New Zealand Walks
Tracks to be built by the Transmission Gully
N
ow that Transmision Gully Expressway is opened to vehicles walkers are now wondering when walking tracks will be built near the area. The 27 kilometres of safe, reliable, and resilient motorway isn’t all the Transmission Gully project includes. There will be several recreational walking and cycling tracks built in the final phase of the project, now the motorway has opened to traffic. Pāuatahanui path A one-kilometre-long network of shared paths will be built beside SH58 (between the roundabout with Pāuatahanui village and the new motorway interchange roundabouts). A further kilometre of recreational and scenic path for walking and cycling will follow the Pāuatahanui stream, overlooking native planting through the new Transmission Gully/ SH58 interchange. These will provide a better conAbove right: The Gasline Track.
22 Walking New Zealand, issue no 291
- 2022
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