To update: The council newsletter from 16 Aug 2019 states there is “a small section of cycleway on Cumnor Terrace [to be] completed “, so presumably, that will close the gap.

(This might or might not end up being in a confusing position, I am not sure where the reply button will put this). The revised plan says there will be a shared path on Cumnor Tce between Garlands Rd and and Marshall St, which is not there yet. It would be good if that were built, although it is odd that there is no indication that the current state is temporary. Maybe that shared path would not be super-necessary in a perfect world, but on our way back after our inability to find bike parking at the Tannery, we did have two close encounters with cars racing along Cumnor Tce within maybe 30-60 seconds, both coming from Garlands Rd and accelerating quickly right after making their turn.

The revised consultation plans describe reverting some of Cumnor Tce now to neighbourhood greenway to minimise the impact on the riverfront (https://ccc.govt.nz/transport/cycling/major-cycle-routes/cycle-routes/heathcote-expressway-puari-kikahukura/). But even the revised plans provided there are different to the final product, so presumably some further detailed design tweaks occurred. I’d say the poles are to prevent access by motor vehs (who have to u-turn now), but they certainly shouldn’t be designed to restrict bikes (e.g. 1.5m gaps would stop cars).

Actually – sorry to reply to my own post – this is a little confusing. As far as I can tell, the revised February 2017 plan envisioned a shared path along most of Cumnor Tce (https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Transport/Cycling/Heathcote-Revised-Scheme-Plans-Optimized.pdf, p. 14), but that doesn’t seem to have materialized. Will that still be built or has that been scraped altogether? If it were built, that would presumably get rid of these odd poles that exclude cargo cycles from using the crossing.