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Nelson Weekly
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TUESDAY 22 December 2015
Locally Owned and Operated
Land owners come to the party over cycle trail When the Nelson Tasman Cycle Trust approached Lloyd and Paul Ewing about putting the Tasman Great Taste Trail through their land at Quail Valley they agreed immediately, because the trail "is such a bloody fabulous idea". But the father-and-son owners of Ewing Poultry didn't stop there. They also started clearing a path and laying the base material for the two kilometre section of trail that runs through their freerange hen farm on the banks of the Wai-iti River. A keen recreational cyclist who has ridden the Otago Rail Trail, Ocean 2 Alps Trail and the coastal section of the Tasman Great Taste Trail, Lloyd says it made sense for them to start the construction "because we already have the machinery and manpower on the site." He estimates they have already spent about five weeks clearing and fencing their land and have about another 1000 man hours of work to go before the trust's contractor can add the finishing touches. "The trust reckons we're are doing
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about $50,000 worth of work but that's nothing in the big picture," Lloyd says. "The trail is going to be such a good community asset - we can't wait to see families biking along here and stopping for a picnic beside the river." The trust's project manager for the trail, Stuart Hughes, says work on the section through Lloyd and Paul's land signalled the start of the next stage of construction of the 175km trail. The coastal section from Nelson to Kaiteriteri was completed late last year and now the trust has sufficient funding to complete the 14.2km section from Wai-iti Domain to the Norriss Valley Picnic Area in this financial year. "There are five landowners in this section and they all allowed us to move fences and go through their land and we are really grateful for that. We have had such good support from the landowners like Nelson Forests and the Ewings, as
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Lloyd, left, and Paul Ewing have been clearing their land for the Tasman Great Taste Trail. Photo: Simon Bloomberg. well as from the Tasman District Council and Rata Foundation." Stuart says the 1.35km ride through the disused Spooners Rail Tunnel will be a highlight of the next stage of the trail. Some work has already started on the approach to the tunnel and he expects it will be completed by June
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next year. "We have just let a contract for the construction of the section from Quail Valley Rd to Tunnel Rd, so work will start soon," Stuart says. "But Nelson Forests has already had Taylors Contracting doing some work forming a track approaching the tunnel."
Stuart says the tunnel will remain unlit and will be lined with reflectors. There will be a 50m long boardwalk through the middle of a creek leading up to the tunnel's northern entranceway. However, Stuart says there are still some speed bumps to be negotiated, including gaining access to land in the six kilometre section between Wakefield and Wai-iti Domain and securing funding for the final stages of the trail from Norriss Valley to Kohatu, Tapawera and then out to Riwaka. "There are a lot of landowners in that section (from Wakefield to Wai-iti Domain) so it will take a long time. The council and trust have also applied for government funding over the next four years, so we'll have to wait and see if that's approved. "But we are making good progress and I think that the section from Wai-iti Domain to Norriss Valley will be a popular ride in its own right. I can see families driving out to Wai-iti and then riding to Kohatu and back, before the rest of the trail is completed."
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