“Once we know that, we have two plans. We leave the intersection as it is or, what stakeholders are asking for, is to turn it into a roundabout.
“For the St Hill Street exit from Trafalgar Square, it’s a lot of anecdotal information - drivers turning right when it’s a left-turn only, drivers don’t stop or even give consideration for pedestrians.
“We want to establish if it’s the car drivers, the buses, pedestrians, cyclists, or if it’s something else going on at Trafalgar Square.”
No number plates will be recorded and no individuals are able to be identified from the recordings.
The research company and not the Whanganui District Council will hold them for up to 12 months.
Whanganui’s Streets for People project, which has a budget of $1,271,900, is 90 per cent funded by Waka Kotahi Transport New Zealand.
Bretell said draft concepts for both project zones would be completed by the end of April and they would be workshopped with the public in early May.
There have been two St Hill Street workshops and one Guyton Street workshop so far.