Western News: June 03, 2021

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Further progress on city to Rolleston cycleway
• By Susan Sandys
CYCLING safely from the city
to Rolleston is one step closer
with construction of a path to
Templeton under way.
City Care has been contracted
by the Selwyn District Council
and construction of a 1km section
of cycleway has started. It
runs from Dawsons Rd, between
Rolleston and
Templeton, to
meet up with
an existing
path at Globe
Bay Drive at
Templeton.
District
Mark
Chamberlain
council
transportation
asset
delivery manager Mark Chamberlain
said the $190,000 project
was due for completion next
month.
The 2.5-3m wide, asphaltsealed
path for pedestrians
and cyclists, would match and
link up with what Waka Kotahi
NZ Transport Agency had
provided from Rolleston –
along Jones Rd up to Dawsons
Rd.
The construction project
included safety fencing along the
railway reserve boundary.
The district council and city
council plan for the cycleway
to eventually connect with the
South Express cycleway from
Kirk Rd at Templeton, about
580m away.
Construction of the South
Express cycleway, to run from
Templeton to Hagley Park, is
under way.
City council acting head of
transport Lynette Ellis said
work was currently under way
at the city end of the South
Express.
“Construction on the first section
from Deans Ave to Craven
St will be completed later this
year and work will progress
towards Templeton.
TAKING
SHAPE: A
section of a
pedestrian
and cycle
path under
construction
will ultimately
connect
Rolleston to
Hagley Park.
The cycleway is expected to
be completed in late 2022 and
will be just under 15km. How
long that would take to cycle
is dependent on a variety of
factors,” Ellis said.