Community group working bees on cycle paths
Getting out with a spade and just digging and great fun actually. There are probably many projects around the city where we can get in three and work with the city council to speed up the construction of cycle paths.
Please add you ideas as proposals here so we can get the ball rolling.
Luigi Sat 30 Aug 2014 7:28PM
Great idea!
Aaron Edwards Mon 1 Sep 2014 2:51AM
There has been some of this in the past but it has been hampered by Council not having clear standards required before they will maintain a community built facility. We have had offers by contractors fall by the wayside because Council was not dynamic enough to be able to hand a project to them. This is likely to need a strong guiding hand from Councillors demanding via the CEO that this is made easier.
Poll Created Mon 1 Sep 2014 2:56AM
Lobby Council to facilitate volunteer building of walking and cycling infrastucture Closed Thu 30 Oct 2014 1:09PM
Council staff to work with volunteers to develop achievable projects with clear guidelines that can be undertaken by volunteers. Council to be pro-active and responsive where opportunities arise for volunteer/in kind construction.
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 100.0% | 8 |
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| Abstain | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 19 |
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8 of 27 people have participated (29%)
Paul William Doherty
Mon 1 Sep 2014 3:36AM
Really keen to get connection in from Rugby League Club/Alpha Holiday through to Porowini Ave ;-)
Myles Green
Mon 1 Sep 2014 3:39AM
Council working alongside community can achieve more with the tight budgetary constraints the city has.
Mark Fuller
Mon 1 Sep 2014 10:45AM
As a rep of a community group in the process of building a shared-use cycle/walkway in Waipu, I have found the council quite responsive to helping with co-ordination of volunteer efforts, but I still prefer the GUERILLA GARDENING method!
Khalid
Tue 2 Sep 2014 5:44AM
I believe by having better walkways and cycleways we will encourage more of all NZ off the road. this will be better environmentally, socially, for health and local businesses.
Clare Terwiel
Wed 3 Sep 2014 9:58AM
A good idea - not sure exactly how this would work but in theory great!
James Bellamy
Wed 10 Sep 2014 9:47AM
The mountain bike tracks on the back of Parihaka were a good example of council working with volunteers on cycle facilities, were they not? I was not involved.
Shane Jansen · Fri 29 Aug 2014 11:57PM
Agree.