The article below appeared in the 28 June edition of the Dominion Post. Great that they have factored the likely sea rise into the new shared path between Seaview and Eastbourne that will have construction started later this year.
One of the issues with the Great Harbour Way/ Te Aranui o Pōneke is crossing the Jervois Quay “racetrack” between the CBD and the waterfront. Tony Anderson has some neat ideas here, proposing three new bridges in addition to the current city-to-sea bridge from Civic Square to the Waterfront – currently the focus of the…
The opening today of the Cobham Drive walking and cycling paths has transformed this section of Te Aranaui o Pōneke, the Great Harbour Way, into a feature of the harbour perimeter pathway. “This fills in an important jigsaw piece in the completion of Te Aranui o Pōneke/the Great Harbour Way,” GHW Trustees Chair Graeme Hall…
NZTA has confirmed that a shared cycling and walking path will be built on the seaward side of the Railway between Petone and Ngauranga (P2N). Construction is expected to begin by 2019. This is great news for solving the P2N “gap” in the Great Harbour Way Te Aranui o Pōneke, making it safe and comfortable for…
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…
The annual Roll On Wellington awards celebrate the best aspects of cycling in the harbour city. For the 2014 awards, the Wellington Waterfront, a key section of the Great Harbour Way/ Te Aranui o Pōneke, took out the “best cycling infrastructure” award. Over the years, the waterfront has not just been an iconic part of…
This letter to the editor appeared in the 27 June edition of the Dominion Post. Wellington City Council commenced public consultation in April to upgrade the road from Miramar Cutting to the proposed Shelly Bay development including safe walking and cycling. NZ Bus has applied for resource consent to build a bus terminal beside Miramar’s…