Mark Ave needs speed humps

By Frank Neill

Mark Avenue resident Pat Hill has asked Wellington City Council to install judder bars on the road following an out-of-control car smashing into her property on 28 May.

The car lost control on what Pat describes as a “dangerous corner” on the street.

After losing control the car crashed into the front of her property, destroying a retaining wall and the handrail beside the steps, taking out three trees and smashing part of her fence.

The car then carried on and crashed into the side of the house next door, damaging it.

Four young people were in the car.

“Mercifully nobody was killed,” Pat says, although she understands at least one of the occupants of the car was injured.

“You feel violated when something like this happens,” she says.

The latest crash was the second in two months, and continues a trend.

“We’ve had six accidents since we’ve been here,” Pat notes, adding she has lived on Mark Avenue for 16 years.

“It’s a dangerous corner. It’s become a danger to the community.

“I want speed humps on the road.”

Following earlier accidents her late husband had approached the council asking for speed humps on Mark Avenue, but the council had come back saying that was not appropriate because buses travelled on the road. However Pat points out that that there are speed humps on other roads which are also bus routes.

“Something has to happen. If the public who live in the area are safer that would be fantastic,” Pat says.

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