Above are graphics produced as evidence by the NZTA for their application for resource consents.

NZTA are into their final negotiations for the Puhoi to Warkworth Tollway to be completed by 2022 NZTA claim that it will solve the problems at the Hill St Intersection.

FALSE: The Board of Inquiry (BOI) for the tollway was highly critical of the operation of the Hill Street Intersection. Nearly half the report was devoted to the pr...

Map showing the Matakana Link, which the announcement says will stop at Matakana Road and not continue on to Sandspit Road.

The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and Auckland Transport (AT) have announced that the design of the Matakana Link is underway and they claim that it will ease the traffic problem at the Hill Street Intersection. They are suggesting that construction may be complete by 2022. There has been no commitme...

The NZTA's graphic showing the proposed route of the Western Collector.

False.  The Western Collector was never and will never be a bypass to the Hill Street Intersection. It is on the rim of the wheel. Hill Street Intersection is the Hub
 

The HUB is the NUB of the problem.

False. The Western Collector shown above was intended to connect the industrial areas that are strangely scattered around Warkworth. It clearly was never int...

 Auckland Transport graphic showing the proposed trial works.

False.  It will force 1300 vehicles per day to go 2 km further to get to the CBD. This will put more pressure on Whitaker Road at SH1 and at the RSA corner. If the Elizabeth Street exit to Matakana and was cut off completely a further 2900 vehicles per day would also be diverted. All this traffic will be added to SH1 traffic.

True. Cars from Matakana and Sandspit goin...

 An aerial photograph of the stretch of State Highway 1 between the Whitaker Street intersection and Hill Street intersection with the Shoesmith Bridge at the centre of the photo.

False.  The reason why Shoesmith Bridge is a problem is that traffic queuing is backing up onto it from Hill Street Intersection for northbound traffic. To a lesser extent southbound traffic is backing up from the single lane south at Woodcocks Road t...

False. It is a design problem that causes congestion and gridlock several times a day.

What causes Congestion and when does Congestion become Gridlock?

Rule 1: Capacity on the open road is not too much of a problem. As traffic slows down the spacing decreases so that more vehicles still get past any given spot.  

Rule 2: When the traffic speed drops below 35kph the gain from decreased spacing gets less and less vehicles get...

In the GIS map above, there's plenty of public land that can be utilised to fix Hill Street and avoid construction disruption.

True.  The public had a bad experience with the Woodcocks/ Whitaker roadworks. All the services under the existing road had to be rebuilt or diverted. The contract took two years. It started at the start of winter at the muddiest time of the year.

False. The traffic at the Hill Street Intersection...

The NZ Transport Agency has recently announced a $2 million fund to investigate and redesign the intersection. Previously, the NZTA procrastinated over whether there was money to fix the intersection.

False. Yes there is. Click on the image above. The New Zealand Transport Agency has set aside a budget of between $20 million and $100 million just to improve Warkworth intersections. On the page's header, guess what intersection...

The NZTA has recently announced a $2million fund to Auckland Transport to investigate and redesign the intersection. 

 The Auckland Council and New Zealand Transport Agency are responsible for the State Highway 1 intersection with Hill Street, other connecting roads, and Resource Management Act planning.

 The NZTA is a requiring authority under the Resource Management Act 1991 with the responsibility of managing the state highwa...