Tauranga City Council have developed a plan to improve safety on Sherwood Street and Little John Drive to help reduce the speed of vehicles in this area

The changes will help to improve safety for pedestrians, cyclists, scooters, and cars travelling from Sherwood Street to Little John Drive, as well as improve safety for our tamariki and families using Little John Drive as an access point to Ōtūmoetai Primary School, Ōtūmoetai Intermediate School and Ōtūmoetai College and local amenities including Mitchell Park

by Otumoetai Intermediate Communications

Otumoetai Intermediate Communications

— Dec 7, 2023

What

The safety improvements include:

Sherwood Street

A raised pedestrian crossing on Sherwood Street close to Crombie Street with 25km/h signs
New pedestrian crossing lighting for better visibility
Footpath and kerbing works
New road markings on the pavement surface
Additional advance warning signage
Vegetation clearing to improve pedestrian and driver sight lines
Replacement of the tactile indicators with more durable tactile pavers at the Ōtūmoetai Primary School existing pedestrian crossing on Sherwood Street, adjacent to the school swimming pool.

Little John Drive

An upgraded pedestrian refuge island on Little John Drive
New pedestrian pram crossings with tactile pavers where the kerb drops onto the road
New footpath and kerbing works
New road markings
Replacing the existing cobble pavement with a new asphalt pavement
Safety barrier replacement
Vegetation clearing to improve pedestrian and driver sight lines.

When

We will complete some site investigations to locate services before Christmas. The construction work will start in early January 2024 and will take four to six weeks to complete. This work is weather dependent.

To keep up-to-date on these works and to get more information on the traffic management during this time, please subscribe to the weekly bulletin, which we issue every Friday afternoon. www.tauranga.govt.nz/weeklybulletin