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Council floats life jacket bylaw
17 July 2013 Rodney Local Board member June Turner supports tougher rules for lifejackets.
The Rodney Local Board is backing a proposed new bylaw that would make it compulsory to wear lifejackets on small boats. Lifejackets are currently required to be carried on small boats, but they do not have to be worn. The new bylaw would apply to all boats under 6m, except surfboards, divers, and small dinghies travelling to shore from large boats. Board member June Turner says the board wants to discuss the proposal further to ensure it is not too restrictive. Rodney has a water sport culture, she says, and it still wants people to be able to have fun. Board member John McLean has described it as “just common sense”, and Brenda Steele says it is a “good bylaw”. But Thomas Grace has questioned whether it would be able to be enforced. According to Council, the bylaw, which is still in the early stages of discussion, would be policed by the Harbour Master “assisted by field staff of various council departments”. But the proposal has alarmed some local boaties. Stanmore Bay Boating Club spokesman Mike continued page 3
New motorway to bypass Warkworth
Warkworth residents hoping for a link from the Woodcocks Rd industrial area to the new motorway proposed from Puhoi appear to have had their hopes dashed. The latest version of the route from Concerns have been raised that many Warkworth Area Liaison Group this However, they have confirmed the the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) residents in Warkworth, Sandspit and month that Mahurangi College had motorway would almost certainly join shows the new motorway would bypass Snells Beach are unlikely to travel north opposed any access along Woodcocks up with a new link road to Matakana, Warkworth completely, forcing residents in order to head south, and will therefore Rd. Staff also stressed that the main via a large roundabout, which is highly purpose of the motorway was to likely to push development to the north to drive almost as far north as Kaipara not benefit from the new motorway. NZTA staff told a meeting of the improve access to Northland. continued page 3 Flats Rd to access the new route.
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