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AT RESPONDS TO OUTRAGE OF MOTORISTS (Times), October 30:
Tony King
With a bit of design thought a lane underpass to travel to Panmure from Howick and another to access the Flyover from the Plaza would have meant no traffic lights just merge lanes.
Des M. Guzman
Grateful for it. It saves me lots of time going to work. Thank you very much. I see people use their phone when they drive on that Flyover. That causes the holdup of traffic.
Shiong-Ming Low
Agreed. It’s a dog’s breakfast design here. I still don’t get the logic where the speed on Pakuranga Highway is 60kmh, and the South Eastern is 80kmh, and yet the Flyover is 50kmh, effectively reducing smooth travelling and clogging up both directions. Smarter way is to keep the same speed as 60kmh so the merge at the end can be smooth and commuters can smoothly increase speed to 80kmh. This can help lessen the backlog of traffic on both ends.
Kynan Farr
There [was] always going to be people moaning, get on with it.
Sacha Jordan
Of course Auckland Transport (AT) will make any excuse possible to make them look like they are helping the drivers of the area but reality is there’s been car accidents almost daily. And the traffic lights is too many. Wake up AT. You fudged up big time. 60kmh then 50kmh then 80kmh. This is probably why Labour was stalling and National thought they would gain votes for this, not gonna get my vote. How many more car crashes do innocent people gonna have for you lot to wake up.
Beverley Baker
Agree with you! Or is that inside lane going to be the bus lane into Howick and that’s why there is a daft island but in the middle now?
Carole Van Weede
Interesting looking at the picture. Left turning traffic doesn’t have dotted lines to keep them left, so drivers think they can go straight ahead. I haven’t even dared driving through that yet!
Alistair Goodwin
There are numerous examples of very poor design by AT all over Auckland and absolutely no accountability from those responsible. They’re on big bucks and the remedial work required should come from their salaries.
Stephen Jessup
People aren’t interested in public transport so why is AT trying to push it on everyone.
Graeme McDonald
I don’t know why everyone is complaining – the usual speed over the new bridge is 65kmh-70kmh.
Bruce Phythian
Auckland is grinding to a halt and building more motorways and a new harbour crossing will not fix it. Drive along the North-Western motorway at 3pm into the city and traffic is banked up at numerous offramp. Door to door public transport is the only fix.
Francesca Housiaux
All four lanes not two need to go over the bridge towards the motorway and the exit should have come off the original way and then there would have been no lights! Then problem solved! That would have been brilliant!
