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Slower traffic, fewer car parks but safer people: Changes coming for Mount Maunganui
14 Mar, 2021 05:00 PM
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Tauranga City Council looks likely to drop its controversial proposal to trial a one-way traffic system in Pilot Bay due to a lack of public support - again. Several changes to the popular streets of Mount Maunganui North are still afoot, however, in an effort to make the area safer and more appealing for people to walk, cycle or scooter instead of driving.
These could see car parks removed to make way for a shared pathway, a new roundabout installed and the Marine Parade boardwalk extended.
Source: Auckland Council
Safer roads and better-connected neighbourhoods are the outcomes expected from the Low Traffic Area projects currently in the first stages in Glen Innes and Onehunga.
Maungakiekie-TÄmaki Local Board was awarded a grant by Waka Kotahi as part of the national Innovating Streets for People Pilot Fund.
The fund focuses on using Tactical Urbanism Techniques and provides councils with a 90 per cent funding assistance rate (FAR) as well as capability building support for successful applicants. The balance of the funding coming from the Local Board Transport Capital Expenditure Fund and is not affected by COVID-19 belt tightening at this point.