Bus station input wanted

Local congestion, on-road parking and feeder bus services are issues business owners have raised during the on-going public consultation for the Northern Busway’s newest station.

Plans for the $70 million Rosedale bus station were officially announced in December, 2017 and public consultation on the design runs until March.

The Rosedale station is part of NZTA’s Northern Corridor Improvements (NCI) project that included a new motorway connection between SH1 and SH18, the extension of the Northern Busway up to Albany, and new shared walking and cycling paths and connections.

The station design includes local service bus stops on Rosedale Rd, drop-off and pick-up areas, and some parking spaces for operational and mobility access car parks.

There will be no park and ride facility.

Auckland Transport (AT) documentation states, once the bus station is completed, some bus services will re-route to the station and local feeder buses will be added.

During a February 22 public information day at a Rosedale cafe, NZTA representative Lucie Timmers said improvements to the local road network, the existing parking situation, current and predicted congestion, as well as bus routes and services, were chief concerns business owners and workers were raising.

Construction on the station to be situated in Arrenway Drive was due to start in the middle of 2019, with the station set to open in 2021.

Public consultation on the Rosedale bus station closes at 5pm on March 16.

Go to nzta.govt.nz/rosedalebusway-station to fill in a feedback survey.