Ngongotahā Village - Proposed safety improvements

To provide feedback on 'Option 1' is simple - we have laid out the steps below. 

We are hoping to hear your ideas on the plan - things you like (keep), things you don't like (chuck) and things we have missed (create).

Instructions:

1. Zoom into the section of the map, where you want to leave a comment.
2. Click on thesymbol on the left side-bar menu and select and hold a pin (either Keep, Chuck or Create) and drag it onto the map.
3. Drop your pin and provide us with some information on why you dropped your pin there

Option 1 improvements involve:

1. Reconstructing ramps at existing pedestrian crossing points and removing kerb lips for better accessibility
2. Widening existing pedestrian crossing points at accessible carparks. 
3. Reducing the speed limit through the village corridor to 30km/h. Coloured pavement surfacing and “30km/h” road markings would reinforce the speed limit change at each end. 
4. Improving visibility at crossing points of the SH36/Hall Road/Taui Street intersection by changing the planting and landscaping. 
5. Narrow the road lane width with road markings to slow traffic on the Western side of SH36, next to the parking spaces. 

Cost estimate: $150,000

To provide feedback on 'Option 2' is simple - we have laid out the steps below. 

We are hoping to hear your ideas on the plan - things you like (keep), things you don't like (chuck) and things we have missed (create).

Instructions:

1. Zoom into the section of the map, where you want to leave a comment.
2. Click on the  symbol on the left side-bar menu and select and hold a pin (either Keep, Chuck or Create) and drag it onto the map.
3. Drop your pin and provide us with some information on why you dropped your pin there.

Option 2 improvements involves all of the improvements in Option 1, as well as:

1. Constructing a raised pedestrian platform. 
2. Relocating the existing zebra crossing and reconstructing it with a raised platform.
3. Extending the raised median north of the Hall Road/Taui Street intersection. 
4. Constructing raised safety platforms across the main road, on either side of side road intersections.
5. Widening the existing footpath to become a shared path on the western side of SH36/Ngongotaha Road. 

Cost estimate: $600,000

To provide feedback on 'Option 3' is simple - we have laid out the steps below. 

We are hoping to hear your ideas on the plan - things you like (keep), things you don't like (chuck) and things we have missed (create).

Instructions:

1. Zoom into the section of the map, where you want to leave a comment.
2. Click on the symbol on the left side-bar menu and select and hold a pin (either Keep, Chuck or Create) and drag it onto the map.
3. Drop your pin and provide us with some information on why you dropped your pin there.

Option 3 improvements involve major reconstruction of the village corridor, such as:  

1. Raising the road surface to be flush with the footpath.
2. Installing crossing signals at the pedestrian crossing between the intersections of SH36 with Western Road and Hall Road/Taui Street.
3. Extending the raised median north.
4. Changing the SH35/Hall Road/Taui Street intersection to a roundabout. Crossing signals could also be considered.
5. Widening the existing footpaths on both sides to become shared paths.
6. Extensive urban design and landscaping to improve the sense of place within Ngongotahā Village, and to reinforce motorists’ understanding that they are entering an area that has high volumes of pedestrians, manoeuvring vehicles and other road users. 

These improvements will meet the desired level of service and future proof the corridor. 

Cost estimate: $2,000,000