Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Auckland City Council
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Participate with the Land Transport Safety Authority, Toll NZ, Papakura District Council and Waitakere City Council in a review of all existing railway level crossings within the Auckland metropolitan area, to ensure that their design, layout, signage and warning devices are adequate for current road and rail traffic volumes and will be adequate to meet projected increases in rail traffic on the Auckland rail corridors.
Reply Text
In respect of the commissions recommendation 10/04 I would advise that we would be quite happy to participate in any safety focused reviews of level crossings. There are in fact 24 level crossings (3 are pedestrian only) within the territory of Auckland City. Sixteen of these will be subject to proposed increases in commuter rail traffic in the next few years. The balance are on the little used Onehunga Branch Line. A study with the high level objective of determining a means of eliminating level crossings, by grade separation or redirection of traffic in the City is nearing completion. Public consultation, resource consent and funding issues will however all need resolution prior to changes from the current form of the level crossings.
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