A bowling club in disrepair
crossing in March.
However, parents from the two schools were concerned the hump was dangerous because of poor visibility, speeding motorists and sun strike.
Geoff Waller said motorists often didn’t see the hump because of the lack of visible signs.
Waller crossed the speed hump four times a day to drop his granddaughter to kindergarten.
‘‘Cars don’t know if they should stop or go,’’ Waller said.
‘‘That’s extremely dangerous for pedestrians waiting to cross.
‘‘A sign telling pedestrians to give way is at a 90 degree angle to traffic so motorists can’t see that.’’
Grant Rattey, a parent of a kindergarten student, said the hump was too risky.
The sign giving way to vehicles only encouraged drivers not to stop.
It was extremely dangerous to students crossing without an adult, he said.
Another parent Jonathan Munro said a hump outside a school zone was not appropriate.
‘‘It’s a fast-paced road and cars don’t really stop. When it’s outside a school, pedestrians need a crossing, not a hump.’’
Annika Rosandi wondered if the hump’s location was ideal.
Motorists travelling from Piha dealt with sun strike on a bright morning and wouldn’t see pedestrians crossing.
Her children were nearly hit there once, she said.
Oratia Kindergarten acting head teacher Pip Stevens said the hump caused a lot of confusion.
AT was waiting for special heritage light poles to arrive before the zebra crossing could go in, Hannan said.
‘‘Because a pedestrian crossing requires street lighting to be legal, road marking, including zebra crossing, will be completed when the lights are functioning.’’ . . . continued from page 1.
RNZ reported Drever invoiced the club $17,250 for ‘‘professional advice’’ over the land sale - but the club refused to pay.
Central Park Legal lawyer Bruce Johnson has acted for Drever, and registered Avondale Bowling Club Limited for Beverley Spain. Johnson said all three parties in the land sale were independently represented, and all were aware that it was an on-sale.
When Stuff visited Avondale Bowling Club this week its grounds were in disrepair - with broken water tanks, a leaking roof, a few smashed windows and its main sign broken and lying on the ground.
Auckland Bowls has now taken over running the club and general manager Phil Vyver said it was looking into the land sale.
Former club member Paul Davie was at a meeting of the club on February 19. An Auckland Bowls representative told those present that the money from the land sale had gone, and the club was now $40,000 in debt, Davie said.
Drever had his real estate licence stripped in November 2016 after eight charges of either misconduct or unsatisfactory conduct brought against him since 2011, and $34,000 of fines.