Completed: Improving walking accessibility on Beach Road in Murrays Bay.

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Safety improvements near 472 Beach Road in Murrays Bay were completed in June 2025. Thank you for your patience while this work was carried out. Delivered through our Walking Programme, the improvements made it safer for people to cross Beach Road and access Murrays Bay Beach. They addressed community concerns about limited safe crossing options and supported safer walking in the neighbourhood.

Now that the work is complete, please take a few minutes to complete our short survey by 31 July 2026. You can find the survey below. Your feedback helps us improve future projects in your community and across Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

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Project completion.

This project has now been installed and is now complete.

About the Project

We’ll be improving crossing safety near 472 Beach Road in Murrays Bay. We’re responding to concerns about the lack of safe crossing facilities for people going to the beach. Beach Road in Murrays Bay is a busy stretch of road where locals often try to access the beach, including those with equipment like kayaks.

The changes we are making in mid 2025

• Install a new traffic light-controlled crossing at 472 Beach Road which will manage traffic on this busy road and gives priority to people on foot. The lights at the crossing will only stop traffic when people push the button.
• Upgrade the footpaths on either side of the crossing, to give more room for people to wait to cross safely.
• Upgrade the existing crossing island at 468 Beach Road where people can safely wait when crossing the road. This is a small section of pavement within the median strip, surrounded by concrete. It helps people crossing to safely wait for a gap in traffic (while giving way to motorists) to finish crossing the road.
• Install a flashing traffic sign near 468 Beach Road to alert motorists that they’re approaching a crossing and to reduce their speed.
• Install new tactile pavers which are yellow guidance markers to help visually impaired people find their way to the crossing and safely cross the road.
• Install a curve advisory sign before the bend for driver awareness to reduce their speed.
• Install high-friction road surface to improve skid resistance ahead of the proposed crossing.
• Realignment of the kerb and reconstruction of the pavement to standardise lane widths and ensure compliance with safety standards.
• Reconstruction and removal of the existing side traffic island.
• New rubber wheel stops in the carpark near 472 Beach Road to improve parking alignment and protection of people on foot.
• Removal of existing signs and painting of new road markings.

A larger drawing showing the changes can be found to the right of this page.

How to contact us:

If you’d like to speak to someone about our plans, please get in touch by emailing us at ATEngagement@at.govt.nz by 14 March 2025.

Thank you

Auckland Transport