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Piha - Beach Valley Rd Weedfree Project

Pedestrian and Vehicle Safety

When the residents and property owners of Beach Valley Road, Piha, first met we settled on four objectives for our project: Eradicate weeds : replace with natives : pedestrian safety : vehicle safety.

Return to BVR home page BVR Concept Plan [4170kb]pdf

29th May 2010: Beach Valley Road, Piha: Traffic Calming Measures

Description of Works:

As part of WCC Minor Safety Programme the following works are proposed to commence in the near future. The proposed works has been approved by the Waitakere Community Board.

Construction a pedestrian walkway (intersection of Beach Valley Road / Seaview Road (not requested by BVR Project. Piha R&R asked for this)
Install 3 speed humps - Beach Valley Road
Extend existing post and rail timber barrier - Beach Valley Road to Milk Track

For properties outside the work limits, works will have no impact on their road frontage, however they may be impacted by traffic delays and normal construction noise etc.

Construction Project

Construction is proposed to commence on or shortly after the 31st of May and is expected to take approximately 2 weeks to complete depending on the weather and ground conditions encountered.

Project Engineer (for on-site enquiries)

Project Servies - Keerthi Mayakaduwa; Senior Engineer - Roading. Phone 8368000 Ext 8740

Contractor (for constyruction enquiries)

Fulton Hogan Ltd has been awarded the contract. If you have any questions and concerns regarding the contract work, please contact Brent Goodhue Mob: 0274 461 974

Project Manager (for overall scheme enquiries)

Duncan Campbell; Senior Transport Engineer - Traffic Services Ph: 8368000 Ext 8019

4/5/10 Beach Valley Road Safety Improvements from WCC. Completion of all, except walkway alongside carriageway, by July 2010 and the walkway alongside carriageway by Xmas 2010. WCC document HERE

3/3/10: Update: Pedestrian Safety WCC Transport Assets "Following public consultation in
September 2009, feedback was received that indicated pedestrian safety in the vicinity of 7 - 11 Beach Valley Road and also the RSA was of some concern" Below are the documents posted

Letter included with documents [24kb]doc Colour diagram [2388]kb

Diagram01 [40kb].pdf Steps diagram [ 24kb].pdf

13/8/09: Update: Pedestrian Safety at 'The Circle & Milk Track' Beach Valley Road Piha: The plans for community consultation to increase pedestrian are done. This will work well with the group working to have safe walking for the whole of Piha: Here it is [152kb] pdf

13/8/09: Pedestrian safety is to be improved further down around between the Piha RSA and the intersection of Seaview Road. These plans, for community consultation, include 'no parking' areas and protected areas for pedestrians. Pedestrian Safety along Beach Valley Rd, Piha [788kb] pdf

11/6/09: Pedestrian Safety at 'The Circle & Milk Track' Beach Valley Road. Great news that WCC, our partners in this project, have plans now, following our discussions and meetings (see below), to extend pedestrian safety up the southern side of BVR to the Milk Track. Pedestrian Safety BVR - Milk Track here [152kb].pdf

22/2/09 After discussing roading maintenance with WCC we have agreed on the following:

Clean the sand off the road sides at the Y junction just below Sylvan Glade - DONE
Remove two horizontal rails as marked (one opposite road to surf club, and one opposite No. 25 Beach Valley Road for pedestrian access to the walkway
Blocked culverts under the road in front of Brockie's leading to Moana Stream - ARC responsibility DONE
Improve pedestrian and vehicle visibility on Y intersection between #58 & #39 DONE
Existing sandy path to be widened for pram access - in front of #58 DONE
2 X toilet signs showing public toilets visible from the road DONE
Replacement reflectors requested for all vertical posts adjacent to roadway DONE
Fix missing horizontal barrier outside No. 9 Sylvan Glade DONE
Blocked inlet opposite No. 54 Beach Valley Road DONE
Remove flax from northern side of Moana Stream to free up walkway in front of #35 & 37 DONE see photos 4a below
Remove weeds along bank opposite Moana Stream to behind the bollards ready for planting and trim vegetation back to behind bollards. DONE
Put drainage under walkway on uphill side of speed humps near #50 & #19 DONE

On the list for later:

Pedestrian strip requested from RSA to Seaview Road - WCC to investigate options as a possible consultation and implementation next financial year.
Extend safe walkway from Beach Valley Road, around the corner to meet Milk Track, including safety bollards same as the corner of Beach Valley and Sylvan Glade. Under investigation and consultation.
Speed humps

Thanks for your feedback which is: These numbers correlate with the photos below and will be discussed with WCC at the meeting on 13th :-)

Grading the sides of the Beach Valley Road
Public toilet signs x 2
Machine remove all weeds on bank in front of #35 & 37 ready for possible planting next winter
Remove all flax on the side of Moana Stream opposite #35 & 37 down to toilets and grade for pedestrians Remove all vegetation, except pohutukawa, at apex of the Y intersecton between # 35, 37 58. This is to enable traffic coming from both sides of Y roads to see each other and to allow pedestrian movement between pohutukawa.

Pedestrian safety at Y junction opposite Brockies

Traffic mirror on lampost in front of #35

Clean out water pipes under road that feed into Moana Stream. One side is blocked.

Open up bollards for pedestrian entry outside #58

Extend yellow 'no parking' markings on western junction of Sylvan Glade and BVR to the walkway

Maintainence of reflective markers on all bollards

Fix / upgrade storm water pipe in front of #31

Add entrance to walkway opposite # #19, 25 & 29

Put drainage under walkway on uphill side of speed humps

Look at slowing traffic down between #17 13 & 11

Remove flax in front of 20km sign outside #34

Extend safe walkway from milk track in front of #32, 34 & 36 to meet current one on the southern side of Beach Valley Road toward beach for pedestrian safety

Add yellow no parking road markings along this 'safe walkway' (above)

Pedestrian safety from RSA up the northern side of Beach Valley Road to the front of #17 then provide safe movement to cross the road to safe walkway on northern side

Pedestrian safety from RSA down toward the intersection with Seaview Road.