Consultation on the Aranui Streets Project has now closed. People were able to provide feedback on the trial from 18 March to 15 April 2024.

You will be able to read their feedback and the staff recommendation once an agenda is available for the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board meeting, which we expect to be in June.

We’re trialling temporary street upgrades to make Aranui streets safer and more people-friendly. Whether visiting whānau and friends or encouraging tamariki to walk, scooter or bike to school, everyone should be able to do it safely.

The project is 90% funded by New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi's ‘Streets for People’ programme. The vision of Streets for People is to create safer and more accessible environments for walking and cycling, and to reduce vehicle speeds and volumes in places where pedestrian numbers are high.

We’re using this funding to work with members of the Aranui community to understand their safety concerns when getting around their community and to problem solve solutions.

The trialled changes have been made using low-cost, quick-to-install materials to see how they work before considering permanent solutions. Trialling any changes first means we can make adjustments if needed, and it also lets locals reimagine their streets and give feedback based on experience, to ensure any permanent solution meets the needs of the community.

Throughout the community design stage of this project, the community identified areas where they were concerned about safety when travelling around Aranui. Together, we've worked on solutions to these problems, and now we want to know how you're finding them.

The changes shown in the map below are focused on high-pedestrian areas – Chisnallwood Intermediate School, Haeata Community Campus, St James School, Wainoni Park and the Hampshire Street shops. They all aim to make it easier and safer to walk, cycle, scooter and drive around Aranui.

The best way to check out the trial is to walk, cycle, scooter or drive through these Aranui streets, but you can also learn more about the six key aspects we're trialling by viewing the slideshow below.

The key aspects of the trial are:

• Pedestrian crossing upgrades
• Safe speed humps
• Intersection upgrades
• Hampshire Street shops – median flexi-posts
• Painted planter boxes
• Footpath widening