Dunedin to Port Chalmers: Three years and $50m to build one 10km cycleway
The biggest challenge for the country’s latest cycleway was there was simply no space to build it.
"It is a very complex project. Typically with cycleways you have somewhere to construct them, that is why we left this section to last," Jason Forbes, Waka Kotahi senior project manager, said.
The cycleway – the 10km long SH88 Dunedin to Port Chalmers Shared Path – will be officially opened by Transport Minister David Parker on Saturday afternoon.
The cost of the entire project is $43.8 million to date, and is expected to come just under its $50m budget.
Do you think this is money well spent? Read the full story from reporter Hamish McNeilly here and let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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Some Choice News!
Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.
Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?
Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!
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