Safe walking connections on St Andrews Road

About the project

Exciting news! In 2025, we’re enhancing crossing safety on St Andrews Road in Three Kings.

We’ve been working with Three Kings School to improve their crossing facilities near their school's side entrance, a popular pick-up/drop-off area on St Andrews Road.

Three Kings School leadership team asked us to build crossing facilities that better protect their students, reduce vehicle speeds, and allow drivers more time to see children using the crossing during peak use periods – before and after school.

Growing communities means busier roads – so we’re working with our communities to make travelling locally safer for everyone!

The changes we're making

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• Raising the zebra crossing so its level with the footpath to slow drivers on approach and ensures people crossing can be seen by motorists.
• Upgrade the foothpaths on either side of the crossing including more room to wait to cross.
• Painting new road markings, installing signs and beacon lights so motorists know they are near a school, to slow on approach and to give priority to people crossing the road here.
• Install tactile pavers which are yellow guidance paving markers to help vision impaired people cross the road.
• We’re reallocating 1 - 2 parking spaces for the footpath extension.

Benefits to your community

• Safe crossing facilities make it easier and stress-free for you, our Tamariki and our community to move about your neighbourhood with confidence. It offers better connections to parks, public transport and other local amenities.
• Improves safety for everyone of different accessibility needs including the elderly, people with prams and wheelchairs, as the crossing is level with the footpath.
• Improves visibility by ensuring people crossing St Andrews Road can be seen by approaching motorists.
• Getting around on foot is good for the environment and good for your health. It helps reduce reliance on cars for local trips, decreasing traffic congestion and reducing our carbon emissions.
• It helps ensure those with mobility needs can navigate crossings more easily.
• New road markings and signs clarify right of way, alert drivers to slow down approaching a crossing. It improves safety by minimising risk of collisions, and ensures compliance with traffic regulations
• Safer crossings minimise risks to traffic flow and dangerous situations on the road. People crossing are prioritised so motorists will only need to stop when someone needs to cross

Impacts:

• Reallocation of road space by removing some resident parking spaces
• Construction time creating time delays from detour.

What happens next

We will install these changes in 2025.

Any change to the plan will be updated on this page.

We will be in touch with local residents and businesses prior to any construction taking place.

How to contact us

We welcome you to share your thoughts with us by 15 December 2024, please email us at ATengagement@at.govt.nz