Karangahape Road Streetscape Improvement Project: Feedback from Myers Park Medley

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1 Percentage of submitters mentioning theme Karangahape Road Streetscape Improvement Project: Feedback from Myers Park Medley The Karangahape Road Streetscape Improvement Project Team set up a display at Myers Park Medley on Sunday, 28 February We had a large (3mx1.5m) map of Karangahape Road and were asking people to place heart shaped sticky notes on the map to tell us: What they loved about the Karangahape Road streetscape? How can we make the Karangahape Road streetscape even better? By the end of the day we had 164 sticky notes containing 176 comments. The feedback is summarised and captured in the graph and the table below. 30% 28.98% Feedback themes - Myers Park Medley 25% 20% 17.61% 17.61% 15% 14.20% 10% 9.09% 6.25% 5% 5.11% 4.55% 3.98% 2.27% 1.14% 0% Theme identified in feedback

2 Feedback themes, sub-themes, and examples of feedback Myers Park Medley Visual Like character of 27 I love "free spirit" "bohemian" vibe appearance/ K-Rd Like quirky, edgy, vintage feel to K Rd environment Love it has character and unique people - Don t gentrify it to a commercial Queen St (51 total The diversity, vibrant atmosphere Art/ Culture/ History (Like and 10 Art and plaques telling the cultural (Maori) significance of K Rd. Hope stood at K Rd to welcome 7 wakas Want) Love the new bronze statues Want interactive street art - pianos, percussion etc on K Rd More NZ art work and sculptures Want Trees/ 5 Needs more vegetation and trees Vegetation Plant more bird friendly trees Bee friendly trees Want 7 Footpath always dirty outside shops between Mercury Lane and bridge maintenance/ If vegetation planted make sure its maintained cleanliness More rubbish bins - less litter Dead zone 2 Help to make dead areas between motorway and Ponsonby Rd more vibrant (lots of vacant shops) Motorway creates a dead spot. No reason to hang out there, stop there except to catch a bus Specific Food/ restaurants 10 Joy Bong Thai Restaurant location/ Makundas - best food ever business I love Lim Chhours (31 total Coco's Cantina Merge Café Millers Coffee Entertainment/ 8 Family bar!! Best night out in town culture Later bar hours for the areas clubs/bars - bring back Supper Club Love Hopetown Alpha Myers Park redevelopment is awesome Owen Dippy Gallery Wine cellar, live music, craft beer cool Shopping 7 Diversity, Colours, Arty shops - I love the Op shops and Variety stores St Kevin s Arcade where my mother made hats in 1950

3 The old man s second hand bookshop St Kevin s Arcade - best in town Other 5 Auckland Girls Grammar Cross Street has potential Greys Ave the bestest I went to Myers Park Kindergarten in 1944 and We lived in West Street - very memorable. Specific dislike 1 Remove Lim Chhour food court Specific Suggest specific 10 A Kindergarten or School suggestions for business Leave affordable space for community organisations upgrade More outdoor dining (31 total New lodge/hostel We need a proper supermarket Would like to see a recreation centre somewhere for the young youths that get into trouble Suggest specific 4 Community Garden public area Make Beresford Square a park Needs to be more like Cuba Mall in Wellington. Public places to hang out, but keep it's character Positive spaces for youths with things to do Suggest specific 3 Playgrounds public facility Skate Park Where are all the good toilets on K Rd? Suggest specific 8 Dog Do Containers needed improvement Handrail up stairs More public seating (unique) More water fountains please Use the roof tops - roof top gardens, restaurants etc Other 6 Cross Street has potential Do an asset map of community services Rainbow youth are awesome Tourist map along the road to show which is a good spot Vintage fashion shows Cycling Want shared path 2 A shared, adaptable cycle path Improvements (25 total Scooters, cyclists and eco/electric on K Rd along with pedestrians. Get the diesel's down the back roads and straight to the motorways

4 Want separated 7 Copenhagen style raised cycleway (but distinct from footpath) cycleway Keep bikes and pedestrians separate Want bike 1 Bike education first education Want connection 8 Connect K Rd with pink cycleway with a ramp or lifts please Cycleway on Upper Queen Street K Rd Cycleway please Safe and easy bicycle access turning right from K Rd into Newcomb Lane Want family 3 Family friendly and community bike paths friendly facility Safety for kids - bike paths Want cyclist 2 Like cycleway but make it part of area not just a through way e.g. easy to stop and get off shopping accessibility More biking lanes would bring more life to the area Pedestrian Improvements (16 total Safety/ Security (11 total Visual appearance 2 Spread/Keep the pink. Keep it loud! Would like to see painted footpaths and cycle lanes. Like the bright stripes painted near the Viaduct pedestrian boat bridge Upgrade 5 Better footpaths (all currently unsightly due to utilities work) footpaths Make the footpaths non-slip Wider footpaths Encouragement/ 2 Encourage more walkable options for clustering night venues options Make people walk down me more - so historic Aesthetics 2 Like footpaths with metals Would like to see painted footpaths and cycle lanes. Like the bright stripes painted near the Viaduct pedestrian boat bridge Want all 5 Make block pedestrian friendly pedestrian More shared space please friendly space Pedestrianize K Rd and Upper Queen Street Want shared path 1 Scooters, cyclists and eco/electric on K Rd along with pedestrians. Get the diesel's down the back roads and straight to the motorways Existing pedestrian facility 1 Pedestrian crossing across Edinburgh Street - current situation is dangerous Need better 7 Better security coverage (make it feel safer at night - better lighting. Side streets are dangerous security: feel for pedestrians to cross) unsafe Make entrance to rear of K-Rd carpark safer and more attractive day/night Safer side street

5 Traffic speed 2 Love K Rd 40km/hr please No car racing and loud stereos at night Current situation 2 Pedestrian crossing across Edinburgh Street - current situation is dangerous dangerous Sketchy intersection at Ponsonby Rd and K Rd - turning right or going right Road Layout/ Users (9 total Materials Used in Upgrade (8 total Concerns/ Reduce (7 total Public Transport (5 total Consultation/ public feedback (2 total Driver behaviour 2 Educate drivers No car racing and loud stereos at night Make shared 4 More shared space please space Scooters, cyclists and eco/electric on K Rd along with pedestrians. Get the diesel's down the back roads and straight to the motorways Pedestrianize 2 Close K Rd to traffic between Pitt St and Queen Street. Buses to go via Mercury Lane area Pedestrianize K Rd and Upper Queen Street Reduce traffic 1 Less traffic Use appropriate 4 Love eclectic feel and character - upgrade and materials should complement and enhance this materials Upgrade and materials to keep character of area - not too upmarket, keep its heritage respected Don t use specific 1 Don't use a lot of stainless steel it's too common Use specific 1 Like footpaths with metals Suggestion 2 Make the footpaths non-slip Disagree with 1 If you put a bicycle path -K Rd (Pitt and Queen especially due to tiny width of K Rd) all must cycle path sacrifice - people walkway, the cars (bad for life of shops), delivery and pick-ups bought goods - All very bad options Vehicle/ 4 No car racing and loud stereos at night behaviour Less traffic concerns Smoke free Remove specific 2 Remove Lim Chhour food court business Less Wholesalers Train station/ CRL 3 K Rd carpark linkage to Karangahape CRL station Safe public access to Mercury Lane Station. Should there be traffic? Increase PT 1 More Buses to K Rd (I'm lazy, I don't wanna walk extra) Redirect PT 1 Close K Rd to traffic between Pitt St and Queen Street. Buses to go via Mercury Lane More public 1 Make it so people can "stumble" across events like this consultation events More than one 1 Present more than one design option for public feedback essential

6 option required