Learn about our current transport improvement projects.
Find out more about this project to improve traffic flows, and pedestrian and cycle safety, along Kenepuru Drive and surrounding streets, plus read the latest updates on our dedicated Kenepuru Corridor webpage
We’ve started work on the next stage of our school road safety works, which includes installing new raised crossings, lighting, drainage, markings and bringing signage up to current standards.
Work started on 15 January 2024 on Warspite Ave, near Corinna Street, for Natone Park School.
It will be followed by work on:
At this stage the work is due to be completed by mid-May.
New electronic signs have been installed at 14 Porirua schools to support the safety of tamariki and their whānau.
The bilingual Kura/School signs flash amber beacons during school start and finish times to alert road users to the presence of school children.
Each school has received electronic signs, one on each key approach to the schools.
The 14 schools to initially receive signs were prioritised based on the safety risks affecting them and the intention is to eventually roll out these signs for all 35 schools across Porirua.
The lights on the signs flash in the mornings and afternoons when school is starting and finishing. This helps to emphasis to drivers that pedestrians are more likely to be crossing the road at this time
The schools to receive the electronic Kura/School signs are:
Want to know more about our road safety work? Email our road safety team
January 2024
We’re introducing a range of cost effective, road safety improvements on some of our high risk intersections to minimise the risk of death and serious injury.
These intersections have been identified by analysis of crash records, local knowledge and resident feedback.
The intention is to trial some temporary interventions such as build-outs to narrow down sections of road to slow traffic, new road markings, new improved signage, and reconfigured crossing points with tactiles for vision impaired pedestrians.
Directly affected property owners will be engaged as part of the process.
The temporary changes will be monitored and made permanent if successful and modified or removed if not.
The first, highest priority intersections to receive these treatments are:
Others planned include:
August 2023
We’ve installed staggered barriers on a number of the city's walkways in a bid to stop them being used unsafely, and illegally, as shortcuts by motorbike riders.
This work follows a study of our road to road walkways to identify where staggered barriers are most needed.
These barriers are intended to deter motorbikes or at least make these routes less desirable, while continuing to allow access for pedestrians, wheelchairs, and mobility scooter users. Cyclists will be able to walk a standard bike through these connections.
The highest priority locations have been brought to our attention by residents as well as other agencies such as the Police and Metlink.
We will continue to assess other walkways around the city and collate ongoing feedback to determine where barriers are required.
Some of the walkways the staggered barriers have so far been recently installed on include between:
The Rural Address Property Identification (RAPID) System is a standard numbering system for rural properties in New Zealand.
Porirua City Council allocates the RAPID number for new rural properties, which is based on the distance to a property entrance from a clearly defined reference point, usually the beginning of the road on which it is located. (*The street number of a rural address is the RAPID number.)
As with all Territorial Authorities, it’s our responsibility to allocate addresses to all properties according to the AS/NZS 4819:2011 Rural and Urban Addressing Standards and LINZ’s 2019 Guidelines for Addressing In-fill Developments.
We then inform Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) of all newly allocated addresses which are added to the LINZ Address Information Management System (AIMS) Database.
Emergency Services use the address information from the AIMS database to locate properties.
To make it easier for emergency services to identify rural properties at night, rural property owners can apply to Council to have a RAPID number post with reflectorised numbers installed at the road entrance to their property entrance. This service is provided at Council's cost.
If you own a rural property and would like to apply to have a RAPID number post installed, please contact Council
Porirua is experiencing and planning for additional considerable growth.
Annual residential growth is over twice the historical average, and there are major investments in the region such as the Eastern Porirua Regeneration Project, Porirua Adventure Park, Kenepuru Landing, Plimmerton Farms etc.
This growth, and the completion of major projects such as Transmission Gully will increase the pressure on our roading and transport network.
Porirua City Council (Council) has undertaken significant long-term planning with a Growth Strategy 2018 to 2048 and a Long-Term Infrastructure Strategy 2018 to 2038.
To accompany these and Council’s other planning initiatives, this procurement strategy outlines how Council will plan and procure the delivery of projects and services to support the transport network.
Download the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency endorsed Porirua City Council Transport Procurement Strategy (1 November 2022)”
Download the Porirua City Council Procurement Policy
