The crash took place just three days after an aggressive protest halted the implementation of a speed bump in the same area. On Wednesday a group of protesters stopped work outside Grey Lynn School with an “unlawful” demonstration, because they thought the shortened design of the traffic mound was “incredibly dangerous” to vehicles.
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The mound was designed to slow traffic down outside Grey Lynn School. The school, located close to Firth Rd and Selbourne St, was one of many targeted by Auckland Transport as part of its Safe School Speeds project, designed to improve the safety of students and local children.
“Work has now been delayed until at least next week due to some members of the wider community unlawfully entering the worksite.” The note stated work would likely re-commence during the day, rather than at night, and fences will be put in place around the work site “for health and safety reasons”. Surrey Crescent resident David Welch, whose children attend Grey Lynn School, was left feeling “really upset” after receiving verbal abuse from the protesters. “On Wednesday I heard a lot of people yelling outside, I looked and [they] were in the middle of the street, yelling at people and abusing people.”
The Karangahape Road Business Association welcomes everybody to celebrate Matariki and the fresh new look of Karangahape Road at Te Karanga ā Hape, a progressive street-long party on Saturday 26 June from 3-8pm. In collaboration with Auckland Council, Auckland .