Activity: Footpaths

Council’s vision is to provide an effective and sustainable footpath network that supports community strength and wellbeing.

Council monitors the need for footpaths and, where affordable, builds new ones. In prioritising where to build new footpaths, Council takes into account:

• The location (e.g. areas close to hospitals and schools have higher priority).
• The traffic density in the area.
• Whether the berm is suitable for pedestrians without a formed footpath.

The community, especially children and the aged, need safe routes to use as they move to and from places in their community.

Key facts 

Council operates and maintains a footpath network of some 184.6 km which includes:

• Concrete – 180.1 km.
• Metal Tracks – 2.2 km. 
• Timber – 2.3 km.

Our major achievements in 2012/13 

Highlights of our progress during 2012/13 include:

• New footpath works completed.  
• Renewal footpath works completed. 
• Efforts to remove chewing gum from footpaths on Kaikohe main street.

Challenges we experienced 

• Subdivision has been slow over the 2012/13 year, particularly in the urban areas where footpaths are likely to be required.

Plans for the next 12 months 

Maintenance and Renewal

• Carrying out 3,000 m2 of footpath renewals across the district. *
• Carrying out regular maintenance of existing footpaths across the network.