The last few months have been dominated by two issues, completion of the Whale Trail Lovers Lane to the Sea connection, and flood recovery work.
The Whale trail section has been open and is proving to be popular with both cyclists and walkers
The Flood recovery work has been undertaken with the assistance of our own club members, volunteer members of the public, local contractors who have supplied both machinery and materials, and work and coordination from the Track team. A huge thank you to everybody who has contributed
A brief summary of the current status of the tracks is;
- From town, through South Bay, behind the golf course and up to Greenlane is open and in good shape.
- From Greenlane to Kowhai ford is open, but without the river bed option to bypass “Mt Kowhai” which would need extensive work to restore, and with a new section on the river bed replacing the washed away section leading up onto the stopbank.
- Kowhai Ford to the stopbank is now open, a new bypass was cut around the destroyed section, the track cambered, gravelled and compacted to get it open for Labour weekend.
- The stopbank to Postmans Rd is open, as is Luke Creek, and Kora Bay
- The upper Hapuku is open, with a third round of tidying and realigning the damaged section just completed
- The lower Hapuku section (Whale Trail) at the HW1 bridge has had the temporary repair built up and widened and a new turning circle/carpark added.
- The balance of the Whale Trail is intact, and is only waiting on repairs to the Middle Creek entry/exit, and the remaining 2 km of connecting trail and bridges to be completed
We are a little bit behind our normal program but have resumed trimming and spraying.
Track team