Improving road safety at the Albany Heights Road and Wright Road intersection.

We're upgrading the Albany Heights Road and Wright Road intersection in Albany to improve driver safety. This rural intersection often sees vehicles failing to stop. Safety upgrades will be made to the intersection to encourage vehicles to stop, increase visibility, and help reduce the number of crashes in this area.

The changes we are making March/April 2026

• Realign the existing kerb to ensure Wright Road intersection is perpendicular to Albany Heights Road. This improves visibility and increases overall safety at the intersection.
• Install new white and yellow road markings to clarify right of way and ensure compliance with traffic regulations.
• Install a new traffic island to help direct drivers and provide separation between lanes.
• Install a new mountable apron to allow larger vehicles, like trucks, to drive on it to make turns, while preventing smaller cars from cutting the corner at speed.
• Install a new STOP traffic sign at the entrance of Wright Road intersection to ensure traffic STOPS and gives way to traffic on Albany Heights Road.

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

Benefits to your community:

• Encourages drivers to STOP at the intersection.
• Improves visibility and safety for everyone using the road.
• Make the road safer by reducing the risk of vehicles failing to give way at the intersection.

What happens next:

• We will be in touch with residents before any construction takes place.
• Any change to the plan will be updated on our website.

How to contact us:

If you’d like to speak to someone about our plans, please email us at ATEngagement@at.govt.nz by 3 December 2025.