Posted 11th April 2014 to the Southland Times Invercargill
Reading Andy McDonald’s Comments on the Round the Mountain Cycle Trail (Apr 5th)
I think to be fair to the Government Funding People, Fiordland Would have got a good shot
at funding for Cycle Trails if the Department of Conservation had put their hand up for some.
But as the DOC didn’t have any plan at all in place for Cycling in or around the Park to tag the money to
so It had to go to Queenstown by default.
Andy is right about the Round the Mountain.. What is the use of cycling along side a road? One might as well go in a car and be comfortable
And you can put your foot down through all the boring parts!
I think the real problem with the Manapouri to Te Anau Trail is that it would be just too easy to build if the DOC use Volunteers and their own people over the Winter instead of putting them off It would Hardly Cost the Government anything at all and that money has to be spent, It would have to be hand Crafted and Asphalted with Jems to cost any-ware near as much as the Around the Mountain job!
Oh and lest we forget, National Politicians will get Southland’s vote what ever they do or don’t, so no pressure for DOC their.
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Reading Andy McDonald’s Comments on the Round the Mountain Cycle Trail (Apr 5th)
I think to be fair to the Government Funding People, Fiordland Would have got a good shot
at funding for Cycle Trails if the Department of Conservation had put their hand up for some.
But as the DOC didn’t have any plan at all in place for Cycling in or around the Park to tag the money to
so It had to go to Queenstown by default.
Andy is right about the Round the Mountain.. What is the use of cycling along side a road? One might as well go in a car and be comfortable
And you can put your foot down through all the boring parts!
I think the real problem with the Manapouri to Te Anau Trail is that it would be just too easy to build if the DOC use Volunteers and their own people over the Winter instead of putting them off It would Hardly Cost the Government anything at all and that money has to be spent, It would have to be hand Crafted and Asphalted with Jems to cost any-ware near as much as the Around the Mountain job!
Oh and lest we forget, National Politicians will get Southland’s vote what ever they do or don’t, so no pressure for DOC their.
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