11 October 2011

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Boulevard pushed for Rocks Rd Rocks Rd looks set for an ex- for the region’s R funding to be treme makeover after Nelson accessed. politicians put NZTA on no- A decision on where Nelson tice, saying ‘it’s our money; will spend its money needs to we’ll spend it how we want’. be made by March next year It is also another indication and the Regional Transport that Nelson City Council sees Committee has made the decino future for Rocks Rd as a sion to spend part of it, around major arterial road and sees it $6 million, on a pedestrian rather as a destiboulevard and nation with plans cycleway on for a cycleway Rocks Rd. and pedestrian However, the We will build our boulevard. is pedestrian boulevard committee New Zealand now concerned along Rocks Rd as Transport AgenNZTA will resist that is what our com- the plan because cy allocated munity wants... roading funding, it would like to or ‘R funding’, to see Rocks Rd – Aldo Miccio. councils several “three-laned”, a years ago with the money to plan NCC is dead against. be spent on local roading pro- Transport committee chair, jects. But only those projects Ian Baker, says it is importhat met its standard of need. tant for the region to use all Tasman District Council spent resources owed to Nelson to their allocation on the Ruby guarantee roading needs for Bay Bypass. future growth. Nelson City Council was al- “[We need to] utilize the iconic located $22 million and had Rocks Rd environment starthoped to spend it on the ing as soon as possible with the Southern Arterial Link from construction of the proposed St Vincent St to Wakatu Drive. pedestrian boulevard and cyHowever, a report into the pro- cleway.” posed road this year showed SEE PAGE 3 demand was not great enough

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