Wahoooo!!!Ive been working on setting up a shuttle service and MTB Hire fleet here in the Southern Coromandel for the tourists who see our awsome trail networks but have found no support businesses.
My new site
www.ascnz.co.nz/cycle-escapes
Looks like its all worth it!!
This from the Herald:
the shape of John Key's "national cycleway" is becoming clearer, after the Prime Minister gave more details about a "series of 'Great Rides'" in a tourism speech this morning.
Key attracted criticism about the lack of price and route detail for a national cycleway unveiled at the much-hyped February"Jobs Summit".
His initial claim of a $50 million price tag for what was originally pitched as a national cycleway from Cape Reinga to Bluff was thought by many to be unrealistic.
Key told the Hotel Industry Conference in Auckland this morning that $50m would be allocated to the project over the next three years.
"I see the national cycleway developing from a series of "Great Rides" through some of New Zealand's most beautiful scenery. Our long-term goal is to create a network that links these "Great Rides" into a uniquely New Zealand set of cycling experiences that connects and passes through our cities."
The routes for these rides would be influenced by existing cycleways, facilities and tourism attractions.
Key said the Government was working with councils and community groups to identify suitable routes that could boost employment and regional economies.
"The plan is evolving, we'll have more to say about that, certainly it's a collaborative project, we'll be working with local communities, working out the likely tracks , but there's some really exciting initiatives, there's a lot of work gone on behind the scenes," he said.
"It's fair to say regions right across the country have been coming forward, proposing ideas and I think they are going to put that $50 million to good use."
"We have a got a very clear vision for it now, a series of cycleways which will be linked together to a nationwide cycleway over time and I think you're going to see a lot of tourists coming, particularly from overseas, but also from New Zealand, piggy-backing on the success of the Otago Rail Trail."
"Government has huge advantages," said Key. "We have access to Ontrack, so therefore we have access to the rail corridor, we have clear access to the conservation estate which is huge, so we can ensure that those rides are going to go through some of the most beautiful parts of New Zealand."
The Government hopes its $50 million, three-year Budget allocation to the cycleway project in the Budget would attract extra contributions from regional and community groups, business and individuals.
"The cycleway will help create jobs," said Key. "It will create a high-quality tourism asset that will help attract higher-value cycle tourists and complement our 100 per cent pure brand. And it will help unite and inspire regional communities in these difficult economic times."
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he he just winding you up Stu!
Originally Posted by Kickha
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