In 2024, we asked people for feedback on our plan to make streets in Bromley safer and more accessible. See below for what we asked the community, what they told us, and what happened as a result.

We have a plan to make streets in Bromley safer and more accessible and want your feedback on what we’re proposing.

Last year, we reached out to the community to discuss a proposal to improve traffic safety in Bromley through our Way Safer Streets project. Some of this work was to be funded by central Government via the Climate Emergency Response Fund, which is no longer available due to government’s changing priorities.

Making Bromley’s streets safer is still important to us and the community. We’ve reflected on your feedback and worked with the Waitai Coastal Burwood Linwood Community Board to see how we can utilise the funds we do still have, set aside through the Long Term Plan, to create safer and more accessible streets in the Bromley area.

What we're proposing:

On Keighleys Road:

• Installing nine speed humps, between Keighleys intersections with McGregors Road and Linwood Avenue.
• Bollards on the Cemetry-side of Keighleys Road, to stop vehicles from driving around the new speed humps.
• Cutting down the kerb where parents often drop off their children attending Bromley School and adding in tactile pavers, to make this uncontrolled crossing point more accessible.

On Bromley Road:

• Installing a speed hump at the Keighleys Road entrance to Bromley Road.
• Installing a pedestrian refuge island with updated crossing points on Bromley Road, to make it easier for people to cross to the Bromley Community Centre, playground, and nearby bus stops.
• Installing two speed humps on the approaches to this pedestrian refuge island, requiring us to move the bus stop on the Community Centre side further east.
• Removing approximately 15 on street carparks on Bromley Road to make room for the new pedestrian refuge island and to relocate the bus stop.

Additional safety improvements

We are considering additional things we could do to improve safety in Bromley and will consult on these at a later stage. Sign up to Kōrero mai | Let’s Talk (at the top right of this webpage) to be notified when consultation opens on future safety improvements that affect you.

Thanks to everyone who submitted feedback on this project

We received a total of 37 submissions about Bromley street upgrades (Bromley Road and Keighleys Road), from 35 individuals and the following organisations:

• Canterbury Memorial Gardens and Crematorium
• Spokes

What you told us

65% of submitters said they supported or somewhat supported the plan for Keighleys Road and Bromley Road. 30% said that they did not support the plan.

Common topics raised during consultation were:

• That the plan will result in slower/safer speeds in the area (14)
• Support for upgrades around Bromley School (8)
• That the plan will make the area feel and/or be safer for locals (7)
• Support for speed humps specifically (5)
• The upgrades are unneeded (5)
• It is a waste of money (5)

You can read more about what we heard in the meeting agenda below, which includes the staff report. To read all the feedback we received, download the submission table below.

Decision made

Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board approved this project on 9 December 2024.

You can read the meeting minutes which include the formal resolutions councillive.ccc.govt.nz

You can also watch the decision being made. Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board decision meeting - 9 December (from 2hr, 2m).

Construction

Upgrades were made in 2025. These included new speed humps, new signage, renewed asphalt in five areas near pedestrian crossings, tactile paving at six crossing points, one new pedestrian refuge island, and refreshed line markings across six work areas in Bromley.

We also improved street lighting in the area by:

• Upgrading the seven existing streetlights.
• Installing four new streetlights near key crossings, Bromley School and the Bromley Community Centre.

Read our Newsline(external link) story for more information.