Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 18, 2016 16:36:19 GMT 12
Work already underway to block Mt Eden's summit road to cars before ban in place
Road works at the base of the popular tourist destination were blocking the one-way road to the summit on Saturday morning.
Vehicles will be banned from the top of Mt Eden from January 20, but roadworks cut access four days early.
The ban from the tihi, or summit, applies to all motor vehicles, including motorbikes and scooters.
Heavy vehicles including buses were banned from the summit of Maungawhau/Mt Eden in 2011 over concerns they were damaging the cone's archaeological heritage.
Paul Majurey, chair of the Tupuna Maunga o Tamaki Makaurau Authority which looks after Auckland's volcanic cones, said the ban respected the spiritual and cultural significance of the summit to Mana Whenua, as well as the community's aspirations.
"Motor vehicle restriction on the tihi of Maungawhau was signalled many years ago as a key measure to protect this taonga, and to reflect the Mana Whenua and community aspirations of their living connections with this taonga. It is very pleasing to have reached this point."…..
www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/75952874/work-already-underway-to-block-mt-edens-summit-road-to-cars-before-ban-in-place
Road works at the base of the popular tourist destination were blocking the one-way road to the summit on Saturday morning.
Vehicles will be banned from the top of Mt Eden from January 20, but roadworks cut access four days early.
The ban from the tihi, or summit, applies to all motor vehicles, including motorbikes and scooters.
Heavy vehicles including buses were banned from the summit of Maungawhau/Mt Eden in 2011 over concerns they were damaging the cone's archaeological heritage.
Paul Majurey, chair of the Tupuna Maunga o Tamaki Makaurau Authority which looks after Auckland's volcanic cones, said the ban respected the spiritual and cultural significance of the summit to Mana Whenua, as well as the community's aspirations.
"Motor vehicle restriction on the tihi of Maungawhau was signalled many years ago as a key measure to protect this taonga, and to reflect the Mana Whenua and community aspirations of their living connections with this taonga. It is very pleasing to have reached this point."…..
www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/75952874/work-already-underway-to-block-mt-edens-summit-road-to-cars-before-ban-in-place
