Urban Mobility
Why walking and cycling?
Waipā is home to around 50,600 residents, with 55% living in Cambridge and Te Awamutu. By 2050, the population of these towns is expected to almost double, which means a lot more traffic on our roads.
That’s why providing great walking and cycling paths is so important – to get people out of the car and into other ways of getting to town.
In the Be Bold Cambridge concept plan, improving walking and cycling options was a key priority for residents and this was a key theme in the Te Awamutu concept plan.
As a rural district, it’s not surprising that cars are the most popular way to travel. On average, only 5.8% per cent of Cambridge residents and 2.8 % of Te Awamutu residents regularly walk or use their bikes instead of a car.
We think it’s time to change those numbers to improve health and wellbeing, and reduce traffic congestion.
Current projects
Cambridge pathway
We are investing in safe walking, scootering, and cycling infrastructure in Cambridge to make it easier and safer for people to walk and cycle in Cambridge.
A shared pathway is planned to start on Grey Street outside Cambridge Middle School to connect with Hamilton Road pathway and be extended to Bryce Street. It will continue down Bryce Street to Duke Street and carry along Wilson Street until Victoria Bridge, with an additional pathway on Alpha Street to connect Te Awa River Ride pathway and the new pathway.
The project involves building a two-laned pathway (for pedestrians and wheeled transport such as cycles and scooters) along one side of each of the roads.
For more information visit here.
Te Ara Rimu - Kihikihi pathway
We’re building a new pathway down Rolleston, Whitmore and Oliver streets and making some changes to the street layouts to make it safer for our local tamariki to get to school.
The project involves turning six streets into cul-de-sacs and building a two-laned pathway (for pedestrians and wheeled transport such as cycles and scooters) along one side of each of the roads.
For more information visit here.
Past Public Consultations
To help form future urban mobility plans we have received public feedback through the:
- Kihikihi Urban Development Plan (Page 16)
- 2021 – 2031 Long Term Plan (Page 24 – 25)
- Transport Strategy 2022 - 2052 (Page 52 – 53)
- Draft 2022 – 2023 Annual Plan (Page 23)
- Cambridge Town Concept Plan (page 22 – 23)
- Waipā Integrated Transport Strategy (Page 32 – 36)
