At last weeks, LTP Raglan consultation event, John Lawson asked the mayor about the timing for work starting on 44.2 million dollars of Raglan items in the Transport Asset Management Plan, as linked from the LTP consultation page. The project list includes the old council favourite of traffic lights on the Wainui Road one way bridge along with more roundabouts and the much planned but not implemented 2 lane replacement bridge.
She was unable to answer the question and referred John to the council’s info email address.
The big budget items included in the Plan are –
- Lorenzen Bay Road/Main Road roundabout 324 Raglan Safety 100% 0% $500,000 $6,000,000
- New Bridge Investigation 341 Raglan Safety 100% 0% $300,000
- Raglan Walking and Cycling 452 Raglan Active Travel 50% 50% $100,000 $50,000 $150,000 $100,000
- Signage wayfinding review 341 Raglan Safety 0% 100% $200,000
- Southwestern Corridor Study 324 Raglan Safety 100% 0% $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000
- Te Hutewai Road Roundabout 324 Raglan Safety 100% 0% $500,000
- Traffic calming 341 Raglan Safety 75% 25% $100,000 $500,000 $500,000
- Wainui Bridge Signals 341 Raglan Safety 75% 25% $300,000
- Wainui Rd 957 Bridge – Upgrade to two lane bridge 322 Raglan Resilience 24% 76% $500,000 $5,000,000 $12,000,000
- Wainui Road Roundabout 324 Raglan Safety 100% 0% $500,000 $5,000,000 $10,000,000
John has asked the council’s info email about the projects that total $44.2million: “What is the status of them please? Is it intended that $44.2m will be spent on these over the next 9 years, or do some/all depend on NZTA and/or Development Contributions. What part of this spending is intended to come from ratepayers and is it an option for them to say they don’t want some, or all of it spent, or to be spent on other things, either for transport, or other spending?”