New crossing finished

December 2023

The upgrade the existing Parklands School crossing has been completed. The old road level pedestrian crossing has been built up into a raised crossing giving greater visibility for school children crossing and for traffic slowing outside the school.

Speeding traffic concerns Parklands School

There are increasing concerns about the growing risk to students from speeding vehicles on Pah Street in Motueka outside Parklands School.

Tumuaki/Principal Andrea Smith says they’re seeing large trucks and cars speed past the school on a daily basis, posing a huge risk to students.

“We want to make sure our children get home safely after school, and if something doesn’t change then I hate to think what the outcome could be.”

To address these concerns, the Transport Choices Motueka team have worked on plans to come up with solutions to provide greater protection for the children getting to and from school.

Project Manager and Motueka resident Dan Roberts says the team has worked with Parklands School to create a design that works for the students and wider school operations.

“We are proposing raised crossing points where the kids need to be able to safely cross the road to get to and from school. These raised crossings will help make the children more visible to other road users.”

Dan says the new crossings will help lower vehicle speeds around the school.

“With these changes, we will be less likely to see near misses or accidents in the area.”

The raised crossing will be installed near the intersection of Pah and Talbot Streets and will connect to an internal path in Memorial Park. There will also be a proposed upgrade of the existing school crossing.

Andrea says both she and the School Board have seen the plans and are happy with the feedback that we supplied to ensure it works for our tamariki.

“We’re looking forward to it being in place.”

Parklands School Crossing Upgrade

Upgrade the existing school crossing to a raised crossing for greater visibility for school children crossing and to slow traffic outside the school.

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Artistic interpretation of proposed work