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July 2018

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Rosedale Busway Station

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Here's a quick update on the joint NZ Transport Agency/ Auckland Transport (AT) project currently being planned in Rosedale. Located on Arrenway Drive, the new Rosedale Busway Station will provide more transport options for the many people who work, travel through and visit the Rosedale area.

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Northern Express bus service

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Community consultation

Planning and design work for the new Rosedale Busway Station has been progressing well over the past few months and thank you to everyone who provided feedback or attended one of our open day sessions to help shape the design.

The consultation period ran from Monday 29 January until Friday 16 March. In this time, we received 228 completed surveys using our customised online portal and in hard-copy form.

A full overview of the consultation process, the type of feedback received, and how this has been used during our pre-consenting planning and design process can be found here.

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Concept drawing - Rosedale Busway Station - Aerial
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Concept design drawing - Rosedale Busway Station looking west – Rosedale Road with local bus bays and Northern Busway lanes and platforms on bridge structure above. SH1 motorway lanes visible behind Northern Busway.

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Feedback in a snapshot

During the consultation, 462 people visited at least one page on the online consultation portal, 368 informed participants visited multiple pages, and 228 online surveys were completed.

  • The majority of respondents already use a Busway Station, with Albany Busway Station being the most popular (31%), closely followed by Constellation Busway Station (25%) where people drive to the station and use the Park & Ride facilities (51%).
  • 40.7% of people said they would use the new Rosedale Busway Station, 33.2% said they would not use the station, and 26.1% were undecided. Most people said that they would use the station on a daily basis (33.3%).
  • Most people would take a bus to get to the station and an overwhelming majority would use the new station as a stepping stone to get on the Northern Express service to the city.
  • Most would use the station to get to work.
  • If improved bus feeder services are in place, people are likely to try these services to access Rosedale Busway Station (26.3% very likely and 16.1% likely). 18.8% were unsure, 12.1% unlikely and 26.8% were not likely at all.
  • Of those people who currently drive to Rosedale and park on local roads, 38.8% are likely or very likely to continue to do this. The same amount of people (38.8%) said that they are unlikely or not likely at all to continue to drive to Rosedale and park on local roads. 22.4% were undecided.
  • The top five amenities people would like to see at the new station are toilets, good lighting, bike racks, planting/landscaping and commuter retail.
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Concept drawing - Rosedale Busway Station - entranceway
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Concept design drawing – Entrance plaza to Rosedale Busway Station from drop-off area, accessed via Arrenway Drive.

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Response to key issues raised during engagement

Local bus feeder services

The roll out of Auckland Transport’s (AT) New Network later this year will provide more local bus feeder services and improved routes to make it easier for customers to travel by bus around the North Shore, including Rosedale. Information on these new routes and services can be found here: www.at.govt.nz/newnetworknorth.

Approximately one-year before the Rosedale Busway Station is completed (estimated completion is 2021/22), the bus network will be reviewed again and further changes made, supported by consultation and feedback from the local community, with a view to re-routing and improving bus services to the new station.

This means that the residential and commercial centres in the area will be easier to get to by bus. Commuters will also have the option to use the Northern Express buses along the extended Northern Busway, as these services will run through and connect to the new Rosedale Busway Station.

Additionally, an 8.5km shared walking and cycling path will be built as part of the Northern Corridor Improvements (NCI) project alongside the Northern Busway, with connections to Rosedale Busway Station and local paths, making it safer and easier for customers to walk and cycle to the new station.

 

Current congestion and future local road improvements

We’re aware of the existing congestion problems in and around Rosedale and Albany, in particular during peak times. It is predicted however, that traffic flows will improve in the Rosedale area once transport improvements related to the Transport Agency’s wider Northern Corridor Improvements (NCI) project are completed in 2021/22. Our studies have shown that these NCI project improvements to SH1 and SH18, along with the planned extension of the Northern Busway to Albany, once completed, will reduce congestion on local roads and therefore improve local traffic flows.

Planning work on the Rosedale Busway Station project is continuing to develop further, and as part of this work, we are carrying out more traffic and transport assessments to help further refine the design and ensure the wider network impacts are understood and effects are minimised or alleviated.

So far it has been established that we should look into the following improvements:

  • Intersections at Rosedale Road/Tawa Drive and Rosedale Road/Triton Drive to make it safer and easier for all customers to get around.
  • A roundabout at the Cowley Place/Tait Place intersection to help buses turn around.
  • Pedestrian and cyclist facilities on Rosedale Road, Triton Drive, Arrenway Drive, and Apollo Drive to make it safer and easier for customers to access the new station.

 

On-street parking

Parking is already close to full capacity on the local roads in Rosedale and many submitters raised concerns about bus commuters also using these limited parking spaces.

An on-street parking strategy is being developed by AT to ensure that on-street parking close to the new station can be used in the most efficient manner. AT will undertake further community consultation to assess the parking situation approximately one year before the new Rosedale Busway Station is due to open, and then implement the necessary changes. This will likely be in 2020/21.

A park and ride facility at Rosedale is not being incorporated into the station design and instead, AT is looking to invest in upgrading existing park and ride stations such as Albany, for those who want to drive their car to a busway station.

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Next steps

  • Now – September 2018 - Pre-consenting planning and design development. 
  • October 2018 – Mid 2019 - Submit consent application and consenting process.
  • 2019 onward – More detailed design work and construction drawings.
  • End 2019 – 2021/22 – Construction of the Rosedale Busway Station as part of the wider Northern Corridor Improvement (NCI) works.
  • 2021/22 – Expected opening of the Rosedale Busway Station.

Again, we sincerely thank you for your input so far and will stay in touch to let you know about the consenting process later this year. If you do not wish to receive this information in the future, please select the unsubscribe option at the end of this email.

Kind regards,

The Rosedale Busway Station project team

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More information

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For more information on the Rosedale Busway Station project, contact us at rosedalebusstation@nzta.govt.nz

Visit our website www.nzta.govt.nz/rosedale-busway-station

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