Cycle hazard highlighted

Waikouaiti Coast Community Board member Dr Nancy Higgins (left) and deputy chairwoman Geraldine...
Waikouaiti Coast Community Board member Dr Nancy Higgins (left) and deputy chairwoman Geraldine Tait are passed by a 4WD vehicle on State Highway 1 near Waitati.
Two Waikouaiti Coast Community Board members have highlighted a "missing link" of roadway in their quest to improve cycle safety in the area.

Deputy chairwoman Geraldine Tait and board member Dr Nancy Higgins cycled from Warrington to this week's board meeting in Waitati to raise awareness of a dangerous section of road on the route.

Cyclists can travel on the shoulder of State Highway 1 from Evansdale south towards Waitati, but the wide sealed verge ends at Double Hill Rd, several hundred metres from the township.

Ms Tait and Dr Higgins want this section, which they refer to as "the missing link", widened and sealed.

"There are a few people in the area who cycle to the store [in Waitati] from Warrington, and tourists who are cycling between sections of the scenic route along the coast, so we definitely think it could be dangerous for them . . . and [it] is a barrier to riding between settlements," Dr Higgins said.

The New Zealand Transport Agency, which is responsible for highway roading, had not responded to questions from the Otago Daily Times about the likelihood of a cycleway being included on the section of road.

 

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