There is considerable concern about the number of traffic accidents taking place around road work sites nationwide. This situation is being investigated as part of the road safety initiatives currently being developed by the NZTA. Resolve Group has carried out work on the detailed/root cause analysis of the relevant incident records contained in NZTA’s Crash Analysis System (CAS).

• We have carried out research targeting international data on accident types/causes and location with respect to work sites and the resulting injury statistics (number/who).
• This has lead to some constructive methods to improve consistency of safety around roadworks sites.
• The possibility of conducting a survey/s to extend our understanding of driver and industry perceptions of safety around road work sites is being considered.

Resolve Group is part of the team developing an Integrated Traffic Management Strategy as part of an Auckland Motorway Alliance Special Project to manage the impacts of construction along Auckland’s North-Western Motorway. This massive roading construction, worth around $2B, is being delivered through five successive contracts – including the Waterview Connection – all due for completion by 2017.

Led by the Resolve Group team, including Tim Brown and Sharon Wilder, the first stage of this strategy delivered significant benefits using the “One Network” approach to identify and implement small scale measures to improve performance and public transport priority on the motorway, ramps and local roads.

The second stage of the project is to canvass a range of treatments effective in mitigating impacts, whilst maintaining the ability for Contracts to continue as planned through to their completion.