The Miramar Peninsula section of the GHW will be the route of a community bike ride to celebrate the first day of spring – Sunday 1 September. Organised by Sarah Free, Greens candidate for Eastern Ward. More details.
NZTA has issued a press release, announcing that work is about to start on “an initiative to develop a walking and cycling facility connecting the two cities”. This follows extensive consultation with current and potential cyclists, resulting in a report (summary) which looks not just at the Petone – Horokiwi gap, but at the wider issue…
GHW convener Allan Brown talked to Rotary this week, summing up the arguments for including the upgraded Ngauranga – Petone cycle path in the Hutt Corridor Plan, and bringing its implementation forward from 2012-15, to 2011-12. It’s worth noting that NZTA have determined that this project has the unusually high rate of return of 3…
So you thought the GHW was just for fit cyclists and walkers? A group of people interested in disability awareness are planning a circuit of the Great Harbour Way/ Te Aranui o Pōneke – by kayak! The plan is to circumnavigate the harbour from Scorching Bay to Days Bay, starting with a leg from Scorching…
How easy is it to experience Te Aranui o Pōneke by mobility scooter? Mobility advocate Neil Newman set out to explore the GHW from Scorching Bay to the Wellington Waterfront. One problem is the Miramar peninsula road, which from Scorching Bay to the Miramar Cutting has little or no shoulder or footpath. A mobility scooter user…
What is a Frocknic you ask? If you haven’t been keeping up with Wellington bicycle culture, Frockers are cyclists who believe that bicycles and stylish clothing belong together, and when they have a picnic, it’s a Frocknic. The Frocks on Bikes picnic is going to make it’s stylish way along leg 2 of the Great…
