Members of the Harbour Cycle Network enjoy the newly opened
section of the harbourside walkway-cycleway from
Ravensbourne to Maia yesterday. Photo by Craig Baxter.
Hundreds of cyclists, walkers and roller-bladers took
advantage of a sunny spring day to welcome the opening of the
extension of the harbourside cycleway-walkway to Maia, on the
harbour's edge in Dunedin yesterday.
Harbour Cycle Network co-ordinator Steve Walker said he had
cycled the 1.3km extension from Maia to the Ravensbourne
Yacht Club and said it reinforced his views the cycle-way was
"one of the most beautiful in the world".
The extension, which cost about $350,000 and was funded from
a national pool for such projects, was started in May and
finished recently.
It runs from the Ravensbourne Yacht Club to opposite Jessie
St, in Maia.
The first 1.2km section of the cycleway, which starts at the
end of Magnet St, near the Otago University Rowing Club, cost
$220,000 and was completed in 2006.
Mr Walker said the plan was to continue to lobby the Dunedin
City Council and others in order to extend the track from
Maia to St Leonards and eventually to Port Chalmers.
Previous reports have estimated building a further 8.4km of
track from Ravensbourne to Port Chalmers would cost more than
$3 million.
"The group would like to see quick progress through to St
Leonards but will be lobbying hard to make sure that further
construction beyond this point is well away from State
Highway 88," he said.
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