Present: Councillors
S Walker (Chairperson), L Acland, P Matheson, M Lawrey, G Noonan, T Skinner and
M Rutledge (Deputy Chairperson)
In
Attendance: Councillor I Barker, Chief Executive (P
Dougherty), Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Governance Adviser (E-J
Ruthven), and Youth Councillors A Burton and H Smith
Apologies : Her
Worship the Mayor R Reese
1. Apologies
2. Confirmation
of Order of Business
There was no change to the order
of business.
3. Interests
There were no updates to the
Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
4. Confirmation
of Minutes
Document number R10061, agenda
pages 5 - 8 refer.
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Recommendation WI/2019/020
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That the Works and Infrastructure Committee
1. Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the
Works and Infrastructure Committee hearing of submissions to Amendment to the
Speed Limits Bylaw 2011 (210) – Waimea Road, held on 6 March 2019, as a
true and correct record.
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Rutledge/Lawrey Carried
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5. Waimea
Road Speed Limit Review - Deliberations
Document number R10000, agenda
pages 9 - 22 refer.
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Engineering Adviser, Sue McAuley, and Transport Planner, Waheed
Ahmed, presented the report.
Ms McAuley explained the amendment to clause one of the
officer recommendation, aligning the description of the area of Waimea Road
for which the speed reduction was proposed with the wording in the Speed
Limits Bylaw. She added that paragraph 7.1 of the report should state
that three, rather than four, options had been considered.
Attendance: Councillor Acland joined the meeting at
10.22a.m.
Ms McAuley and Mr Ahmed answered questions regarding the
relationship between the proposed speed reduction area and the proposed
intersection of Princes Drive and Waimea Road, safety considerations and
potential traffic effects relating to the proposed speed limit reduction, historical
reasons for the 70kph portion of Waimea Road, and past approaches to Council
to consider lowering the speed limit in this area.
Attendance: Councillor Skinner left the meeting from
10.27a.m to 10.28a.m.
Councillor Lawrey, seconded by Councillor Noonan, moved
the amended recommendation in the officer report.
Committee members discussed the motion, noting that any
negative traffic effects as a result of lowering the speed were outweighed by
the safety benefits gained as a result of a lower speed limit.
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Recommendation WI/2019/021
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That the Works
and Infrastructure Committee
1. Receives
the report Waimea Road Speed Limit Review - Deliberations (R10000).
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Lawrey/Noonan Carried
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Recommendation to Council
WI/2019/022
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That the Council
1. Approves
the changes to the Speed Limits Bylaw 2011 (No. 210) by removing the section
of Waimea Road 240m south of Market Road (Market Road) through to 200m north
of the Beatson Road roundabout (being the section of
Waimea Road 300m north of its intersection with the northern end of Beatson
Road to a point 130m west of Tuckett Place, as described in Schedule H of the
Speed Limits Bylaw) from Schedule H
(70kph speed limit zones) and adding it to Schedule F (50kph speed limit
zones); and
2. Approves
the changes to the Speed Limits Bylaw 2011 (No. 210) Schedule A, which
includes the maps of the city’s speed limit zones; and
3. Approves
the implementation of the new speed limit, to take effect four weeks after
the Council approval.
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Lawrey/Noonan Carried
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There being no further business the meeting ended at 11.00am.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
Date