Printed from https://fyi.org.nz/request/6912-advanced-stop-boxes-enforcement-and-promotion on November 04, 2025 21:00

Advanced stop boxes: enforcement and promotion

Anita Easton made this Official Information request to Wellington City Council

The request was successful.

From: Anita Easton

Dear Wellington City Council,

What activities have you undertaken to enforce the appropriate use of advanced stop boxes in Wellington? This includes activities undertaken jointly with the regional council, the police, other local territorial authorities or other agencies, individual enforcement activities. I would appreciate any statistics you capture about these activities, such as warnings for other vehicles using the advanced stop boxes.

What enforcement or communication activities are planned, or currently in planning?

Yours faithfully,

Anita Easton

Link to this

From: BUS: IRO
Wellington City Council

Kia ora and thank you for your email to the Complaints & Information Assurance team.
Our email inbox is monitored daily and we will be in contact once your request, complaint or enquiry has been allocated to a team member.

Thank you for your patience
Wellington City Council Complaints & Information Assurance Team

Link to this

From: BUS: IRO
Wellington City Council

Hello Anita,

Thank you for your request.

I have spoken with the relevant Council teams regarding this, and have a response for you.

The Council are not involved in policing the advances stop boxes. Although we are responsible for the road markings, the boxes are policed by a combination of the Police and NZTA.

I would suggest contacting NZTA directly as they would be able to provide you with more information on the current status of the boxes.

Kind regards

Chris
Chris Brown | Assurance Advisor | Complaints & Information Assurance | Wellington City Council
P 04 803 8368
E [email address] | W Wellington.govt.nz | |

IMPORTANT: The information contained in this email may be confidential or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the recipient or recipients named in this message. Please note that if you are not the intended recipient you are not authorised to use, copy or distribute the email or any information contained in it. If you have received this email in error, please advise the sender immediately and destroy the original message and any attachments.

show quoted sections

Link to this

From: Anita Easton

Dear Chris,

That's so much for your quick response.

Can I just check, in your response you say that enforcement is the responsibility of the Police and NZTA, which makes sense to me and I shall follow up with them :) Who is responsible for promotion and communication? The second part of my question was about both enforcement and communication/promotion activities. I had guessed this might be a WCC responsibility, if it isn't, is it also with NZTA?

Yours sincerely,

Anita Easton

Link to this

From: Chris Brown
Wellington City Council

Hello Anita,
 
Thank you for coming back to us and confirming the information you were
seeking.
 
I have spoken again to the team who are responsible for the advanced stop
boxes from a Council perspective, and reiterated that you were looking for
information on both enforcement and communication/promotion activities.
 
While the team have confirmed that they are not currently promoting the
advanced stop boxes, or providing any communication about them, they have
suggested that you take a look at the following search through the Council
website -
 
[1]https://wellington.govt.nz/search?q=adva...
 
this search will take you to all of the Council information relating to
the advanced stop boxes, including the Council meeting information from
the adoption of them. In addition, you will also find information produced
by the Council on 'cycling tips and tricks', and information for motorists
on how to treat the advanced stop boxes.
 
At the moment, the Council is waiting for further communication from NZTA
with regard to promotion of the advanced stop boxes.
 
If I can be of further assistance, please contact me.
 
Kind regards
 
Chris

Chris Brown | Assurance Advisor | Complaints & Information Assurance |
Wellington City Council
P 04 803 8368
E [2][email address] | W [3]Wellington.govt.nz | [4][IMG]|
[5][IMG]
IMPORTANT: The information contained in this email may be confidential or
legally privileged. It is intended solely for the recipient or recipients
named in this message. Please note that if you are not the intended
recipient you are not authorised to use, copy or distribute the email or
any information contained in it. If you have received this email in error,
please advise the sender immediately and destroy the original message and
any attachments.

 

show quoted sections

Link to this

Things to do with this request

Anyone:
Wellington City Council only: