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New bus route, Funeral a unhappy celebration of residents P8 life P11 Western Leader Thursday, June 1, 2017 YOUR PLACE, YOUR PAPER Lead-foot Leslie ‘I don’t waste any time’ CALLUM MCGILLIVRAY must be thousands of people [over the limit].’’ ‘‘It’s quite a collection, eh?’’ The grandfather-of-six’s other Glen Eden’s Leslie Harris has $80 fine was in December after an clocked up $310 worth of speeding alleged speed of 61kmh on the fines since December – with all 50kmh Hibiscus Coast Highway, seven infringements registered by Orewa which was his second ticket fixed and parked speed cameras in for the day. He said the Auckland 50kmh zones. 50kmh speed limit was ‘‘ridiculous’’, The 92-year-old was issued four but his ‘‘marbles were still in place’’. infringement notices in December ‘‘It is glaringly clear to me that the for driving over the 50kmh limit on 50kmh mentality is very wrong, and West Coast Rd, Glen Eden. In those should be obsolete. cases he exceeded the limit by ‘‘60 [kmh] in this day and age is a 8kmh, 9kmh, 10kmh and 5kmh perfectly safe speed, especially with with each a $30 fine. having vehicles with superior brakes ‘‘It’s really frustrating when and steering,’’ Harris said. there’s very little traffic on the Police statistics showed speed road,’’ he said. camera-issued offences in west ‘‘You’re trying to make up time Auckland totalled $1,424,290 in fines and not waste time – I don’t waste for 2016. Between December 2016 any time.’’ and March $526,280 in fines were The Glen Eden man has issued from 10,756 offences. received two speeding Harris said there should be a infringement notices in 2017: a $30 tolerance of about 3kmh for all fine for driving 6kmh over the 50kmh zones, to prevent having 50kmh limit on Margan Ave, New ‘‘eyes glued on the speedometer’’. Lynn in January and a $80 fine for Police Inspector Kelly Ryan said driving 64kmh on the 50kmh there’s no uniform speed threshold stretch of State Highway 16, for 50kmh zones. A driver travelling Helensville, in April. Harris said it’s over the speed limit at any time, in annoying to be issued such fines any place, runs the risk of receiving when focusing on driving was an infringement notice. ‘‘paramount’’, not worrying about Harris said educating people in the speedometer. driving techniques such as using ‘‘I’m just sitting there relaxed. rear and side mirrors should be Always thinking about what you’re priority over focusing on speeding doing,’’ he said. drivers – ‘‘schools a good place to ‘‘I’m only one person – there start’’. CALLUM MCGILLIVRAY News, reviews and street barbecues See it all on your local noticeboard 2 WESTERN LEADER, JUNE 1, 2017 stuff.co.nz YOUR PAPER, YOUR PLACE 1. 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On Racecourse Pde an existing The site on Bollard Ave in Avondale 42 houses will be replaced by 70 where three 32 one-bedroom new social housing units. apartments will be built. Two freestanding houses on Canal Rd will make way for six apartments. units – four will be two-bedroom HNZ also confirmed locations and two will be four-bedroom for 24 new homes in Henderson on homes. There will be 32 one- Coburg St and River Park Cres. bedroom apartments replacing This meant the number of social three houses located on a 1626 housing units in the suburb square metre site on New North would increase from eight to 24. Rd and Bollard Ave. On Coburg St, six homes on a Nine homes in New Lynn will 4817sqm site would be replaced by be replaced by 37 new social 10 two-bedroom, four three- housing units. bedroom, one four-bedroom, one On Great North Rd four old five bedroom and one six- houses on a 1571sqm site have bedroom homes. already been replaced by eight An artist’s impression of the 32 apartments that will be built on the corner of Bollard Ave and New North Rd.