Q: Why has the council put a traffic counter at the bottom of Cockburn St in Grey Lynn, and what are all the white paint markings on Hakanoa St? Caterina De Nave, Grey Lynn.
A: The white paint lets the road contractor know where repairs are needed before the street is resealed. The speed/volume counter on Cockburn St is part of a routine monitoring programme.
Q: Who actually uses the information from those black tubes that lie across roads? Julie Middleton, Three Kings.
A: Nabeel Hammad, an engineer with Waitakere City, says that councils take information from the traffic counters when they are redesigning roads, modelling how new roading layouts might work and in reports on traffic volumes.
Q: Recently video cameras have been installed on light poles along Lincoln Rd. What are they for? M. Sutton, Henderson.
A: The cameras are used for monitoring traffic so that traffic lights can be adjusted if necessary. The information goes to the city council and also to Transit's traffic management unit.
Q: Having just bought a house in Tidey Rd, Mt Wellington, I notice major traffic congestion at the intersection of Harding Ave and Marua Rd with Lunn Ave. The development of the nearby quarry site will only make it worse. Are there any plans to put in a roundabout or lights here? Bram Milne, Mt Wellington.
A: No. There will be more traffic when the development goes in, and that is some way off as it hasn't been through resource consent yet and we all know how long that can take, but the city's traffic engineers feel this intersection will cope as it is.
<EM>Get moving:</EM> Focus on traffic counters
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