Easing Congestion on Accent Drive

We’re adding a lane on Accent Drive in East Tāmaki

Auckland Transport are adding a southbound lane with a clearway (a stretch of road where you are not allowed to park during its active times) 3-7pm Monday to Friday towards Chapel Road to improve journeys on Accent Drive in East Tāmaki. Work will take place between 14 June and 19 June 2026, working overnight from 7pm to 7am. These works are part of the Accent Drive Corridor Improvements project within the Auckland Network Optimisation programme. For more information on this project please search “Easing Congestion on Accent Drive” online. Factors such as wet weather could mean a delayed start.Here is what you need to know about the work happening near you:

Where

• Accent Drive, between Chapel Road and East Tāmaki Roadin East Tāmaki (see work location map below)

When

• Work will take place between 14 June and 19 June 2026,working overnight from 7pm to 7am.

What we’re doing

• Creating an additional southbound lane with a 3pm to 7pm, Monday to Friday clearway by narrowing parts of the existing median

• Install new broken yellow lines (no-stopping-at-all-times).

How it may impact you

• On-street parking will be limited during works. You may need to either park on your property or on a side road.

• At times, works will create noise and vibration until 10pm.We’ll do our best to keep noise levels down with noisemonitoring and practical mitigation measures.

• How travel is affected

• Lanes on Accent Drive will be reduced. Traffic will be managed with a Stop/Go sign system, please follow all signs.

• The following bus-stops will be closed:

o Stop 2119 – Kordel Place

o Stop 2023 – Beale Place

o Stop 1746 – Accent Drive/Siedeberg Drive

o Stop 1747 – Accent Drive/Savona Drive