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Please! Could lane arrows painted on streets approaching light-controlled intersections be painted further from the intersection? Currently they seem to be about three car lengths long, and if there are more than three cars waiting there is no way to see which lane turns where. Frequently there areonly two lanes going into the lights, and no way of knowing which is turning or straight ahead.
Bill Milnes, Auckland.
It's a tricky one, and potentially dangerous as one hastens to change lanes when the options become visible.
Auckland City Council generally marks lane arrows at 10m, and where possible, 50m from the limit line or turning point. This is in accordance with national specifications provided by Land Transport New Zealand.
In many cases, extra lane arrows cannot be painted in, either because the lanes are less than 50m long or because of kerbside parking.
The council tries to put extra lane arrows in advance where it is possible.
There are exciting things happening with diggers, drills and traffic cones at the pedestrian crossing at the intersection of St Lukes Rd and Asquith Ave in Mt Albert. What's going on? And please, could you let the council know that the small trees in the pedestrian crossing flowerbeds were lovely, and can they be replaced whenever the work is finished?
Clare Ferguson, Mt Albert.
The work was done to improve safety at the crossing. No word on the shrubbery as yet.
Alongside the new motorway works in Mt Roskill there are a couple of notorious flooding areas on Somerset Rd by the bridge and on works access site No 26. Surely a small link could be made for the road water to drain into the stream beside the motorway.
Name and address misplaced.
The council is looking at ways to improve the situation.
