The Great Harbour Way/ Te Aranui o Pōneke is a walking and cycling route around Te Whanganui-a-tara, the harbour of Wellington. From Fitzroy Bay in the east to Sinclair Head in the west. Few, if any, opportunities exist elsewhere in the world to walk or cycle the entire coastline of a major city harbour, continually touching the water’s edge.
While this has been confirmed by NZTA, construction isn’t meant to start till at least 2019. I’d like to see this happen quicker if possible. People don’t travel on bike between Petone & Wellington because at present you need to mix with SH2, once completed there will be a 3m wide path with 1m either side. It will be positioned between the existing train lines & the seawall. This will also protect the train lines in severe storms as we saw in 2013 which shut the entire line for some time, further adding to traffic problems.
As well as completing this cycle way, I would also like to see Hutt City & Wellington City work together on a bike sharing scheme allowing users to take bikes one-way along the track. The distance for some is quite long, but one-way options would open this great route up to many more people.