Another Rail Crossing fatality in Silverstream
I had some input into getting the Silverstream Railway Station rail pedestrian crossing made safer in 2004. This followed an entirely avoidable fatality there a year earlier.
Then whenever i crossed over the railway tracks a few hundred metres further up the line - including only last week - it always occurred to me that similar safety measures should also be installed.
Why one and not the other despite the fact that the station crossing - which is of course not only for train passengers - is among the busiest pedestrian rail crossings in NZ and the one a little further up the road gets a trickle of usage. One of the complementary factors of both crossings is there usage by school pupils on a daily. basis.
So yesterday another person was killed. If I thought each time I walked across that crossing about why isn't it made safer with barriers and gates - why aren't the people who suppose to be looking out for us not promoting action and this goes for the Mayor and the councillors who live in the vicinity including David Wheeler. And it of course goes for the owners of the Wellington suburban railways who allow their staff to be subjected to these killings and accidents.
Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? 🛻🚨🚓
In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?
What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?
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32.6% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
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67.4% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
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