Consultation on Auckland’s 10 year Budget and the Auckland Plan is now on. We need the council to hear our community’s strong desire for local connections to the shared path from both sides of Pourewa Valley so we can really maximise the use of this amazing asset. This is the Orakei Local Board’s key advocacy project and the council needs to hear how important this connection is to convince them to assist with funding. You can submit online or attend one of the meetings. If you want to support a connection to the shared path make sure you mention the Pourewa Valley shared path, links to the shared path from both sides of the valley and Gowing Drive underpass.
Orakei Local Board’s Priorities for 2018/19
- Key advocacy project: Advocate for and partially fund a walking and cycling linkage from Gowing Drive in Meadowbank to the Glen Innes to Tamaki Drive Shared Path and across to Kohimarama/Mission Bay, providing a safe alternative route for school students
- Design a north-south connection from Stonefields to St Johns/Glen Innes as a shared space for walkers, cyclists and vehicles through Colin Maiden Park
- Improved walking routes, pest management and native planting, for Kepa Bush and the Pourewa Valley environs
- Develop a Local Healthy Waterways Plan to improve waterways and stormwater infrastructure throughout the Ōrākei Local Board area
- To identify and improve the amenity and functionality of local centres taking into consideration nearby commercial or residential development opportunities
- Improve Tamaki Drive for all users leveraging off planned projects and visitors to events, such as those identified in the Tamaki Drive Masterplan and possibly the Americas Cup.