Mayor Wayne Brown blasts Auckland Transport for pedestrian crossing ‘stuff-up’

The new pedestrian crossing had to be dug up after several faults were found shortly after it was built. Photo / Alex BurtonThe new pedestrian crossing had to be dug up after several faults were found shortly after it was built. Photo / Alex BurtonAuckland Mayor Wayne Brown has blasted Auckland Transport (AT) for failing to pick up faults on a botched pedestrian crossing until after it was completed, leading to more disruption and inconvenience for locals. Brown was responding to a Herald story about a $346,000 raised pedestrian crossing on Williamson Ave in Grey Lynn being dug for repairs only months after it was built. Motorists faced delays while faults with the pedestrian crossing were repaired.