Cycleway Editorials

The Press says:

When Prime Minister John proudly unveiled cycleway project his critics were quick to label the plan a pipedream.

To an extent this view was justified. Key's original proposal was for a ribbon of concrete stretching from Kaitaia to Bluff, the construction of which would employ about 3700 workers. This was always an unrealistic goal, especially as the announced budget for of $50 million would have been woefully inadequate. Yet although the seven cycle trail projects announced this week, including one at in North Canterbury, represent a major scaling back of that original feel-good vision, it is still a promising and achievable start.

And the Dom Post:

Prime Minister John Key's grandiose plan for a concrete cycleway stretching from Kaitaia to Bluff has become something rather more humble seven regional tracks. That does not mean it is a failure, or that it should not be applauded.

Both saying much the same. The original was too ambitious and over-hyped. But even the more modest plans are not a bad thing.

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