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Howick RSA members paid tribute in blustery weather at the Stockade Hill First World War Memorial on Armistice Day on Friday. Armistice Day marks the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I, typically held at 11am on the 11/11. Times photo Wayne Martin
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for it to be removed. He previously said he’d had “hundreds” of local residents approach him with concerns about the lane. Much of the worry was around the section between Cascades Road and Gossamer Drive and the 50 metre distance provided for traffic turning left out of Cascades Road and traffic turning left into Gossamer Drive.
Motorists with no passengers risk being fined should they enter the lane outside of the 50 metre zone depending on what time of day they do so. An AT spokesperson said in May 2019 the T2 lane was a “temporary measure”. Brown recently asked the agency for information about the lane’s enforcement, including when infringement officers moni-
tored it over the past 12 months. He also asked how much money had been received in fines for people illegally using it since it was established. AT replied infringements were issued on several days during the months of July, August, October, November and December last year, as well as in February and May this year. Turn to page 2
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ore than $20,000 in fines has been issued to motorists unlawfully using a transit lane on a busy east Auckland road. That’s among the information Auckland Transport (AT) released to Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown about enforcement of the controversial T2 lane on Pakuranga Road.
The lane extends from Dunrobin Place at the Highland Park Shopping Centre to Gossamer Drive and requires vehicles using the inside westbound lane to be occupied by at least two people between 6am-10am Monday to Friday. Brown opposed the lane being established back in 2019 and started a petition that was signed by more than 1500 people calling
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