Earlier signs and markings failed to fix the intersection, Auckland Transport says, and residents can now comment
Auckland Transport wants to build a roundabout at the Flat Bush intersection of Donegal Park Drive and Broadhurst Road, where 16 crashes were reported between 2020 and 2024.
Four of them left people injured, and 15 involved vehicles crossing the intersection or turning, the agency says on its project page.
“Residents have previously raised safety concerns about the intersection,” Howick Local Board member Krish Naidu wrote on Facebook as consultation opened.
The Flat Bush member urged anyone who drives through it to take part. “If you use this intersection, please have your say,” he wrote.
Auckland Transport says the concerns centre on drivers failing to give way on Broadhurst Road, poor visibility pulling out of the side roads, and high speeds on Donegal Park Drive.
“Earlier changes, like extra warning signs and road markings, have not meaningfully improved safety,” the agency says.
The roundabout would have a mountable centre that larger vehicles can drive over.
Pedestrian refuge islands would go in on both Donegal Park Drive approaches, with new kerb ramps and tactile paving. Two rain gardens on the southern approach would be moved to make room for the ramps.
Broken yellow lines would be extended on all four approaches, and new white markings painted to guide drivers.
Auckland Transport’s website says feedback is open until Wednesday 14 October, online or by email to ATEngagement@at.govt.nz. Its consultation letter gives an earlier closing date, Wednesday 7 October.
Naidu said another Flat Bush intersection would follow.
“A separate consultation will be coming for a safety project at the intersection of Flat Bush School Road, Hikuawa Road and Brookview Drive,” he wrote, adding he would share the details when they were available.
It is not the first roundabout proposed for Donegal Park Drive. In 2022 Auckland Transport consulted on one where the road meets Thomas Road and Aspiring Avenue, after concerns from residents and Board members.
In June the Board rejected the agency’s safety plan for the Cockle Bay Road and Shelly Beach Parade intersection, and told it to come back with something cheaper.
Auckland Transport will take the feedback and its recommendation to the Howick Local Board, which will give its view before a final decision is made.
