The agency wants to remove the lines and return 35 parking spaces to three Flat Bush streets
Six parking tickets have been issued in the past year on a Flat Bush street where Auckland Transport admits the no-stopping lines were incorrectly installed.
Asked whether any of those infringements would be waived or refunded, Auckland Transport told the Howick & Eastern Post: “No, the broken yellow lines were installed as legally resolved so all infringements are legal and valid.”
A memo from the agency’s parking team to the Howick Local Board on 6 August says that during construction “broken yellow lines were incorrectly installed on both sides of several streets”, leaving residents “with no available on-street parking”.
The six tickets were issued on Grand Ridge Avenue. Southridge Road and Ridgehill Rise drew none.
Auckland Transport now proposes to remove some of the lines on all three streets, which it says would return 18 on-street parking spaces on Grand Ridge Avenue, nine on Ridgehill Rise and eight on Southridge Road. Those numbers are “estimations based on a standard vehicle”, the agency said.
The proposal came from residents who asked the Local Board for on-street parking for visitors, contractors and service vehicles. The memo says the traffic control layout approved for the subdivision in 2024 anticipated that parking would be available in suitable locations along those roads.
Parking would return on selected sections of one side of the road only. Broken yellow lines stay at intersections, bends and other places the memo says need restrictions for safety and visibility.
Auckland Transport records 204 letters, nine stakeholder emails and 11 submissions, of which 10 strongly opposed the change. The one submission that did not oppose it raised concerns about vehicles parking too close to a driveway.
Auckland Transport says on-street parking can slow traffic, and that demand will grow as the subdivision fills, with several lots still undeveloped.
