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I wish the Tamihana bump on the road was not there. I don't even live right next to it but I can still hear every single time someone goes over it. If they go too fast my house shakes. I feel sorry for the people that live closer to it. Walkers and bikers often treat it like a pedestrian crossing. All that needed to happen was the tree by the rose garden to be pruned more regularly so the line of sight was better down the road. And level off the curbing so that people with their little kids on bikes don't have to slow down for so much to help their kids get up the driveway curb, but rather have a flatter bit that they could ride straight over.
With what you've done, walkers and bikers seem to think they have the right of way. To make it worse, bikers obviously think that because it's also classified as a bike track they take priority. I often walk and I always move to the very edge of the footpath for other walkers and bikers but the bikers don't get out of the way at all and I regularly have to move right off into the long wet grass to avoid getting hit by cyclists that insist on staying in the very middle of the path.
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I wonder if maybe you would get more "buy- in " from people if you had a broader perspective in your approach.Perhaps if you viewed the town layout like a wheel,and invested in shared footpaths on the main spokes ie. dual footpaths to the town centre on the following roads: Station,Farmers,Peria,
WaharoaW&E,Tawari/Findlater,Tower,Mangawhero &Burwood .
If you want to encourage more cycling and walking,I suggest more people would use these amenities if there is a purpose eg going to town.
The loop proposed is fine for recreation, but it is just that.....a loop.
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I like the speed bump in Tamihana Street,it has slowed fast traffic down.
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I think locals just have to get used to these changes,they are everywhere, in every city outside of our "hamlet" and proven to work.
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I wish there was a pedestrian crossing, put in by Waka Kotahi, but on advice from the council, so that people from the retirement homes on the west side of town, can safely get to the town centre.This is decades overdue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I wonder if NZRail and the Council could work together on having a fenced cycle /pedestrian path between the two Southern railway crossings,in Firth Street, so that people can either walk or cycle a loop up that section of SH27.Very few people cycle on that stretch of road carriageway because it does not feel safe.In addition, many of the trees along that strip have fallen/are falling down,and sit for ages,creating a mess,and making it impossible to mow properly. (Kiwirail can probably put up a boundary fence to keep people excluded from the track.)
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For a pedestrian to go on the start of Meura street Broadway end as the kids who walk to town would be far safer with one there as I have seen so many kids have near misses as heaps hoon around there from Broadway to Meura street.
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I wish so did something with the pedestrian crossing outside the college
Someone will get seriously injured there one day
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I wish you will remove speed hump on Tamihina Street
All it is going to do is damage people’s vehicles
All you have done is direct traffic Rata street
Rugby season is about to start which means Rata street is not a good cycle way due to a large increase in traffic during weekends
At the age of 64 I ride a bike and generally take a different route every time I go out
Cyclist and walkers need take responsibility for there own safety Not at a huge changes on our streets
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Get over it. Cars are here to stay. Our roads are wide enough and we don't have the traffic to warrant this waste of money.
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You would all get off the PC bandwagon!
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Why you are persisting with this nonsense
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You don't need any more. Full stop
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We could spend money on things that we actually need.
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I wonder why councillors say all..sorts during election and then ignore everything once in
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Who was the creative thinker who likes to waste public money on this ridiculous idea. The humps through the drive are dangerous for walkers I have fallen over twice on the ones on tamihana street. I live on rata street and very few cyclists can be seen on this road. Speed hasn't slowed and the hoons are still doing wheelies. I don't see how this has improved anything at all except for the expense of it all and the eye sore of painted signs and bollards all over the place
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I like the fact the council is working on cycling and walking-friendly initiatives and believe this present one can be the first phase of a bigger active transport network plan for Matamata. This would need to include a link to Waharoa and the schools area on the west side of Firth Street / east side of Smith Street. As long as Centennial Drive allows vehicles (preferably keep them out in the near future), I like the new-style traffic ‘cushions’ which work well for mobility scooter users. The traffic cushion in Tamihana Street could be retained or converted to a painted red box.
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I wish the route created a loop that traverses the length of Burwood Road from Banks Road to Broadway, turning left to allow access to Matamata Primary School, heading down Meura Street to Tui Street, up Tui Street to Tainui Street and on to Centennial Drive. Centennial Drive would ideally be for active transport and walkers only. I wish the route would cut out the #1 to #2 section. For people exiting Matamata Domain, install a traffic cushion or pedestrian crossing across Meura Street to ease the way into Tui Street, and another on Tainui Street to ease cyclists’ access to Tainui Street (where they could use a bike rack, eg, in the Farmers car park, and then walk around the central business district).
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I wonder if the kerb buildouts at the intersection of Rata Street and Burwood Road could be removed or modified, as long as Rata Street is clearly signposted as a shared road, and has paint marks or other signal showing cyclists they can turn before they hit Burwood Road (keeping Rata Street at 30kph). Can cycling please be factored into plans to upgrade the intersection of Burwood Road / Broadway / Tower Road / Mangawhero Road.
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I don’t like these at all. Have staff tried driving over the humps with a person who has recently had an operation?
Why isn’t the wide berm on both sides of Burwood Road used instead of narrow urban residential roads?
The hump on Tamihana St gives fee crossing from Centennial Drive when this traffic should be giving way to street traffic
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I like that the MPDC has recognised the importance of other forms of mobility in our town rather than just cars, utes and trucks. It shows that we understand how important it is from health, emissions, safety and congestion points of view to encourage people out of their vehicles and into other ways of getting around like bikes, scooters, skateboards, mobility scooters etc.
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I wish that the current bike network that the MPDC is trialing in a small part of town, could be extended to cover the whole town so that people could access town for work and shopping reasons and students could get to schools safely. I also wish to support the submission of Transition Matamata.
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The tamihana speed bump is absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary
The majority of the community want it gone and from reading these comments so do the residents close to it
I have driven from the drive onto tamihana street across the ‘ramp’ and it is not car friendly
Do not listen to those who are saying that centennial drive should be pedestrian and cyclists only
It is a perfect spot to park up and have lunch and is used responsibly
The speed bumps in the drive serve their purpose
The painted bikes on rata Street are absolutely ridiculous and look ugly
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I think that Centennial Dr should be only for cycling and walking, there is no need for cars to go in it, and then the speed bumps would not be needed. Even the split bums are a nuisance for cyclists as you have to get out of your way to avoid them. It would be more enjoyable to just go straight, without these bumps.
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As long as you have plenty of signage there is no need for so many speed bumps which are going to make the neighbours protest against the whole idea of making bike routes. As a cyclist you are used to having to deal with many roads and intersections, and just a few speed bumps here and there won't make a difference to me.
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I wish there were a crossing on Meura St to go from the Domain to Tui Street, and on Tainui St from Tui Street East, to get fro m the Domain to the Civic Centre, as there are bike racks there to park close to town. And the worst of all, Firth St and Farmers Rd, but I know it is a highway and its harder to do.
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When are you going to put safer crossing where there is heavy foot traffic near schools such as Farmers Rd with Smith St, across Farmers Rd, and on Peria Rd with Smith St, across Peria Rd? Many students cross these intersections daily.
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It is a good start. I think that the route is not practical, since it is backtracking on itself at times. E.g: Nobody would be making a loop around the block on the corner of Burwood and Broadway, where there are no amenities.
I am happy that you are doing something about connecting walking and biking routes to get to town, and I hope that you keep working towards the more extensive connection of heritage walkways as per the 2020 LTP, with a link to Waharoa and the school area on the West side of Firth St and East side of Smith St.
Personally, This route is too small to be of any use to me, as I live in Waharoa. If there were a safe cycleway from Waharoa, I could cycle to work. Waharoa East Rd has plenty of room on the East side for a shared path, which does not have to be made of concrete. It should have been done as part of the Hauraki Rail trail, a stretch from Tower Rd down Mowbray and into Matamata from Waharoa, to include Waharoa in the trail and double up as practical as well as leisurely route, instead of taking the trail down to Tower Rd and Broadway only.
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It would be more practical to have a big loop circuit going all the way up Burwood from Rata St to Broadway, and all along Broadway from Burwood to Meura, then coming down on the East side of Meura, down to Tui St and then along Tui St to Tainui and down Tainui to Centennial Drive. This will include Matamata Primary in the big route, which is what the Principal there wants, and make the route more useful for students to get to that school. The path outside Matamata Primary on Broadway is already wide enough to be a shared path, it just needs some paint to make pedestrians and cyclists aware that it s a shared path. The Broadway stretch to Burwood also needs painting for the same reason, otherwise, cyclists might feel that they have to cross the road to be on the left. The Fitzgerald portion can stay, as the Tawa St portion, to increase connectivity.
Burwood Rd is wide and has plenty of room to have a shared path or cycleway going up from Banks Rd, not just from Rata St.
A smaller circuit could include the whole of Centennial Drive, connecting to the bigger circuit on Broadway outside of Matamata Primary, with a smaller circuit made by using the crossing on Tawa St to get to the Domain and the existing path in the Domain to get to Meura St.
It is best to avoid including the Tainui and Broadway corner, where currently you have to dismount because of the cafe on the corner and shops, as that is not practical because it is as busy as any place in the middle of town, and close to the Civic Centre, where you could park your bike to go into town via the Farmers carpark, or just walk up Tainui St.
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I do not think the kerb buildout on the north side of Rata Street makes a safer passage for cyclists onto the shared path on Burwood.
It diminishes the space available for turning onto the path, as it is a right angle with the path, and makes the road narrower.
It does not serve the purpose of reducing the speed of cars coming from Burwood onto Rata because it is on the left, exiting Rata.
It forces the cyclist to be in the middle of the road AND have to stop and turn at right angles, exposing them for longer to traffic coming into Rata from Burwood. And that traffic will be forced to be closer to the cyclist because of the buildout on the South side of Rata.
Therefore both buildouts are dangerous to cyclists. If you want to make it safer, just keep the 30km speed limit and include clear signage that it is a shared road. Also, include signage for cyclists coming from Rata that they are allowed to go to the shared path on Burwood. Otherwise, they might go around the buildout, onto Burwood Rd.
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I wish there were a crossing on Meura St to go from the Domain to Tui Street, and on Tainui St from Tui Street East, to get fro m the Domain to the Civic Centre, as there are bike racks there to park close to town. And the worst of all, Firth St and Farmers Rd, but I know it is a highway and its harder to do.
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I like this as a basic starting point, and would love to see more. I really like the sharrows in particular - I'd like to see these all over the place! I also love the new bike racks at the library, the pools and by the i-site - I like there being more visibility of bikes in general.
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I wish Centennial Drive was simply a walking/cycling/micro-mobility track and I wish a pedestrian connection to the other side of town could be considered! I also wish that connecting the schools safely could be of highest priority.
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More cycling & walking in our suitably flat town will have both short and long-term health benefits to the community in so many ways - but evidence shows that people are not going to be cycling in large numbers unless they feel safe to do so. There is still a great deal of work to do and I wonder if council is up to the challenge and can handle the negative feedback that comes with proposing any change.
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I like all options presented - the more the better. I like that we are having this conversation.
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I wish the difficulties presented by the State Highways/Railway line could be overcome to better connect our town
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I wonder if we could also pay attention to the height difference between the roadbed and the footpath - one factor that affects biking and other micro-mobility users is a smooth transition between surfaces.
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I walk regularly through all sections of The Centennial Drive as part or our route. If anything, the raised pad on Tamihana Street is of no use as I already know how to cross the road and the speed bumps mean you have to take care when walking so as not to trip. I walk in the morning so don't know what the traffic usage is later in the day, but normally it just pedestrians and the odd slow driving cars. I yse to live backing onto the Drive as know it was often used as part of a raceway by college students after sitting their end of year exams and the odd hooligan but the speed bumps previously installed seemed to put a stop to that. The Rata Street paintwork seems (along with the rest) a waste of ratepayers money. Constructive safety measures, like the crossing by the Medical Centre and highlighting the pedestrian crossings on Broadway, are excellent.
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