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There are currently no road safety bylaw consultations.
We've developed a draft road safety strategy for Porirua City which is focused on maintaining a zero road toll and reducing serious injuries on our roads by at least 40% by 2030.
Reducing harm and, more importantly, eliminating deaths and significantly reducing serious injuries from occurring on our roads is critical in developing a safe and sustainable transport system for residents and visitors in Porirua City.
We have developed a 10 year road safety strategy, utilising safe system principles to target and reduce road safety risk across Porirua’s transport network.
This strategy has a strong alignment with central government priorities on road safety, taking a system wide, multi-agency approach to achieve our goals
In addition this strategy builds upon Porirua City’s strategic priorities set out within the growth strategy 2048.
This strategy considers Porirua as a growing city and introduces a strong, systematic and measured approach to addressing future safety risk across the network. This will enable Council to have a wider focus across the whole road network targeting safer speeds, safety around schools and improved pedestrian facilities over future years.
Download the Road Safety Strategy November 2020
Download the Road Safety Strategy Summary November 2020
3 May 2024 - School Safety project update
We are pleased to report that Stage 2 is now complete. This stage has involved improving road crossing points and school safety at the following locations:
New school signs encourage safer driving
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
During the school run, choose safe parking every time. Find out more
Let’s all be safe and courteous. If you choose to stop or park illegally you could get fined. You might also like to check where you can find a parking spot in Porirua.
Reasons we issue parking fines
If you park in a way that’s unsafe for pedestrians or other vehicles, you will receive a fine. Below are ten of the most common offences – please read to make sure you know the rules and avoid a fine.
| No evidence of current Warrant of Fitness | $200 |
| Operating an unlicensed motor vehicle | $200 |
| Parked within 6 meters of an intersection | $60 |
| Parked in a prohibited area | $40 |
| Parked on a broken yellow line | $60 |
| Parked within 6 metres of a bus stop | $40 |
| Incorrect kerb parking – parking facing oncoming traffic | $40 |
| Parked in area reserved for disabled persons | $150 |
| Parked on prepared grass berm causing or likely to cause damage | $40 |
| Parked on the footpath | $40 |
Council running child restraint checks
Council’s road safety team work with police to run regular child restraint checkpoints, and monthly information clinics.
The aim is to check that cars carrying youngsters are fitted with correctly installed child restraints seats.
Free child restraint clinics will be run on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from now on. Keep an eye on PCC’s Facebook for details.
Take a look at this guide to fitting child restraint seats correctly
We want you to keep safe when travelling during on the roads. Here's a few of our best tips for drivers. Find out more
Requests for broken yellow no stopping lines
We use broken yellow no stopping lines to manage kerbside parking on Porirua's roads.
They are also used to:
Public requests for broken yellow no stopping lines
We receive a lot of requests for broken yellow no stopping lines around the city and use the following process to manage them:
Many residents request speed humps, but there are other traffic calming measures that should be considered or used before speed humps, as there are strict guidelines around installing speed humps which are set by local, national, and other best practice guidelines.
It's also important to note that speed humps are often not popular with the residents who live alongside because of the noise generated by cars navigating them.
Dangerous driving
If residents are concerned that someone is driving dangerously on their street they should call the police on 111, 105 or *555 from a cellphone.
What Council considers when looking at traffic calming requests
Council considers a number of factors when investigating if traffic calming is required, this includes:
When reviewing requests for speed humps, Council will not install them on:
Porirua City Council no longer installs or maintains traffic mirrors in the public road reserve.
Traffic mirrors are not installed because they can pose a potential public safety risk:
Instead, other options can be considered by a property owner and/or Council if there are visibility issues when exiting a driveway or side road, such as:
If we are advised that a mirror has become a safety hazard because it has moved or is damaged, we will remove the mirror and it will not be replaced.
If a resident wants to become responsible for a mirror, they will need to take the following steps first:
If you have any further questions, feel free to contact us via our road safety inbox [email protected]
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