Manurewa Active Modes Project
Help shape better ways to walk and ride in Rewa! 🚶🚲🛴
Tēnā koutou, tālofa lava, mālō e lelei, kia orana, fakaalofa lahi atu, bula vinaka, nǐ hǎo, namaste, kumusta, néih hóu, and warm greetings.
We’re working to make it safer and even easier to walk, ride your bike, and scoot around Rewa.
Thank you for sharing your ideas and suggestions on where in Rewa is it currently difficult to walk, bike or scoot for local journeys to the shops, to public transport stations, or to school, and what will make it easier for you and your whānau to walk, scoot or cycle.
We have taken these on board when developing the recommended programme of improvements and will share this with you in the coming months.
About the project
The Manurewa Active Modes Project aims to identify challenges, as well as local solutions to encourage more walking and cycling in the community.
Getting around on foot or bike is one of the easiest ways to improve your health and wellbeing, and it can save you money too!
There are several public transport stations, a significant number of schools and a high proportion of tamariki and kaumātua in Manurewa, providing opportunities for local journeys by walking and cycling.
Where are we looking to make improvements
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Improved walking and cycling in Manurewa means
- We feel safer and more connected with our community when we walk, cycle, and scoot.
- We choose to walk, cycle, and scoot more often because it is more enjoyable.
- We find it easier to move around our neighbourhood on foot and by bike.
Major concern is the roaming dogs which are a danger to anyone cycling and walking. This needs to be a top priority.
A shared foot and cycle bridge across the Papakura Stream to connect Wattle Downs and Waiata Shores so access to services such as Woolworths, cafes, dentist and medical care.
A bridge across the Papakura stream to connect the wattle Downs coastal walk to the Southern path
Great South Road, heading south from #291 (the NPD) to #324. This section of shared path has many car yards and petrol stations. Riding down here at speed is risky because of all the vehicles coming in and out drive ways and petrol stations often fail to give way, or don't understand that they need to give way to vehicles using the cycle path. They crossing points should be clearly marked to show who has right of way.
Outside the Browns Road Superette, near the corner of Dalgetty Drive: there is a rubbish bin in the middle of the bike path. Going around the bin puts riders at risk of hitting people as they walk out of the superette. There are also often cars parked nextdoor outside #116 blocking the cycle lane.
The cycle lanes on Browns Road, outside Homai Primary and Manurewa High are blocked with parked cars before and after school. Staff and students are stuck walking their vehicles because there's no room on the road and no room on the footpath.