Skypath ready to move to next phase
The councils governing body are due to meet on Thursday and it is likely to be quite a bit of a circus due to recent events. However the meeting isn’t just about addressing Len Brown and the outcome of the EY report with one of the other items of business is an update on the on what is happening with Skypath, the proposed walking and cycling route across the Harbour Bridge.…
Campbell Live on the Skypath
Campbell Live did an excellent piece last night about the Skypath. If you haven’t seen it yet it is well worth a watch. We have done a number of posts about the project in recent months, you can see them here.…
Government funding to help make Skypath a reality
While many (not all) locals are busy doing whatever they can to stop the Skypath from happening, in an extremely positive sign at least one government ministry can see the benefit of it. The Ministry for the Environment has announced that it will provide $193,000 in funding to help investigate the feasibility of the project.…
Locals still opposing Skypath
One of the most exciting potential projects at the moment has to be the Skypath. The project that hopefully will finally provide access across the harbour for the two key missing modes, walking and cycling. Since they hit the news again earlier this year, the trust behind the project have been conducting consultation with the local residents associations and local board on either side of the harbour as well as the West Haven Marina users to work through any potential issues.…
NIMBYs strike the Skypath
Last week we moved a step closer to finally gaining walking and cycling access over the harbour bridge with the councils transport committee giving it’s support to the Skypath proposal. There are still a number of official hurdles to jump through before there is any talk of actually building it, but no good project gets the go ahead that easily.…