Today (24th April) is the last day to send in feedback to the NZTA Southern Link Investigation. If you haven't already, please spend just a couple of minutes filling in the on-line form (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NSL-feedback) or simply send your thoughts to nelson-southern-link@nzta.govt.nz. Please also encourage your partner, children, parents, grandparents, friends etc. to send feedback too.

The focus of Bicycle Nelson Bay has always been to encourage active transport which we see as being a key component to creating a more liveable city. We do not support the building of a highway that will adversely effect the health and well-being of many people in Nelson, in particular those children at the schools and kindergartens along the route. Equally, we don't support approaches that encourage an increase in motor vehicles past existing schools and through our communities.

It is clear that our existing infrastructure is extremely inefficient and it's not working. Many journeys that are currently done by car are very short and could easily be made by cycling or walking. Additionally, we know that public transport has the potential to drastically reduce the number of vehicles on the road. Technology also has the potential of reducing the need for some journeys as does the layout of our city (inner city living for example). In essence, there are many ways that vehicle volumes can be reduced, especially with an increase in (predominantly elderly) population. If we want to create and attractive, healthy city that we can be proud of, we think this has to be the focus.

The feedback that Bicycle Nelson Bays submitted can be viewed here http://bnb.org.nz/images/docs/16Apr21-BNB-NZTA-SLiV3.pdf