Comments on: First look: Quarrymans Trail Stage 2

By: Mtr10000

Mtr10000 — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 02:25:08 +0000

In reply to Jo. Yes agree, good comments from everyone.

By: Mtr10000

Mtr10000 — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 02:23:54 +0000

In reply to Richard Suggate. Yes! Its so sad that in 2021 various new developments along the rest of Sparks Road haven't continued a proper cycleway for all the cyclists, Halswell school and those who live closer to the quarry.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:26:29 +0000

In reply to Rich.

Agree. Those two destinations would really add a lot of value. It would also be good to get it connected up to the Little River Trail around Prebbleton as a decent number of people already commute in and out of Lincoln by bike and with more and more e-bikes and more and more subdivisions out that way, a link would get a lot of bike traffic

The wetland area off the Quarrymans track on Sparks road is a nice place to spend time and there is a really good skatepark in Halswell domain – my son and his friends scooter from Hoon Hay down the Quarrymans happily to get to it.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:12:45 +0000

It’s a shame that they always seem to design these cycleways as a single route only, with no regard to what else they could connect to – the roads are a network, not a collection of single routes. By continuing a couple of hundred metres down Sparks Road they could have provided a safe route for people going on to the quarry and Cashmere Road. Same at Barrington Mall: it comes close, but you still have to cross very busy roads to get there. They need to help these routes to connect to places that people actually go, within a network, if they are to actually improve cycling as a mode of everyday transport.

By: Jan Jakob

Jan Jakob — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 01:23:23 +0000

In reply to Richard Suggate. These sound like excellent ideas, but I think a direct connection between Halswell and Prebbleton and the Prebbleton section of the Little River Trail (LRT) would also be an easy win. It would also make the cycle network more resilient. If, for example, there is a problem on the LRT between Prebbleton and the CBD, there will be an easy detour for many people.

By: Criggie

Criggie — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 22:00:48 +0000

I’ve ridden out Sparks Road toward HJR, and the pathway is quite pleasant. Dropping back to the road shows how good the paths are.

By: Richard Suggate

Richard Suggate — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 21:49:11 +0000

Stage 3 : Link to Halswell Quarry and Old Tai Tapu Road.
Stage 4: Then a link up to the Motukarara Rail Trail via Tai Tapu or Cossars/Macartneys Roads