Atkinson Road/daffodil Street Intersection
I'm asking for support from people who regularly use or encounter this intersection, to please email or call Auckland Transport and ask them to urgently remove the car park markings they have just put in (last week) diagonally opposite Daffodil Street. I have been requesting for a few years now, that they extend the 3 yellow lines in front of the bus stop, to match the 7 yellow line before the bus stop, so that they extend past the turning point of this intersection, to prevent cars parking there.
If a car is parked there, drivers making a right turn from Daffodil are forced into the middle of the road or into the oncoming traffic lane, depending on size of vehicle. If a car is turning right from Atkinson into Daffodil, and has to stop and wait for the traffic coming down from the village, the flow of traffic is then blocked as cars can't pass in the inside of the turning vehicle if a car has parked there. The traffic soon starts to back up as everyone has to wait for that car to turn into Daffodil. This is a huge problem and inconvenience around school drop off and pick up times as I'm sure some of you know! I have 2 learner driver daughters using this intersection daily and they (and plenty of other people I've spoken to) have experienced 'close calls' and 'abuse' as there is "nowhere to go". Last year, after speaking to Duncan Campbell of AT, he said he'd seen the intersection and recommends and agrees that the yellow lines should extend past the intersection. Instead, we now have a car park. I contacted him today about it and he said it always was a car park so effectively, nothing's changed. I think if a few more people expressed their concern for the safety of anyone using this intersection and their annoyance at the extensive delays a parked car causes if another is turning, AT might remove the new white lines and put in the yellow lines needed past the bus stop. I was also trying to get the foliage that extends out to the pavement, trimmed back hard, to give a few more meters of visual access to a driver sitting on Daffodil street wanting to make a right hand turn onto Atkinson. That person is going from a stop start.......and cars come flying around the bend doing 50kph. In seconds they are up your ar** tooting like you deliberately pulled out in front of them. Reality is, you can't see them coming. This is very unnerving for a learner driver. Any support, by expressing your shared concerns to Auckland Transport to urge them to take action and make this intersection safer, would be greatly appreciated. You can use their web site to log a complaint via email, or call them on 09 3553553 (ask to speak to Duncan Campbell) or text or call Amirul on 021535814. I need more people to bring AT's awareness up to a point that they might just take action! Thanks .
Poll: Should complete designs be shared with the public, or should the community help shape the designs from the start?
The Post recently shared an opinion piece on the Harbour Crossing and why a more democratic approach might be needed 🚗🚲👟
While most decisions sit within the political arena, many organisations—like NZTA—manage long-term projects that go beyond party lines. Politics can sometimes disrupt progress, and the next Harbour Crossing is a big decision that will affect all Aucklanders.
We’d love your thoughts: Should near-complete, shovel-ready designs be shared with the public, or should the community have a hand in shaping the designs from the start?
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0% Community feedback and transparency is needed.
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0% No. This would be impossible in practice.
Poll: Should the government levy industries that contribute to financial hardship?
As reported in the Post, there’s a $30 million funding gap in financial mentoring. This has led to services closing and mentors stepping in unpaid just to keep helping people in need 🪙💰🪙
One proposed solution? Small levies on industries that profit from financial hardship — like banks, casinos, and similar companies.
So we want to hear what you think:
Should the government ask these industries to contribute?
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59.5% Yes, supporting people is important!
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26% No, individuals should take responsibility
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14.5% ... It is complicated
Even Australians get it - so why not Kiwis???
“Ten years ago, if a heatwave as intense as last week’s record-breaker had hit the east coast, Australia’s power supply may well have buckled. But this time, the system largely operated as we needed, despite some outages.
On Australia’s main grid last quarter, renewables and energy storage contributed more than 50% of supplied electricity for the first time, while wholesale power prices were more than 40% lower than a year earlier.
[…] shifting demand from gas and coal for power and petrol for cars is likely to deliver significantly lower energy bills for households.
Last quarter, wind generation was up almost 30%, grid solar 15% and grid-scale batteries almost tripled their output. Gas generation fell 27% to its lowest level for a quarter century, while coal fell 4.6% to its lowest quarterly level ever.
Gas has long been the most expensive way to produce power. Gas peaking plants tend to fire up only when supply struggles to meet demand and power prices soar. Less demand for gas has flowed through to lower wholesale prices.”
Full article: www.theguardian.com...
If even Australians see the benefit of solar - then why is NZ actively boycotting solar uptake? The increased line rental for electricity was done to make solar less competitive and prevent cost per kWh to rise even more than it did - and electricity costs are expected to rise even more. Especially as National favours gas - which is the most expensive form of generating electricity. Which in turn will accelerate Climate Change, as if New Zealand didn’t have enough problems with droughts, floods, slips, etc. already.
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