7 March, 2025

School gets sign off on $300k Aberdeen Rd crossing

A raised crossing will be built on Aberdeen Rd at Campbells Bay Primary School.
The $306,455 project – long sought by the school and supported by police – will go ahead in the 2025-26 financial year, Auckland Transport (AT) has confirmed.
The money is from a discretionary fund that allows local boards to set project priorities. The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board had $556,455 left to allocate from its $1.46 million three-yearly fund. It has backed the Aberdeen Rd crossing and another to be built in Auburn St, Takapuna.
The Auburn St crossing will be near Como St and close to the entrance to the Auburn Reserve. The estimated cost is $250,000.
At the board’s February meeting, deputy chair Terence Harpur asked AT staff if the Auburn St crossing would be raised and include a pedestrian-refuge island. He was told these points would be confirmed at the design stage before mid-2026.
Member George Wood asked if raised crossings were still on AT’s agenda, after government and mayoral directions on transport priorities.
AT said in some cases, such as at Aberdeen Rd, they remained appropriate, although there had been a move away from building them on arterial roads.

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