The latest asset on Tasman’s Great Taste Trail is officially open.
More than 70 cyclists and residents gathered at the new Pokororo Swing Bridge last month with our Deputy Mayor Stuart Bryant cutting the ribbon for the opening.
The new section of the trail is 4.5 kilometres long from Pokororo Swing Bridge to Peninsular Bridge at Ngātīmoti, with four bridges and elevated boardwalks.
In June, a new interpretation panel was unveiled and blessed in a special ceremony. The panel shares purakau/lessons about the origins of the Motueka awa/river at Pokororo.
It speaks of the importance of the awa to Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Tama and Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui.
There are growing numbers of riders and walkers using this area with the counter on the Baton Bridge recording 6,600 people in the past 12 months.
... And the development of Tasman’s Great Taste Trail continues. The Trust is eyeing up the next stage of work which will be between Hoult Valley Road and Wai-iti Domain, pending fundraising and landowner consent.