Comments on: Pathway Leaves – A Menace for Cycling?

By: Lennyboy

Lennyboy — Thu, 30 May 2013 01:22:19 +0000

We received a useful response from the CCC Parks Manager about the incident last week:
“The paths are swept twice a month on the cycleway through the pavement maintenance contract. They receive additional sweeping when required in autumn/early winter if leaf build up is significant. This is dependent on weather, as wind tends to remove them. In this instance the heavy rain over the weekend and the subsequent wet days meant a larger than normal volume of leaf was on both cycleway and carriageways in and around Hagley Park.”
Good to know that, in the main, this issue is being looked after!

By: ****ing Andrew

****ing Andrew — Mon, 27 May 2013 08:49:44 +0000

Bradford Park opposite City Care’s Milton St depot was cleared very was quickly last week when in a day or two the paths became indistinguishable from their surrounds .

I rode Wrights-Annex cycleway flooded that day too, Marylands-Halls Pl section was particularly deep.
Wrights-Halls Pl is too narrow, especially with the traffic it’s been getting with the Birmingham Dr roadworks forcing workers to abandon their cars.

The NZTA finally almost completely sealed our national cycleway of insignificance Wrights-Lincoln Rd after a 6 month delay. It never seems to occur to their contractors it’s a legitimate thoroughfare or they don’t believe these cyclists they’re building this thing for actually exist..

By: Dirk

Dirk — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:04:42 +0000

Having cycle trucks as the primary service vehicles in parks makes a great deal of sense. Cheaper to run, less noise/pollution, less wear and tear on paths, sensitivity to other path users. Common sense, really.