Te Ara Rimu - Kihikihi pathway consultation

What we have heard

Pathway consultation

In March 2023, we shared our plans for the new pathway in Kihikihi and we received overwhelming support. Over half of you told us the new pathway would encourage you or your tamariki to walk or cycle more in Kihikihi and almost 90 percent of you supported installing safer low speeds zones around schools, in particular Kihikihi School.

Changes from the feedback includes:

• additional bus stop on Whitmore Street, to provide better coverage for the Te Awamutu/Hamilton bus service users, and to accommodate children that catch the school buses in that location.
• increasing the size of the bus stop outside Kihikihi School
• providing more roadside parking
• inclusion of raised safety platforms to improve pedestrian crossing points
• adding more traffic calming measures to slow traffic along Whitmore Street.
  Thanks to everyone who had their say and has been involved in this exciting project so far.

Cul-de-sacs consultation

In June – July we went out for consultation on six proposed cul-de-sacs in Kihikihi on:

• Bryce Street (at current exit onto Rolleston Street)
• Grey Street (at current exit onto Rolleston Street)
• Rolleston Street South (at current exit onto Whitmore Street)
• Moule Street (at current exit onto Whitmore Street)
• Hall Street North (at current exit onto Whitmore Street)
• Whitaker Street North (at current exit onto Whitmore Street).

We had 149 submissions with 16 submitters presenting at the Service Delivery committee hearing on 29 August.

The Service Delivery Committee chose to proceed with three cul-de-sacs on Moule, Rolleston and Whitaker Streets, with the remaining three streets Bryce, Grey and Hall Streets will not become cul-de-sacs and instead will have alternative safety measures installed.

Before we can finalise the plans on these intersections we have to wait for the results of the one-month appeal period where any person can appeal the cul-de-sac decisions to the Environment Court.