Selwyn Times: January 10, 2017

SELWYN TIMES Tuesday January 10 2017 9
Mountain bikers gear
up to ride new track
A NEW mountain bike
track built predominantly by
volunteers has opened on the
Port Hills.
The 3.8km track, currently
called the Montgomery Spur
Loop Track until it is formally
named, is the first new public
track to be built on the hills in
about a decade.
It’s the result of work by about
40 volunteers, contractors and
city council staff.
“It’s been 75 per cent volunteer
labour, 15 per cent contracted
construction and about 10 per
cent council oversight, planning
and helping to transport gear up
there,” Christchurch Singletrack
Club Port Hills track liaison and
development officer Graham
Allan said.
He co-ordinated the team of
volunteers who worked on the
project over the past 18 months.
He’s been a regular volunteer,
helping the city council with
track maintenance on the Port
Hills for 10 years.
The new track sits
within Montgomery Spur
Reserve on land that was
mandated in 2010 for a mountain
bike track.
NEW: The Montgomery Spur Loop Track is the first public track
to be built on the hills in about 10 years.
It’s close to the Rapaki Track
but provides an additional loop
that’s designed for beginner to
intermediate riders.
The only access to the track is
from the mid-way point of the
Rapaki Track, but there are plans
to introduce other access points.
It takes about 25 minutes to
ride, but Mr Allen said the track
provided a lot of variety and
challenges without too much
risk.
“The scenery looking out over
the city is amazing. It has really
filled that niche of a track that
helps people get from the flat
lands up on to the hills because
there are no steep drop-offs. It
gives them a bit of playground
where they can ride without
fear of taking a tumble because
there’s nothing to fall on but
tussock,” he said.
“We’re really pleased to see
it open and being discovered
and enjoyed by a wide range of
riders.”
Traffic delays likely
during reconstruction
of Lincoln’s Gerald St
ROAD reconstruction work
will soon be under way on
Gerald St in Lincoln.
The work will take place over
January and February between
the roundabout at the junction
of Gerald St and Springs Rd
through to Gerald St, east of
Vernon Dr.
Throughout most of the
work, the street will be open
to vehicles with traffic controls
in place. However, short delays
should be expected.
The work will involve
excavating and disposing of
the existing road surface and
replacing it with a new road
base and seal.
It will also include replacing
the existing kerb and dish
channel on the south side of the
street with a standard kerb and
channel.
The reconstruction will be
done rather than repairing the
and resealing the street because
of the number of faults on this
section.
The intersection of Kidman
St, Byron St and Tennyson St
in Rolleston will also be closed
from today to allow for a new
roundabout to be constructed.
It will reopen on Wednesday,
January 18.
During the closure, traffic on
Byron St and Kidman St won’t
be able to travel through the
intersection and will need to
detour through an alternative
route along Rolleston Dr or
Wordsworth St and Tennyson
St.
Tennyson St traffic will be
able to travel through the
intersection but traffic controls
will be in place which may
cause short delays.
Work will also resume to lay
a new sewer line along East
Maddisons Rd in Rolleston
from next Monday onwards.
The pipeline will service new
development areas in east
Rolleston.
From next Monday, East
Maddisons Rd will be open
to one-way traffic between
Goulds Rd and Ellington
Mews.
Traffic will be able to travel
from Ellington Mews to Goulds
Rd but not from Goulds Rd to
Ellington Mews during this
closure.
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