon Street,
Woolston is concerned about
the cracking they say is
appearing on the repaired
Heathcote Expressway cycleway.
They have outlined this in
customer service requests to
city council staff and the issue
has been discussed by the
Linwood-Central-Heathcote
Community Board.
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