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SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Tuesday March 17 2020 7 News ‘Clearly there’s an issue’ •From page 1 Mr Allpress told the community board at the meeting: “Just yesterday [March 2] I was coming down Bowenvale and almost got skittled by a bike. “Clearly, there’s an issue between walkers and cyclists,” he said. Canterbury Mountain Bike Club Mountain Bike Club president Glen McGeachen said the club does not speak for all riders but: “Many of our riders are also participants in other outdoor disciplines, be it running or tramping, so they will be well-familiar with shared trail etiquette from both perspectives, namely on a bike and on their feet, and have empathy for the other users they encounter. “Whilst I have also heard anecdotal evidence of occasional deliberate trail obstruction to riders by other users, I would equally hesitate to jump to any conclusion that this is a systemic problem within those communities, but rather the actions of a few outlier individuals,” he said. Said Mr Rutledge: “No accidents have been reported that we are aware of but we have had several reports of near misses and a number of reports of verbal interactions. “We are regularly monitoring DANGEROUS: The Over Forties Tramping Club wants the city council to do more to encourage mountain bike riders to be respectful of walkers on shared tracks like those at Bowenvale Reserve. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN usage and working with users to improve signs, sightlines and route designs to improve safety and reduce conflict. Shared use information is included on all our web pages and on on-site signage warning riders and walkers of other users. We support New Zealand’s Trail Etiquette and the Mountain Bikers Code of Conduct,” he said. In a letter Mr Allpress wrote to the city council in January last year, he said the tramping club’s more than 400 members were asked if they have had problems with mountain bikers in the past. Said one member’s response: “I’ve pretty much given up walking on Bowenvale and shared Victoria Park tracks because of the downhill riders. Getting up and down the Bowenvale valley access to the start of the tracks has always been fraught – I’ve decided I’m too old to be able to leap out of the way and constantly having to be ultra-alert isn’t pleasant.” Readers have their say on the recent articles on the 360 Trail group’s proposal to build a pathway beside the Bromley oxidation ponds and the effect this may have on birds. Spenser Holmes – I read with interest your article regarding the proposed pathway near the migratory birds in the estuary. It seems to me that the answer is blatantly clear, redirect the pathway away from the birds. Apparently there is an alternate route. The city council report puts the risk to the birds as low to moderate. Moderate sounds scary and low is even too darn high in a world where biodiversity is on the run and even the city council has declared for a climate emergency. The 360 trail people are thinking like dinosaurs, it is a new world out there and any nonessential disturbance of nature isn’t on. Having a pathway by the water isn’t essential, nice maybe but not essential. Maintaining the health and viability of the migratory birds is essential. As for the city council, my oh my, not a lick of commonsense there. Didn’t the fact that the estuary is part of an internationally recognised flyway register the fact that extreme care was necessary when planning the route of the pathway, obviously not? Emma Lynch – I find it difficult to believe that the proposed 360 walkway will have a low to moderate ecological effect. Having witnessed the coastal pathway remove the tern’s roosting area, wading birds no longer feeding up to the estuary edge due to human disturbance and dogs now being exercised in the estuary bed, it is astonishing that the 360 interest group proposes that they are able to mitigate against any environmental effects of another walkway. Many of the birds in the estuary are already deemed at risk or declining. We need to be protecting this fragile estuary ecosystem, and maybe, in this case, leaving footprints is just too damaging. Mobility Scooters DEMO SALE 50% Off! $6,490 Retail From $2,995 EziShopper 214 Luxury Seat Full Suspension LED Lights Speed 14 kph Distance 40km Deep Cycle Batteries Full Warranty Free! 3 Day Home Trial We Come To You - Or visit our showroom at 18 Main North Rd, Papanui, Christchurch Call 0800 1155 76
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