Tutere Road and Chestnut Road, Papatoetoe

About the project

Improving safety in your neighbourhood – Tutere Road, Chestnut Road, Papatoetoe

We’ve received requests from your local community to address the safety concerns of cars travelling at high speeds and help school children cross the road safely.

What we are proposing

• Installing a raised pedestrian crossing on Tutere Road.
• Painting broken yellow lines on Tutere Road and Chestnut Road. The existing parking restriction will be retained, however a further 17 parking spaces will be removed to achieve the required visibility and to maintain traffic thoroughfare.
• Upgrading the existing kerb ramp on Chestnut Road intersection to bring it up to standard.

TUTERE ROAD AND CHESTNUT ROAD, PAPATOETOE

Benefits and impacts

• Provide a safe crossing point for pedestrians, particularly school children.
• Raise pedestrians crossing the road to be at eye-level of approaching motorists, making them easier to see.
• Slow down drivers.
• Improve safety of the existing kerb ramp on Chestnut Road.

These improvements would remove 17 on-street parking spaces near the intersection to improve visibility. We acknowledge this can be inconvenient, so we have minimised the removal of parking as much as possible.

These safety improvements are supported by the Local Board Transport Capital Fund. This fund is used to make improvements based on community priorities, which may not be covered by other programmes of work.

The improvements will be delivered by AT on behalf of the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board.

How you can have your say

Have your say by completing the online feedback form. The form will be open from Monday, 6 May 2024 to Monday, 20 May 2024.