Walkway link started

Work has started on an 80-metre long timber bridge that will link Kowhai Park to the Warkworth Showgrounds. The long-awaited bridge will traverse a steep gully and cater for pedestrians and cyclists. Auckland Council parks and community facilities manager for Rodney Geoff Pitman says a resource consent for the Kowhai Park Reserve walkway has been granted.

The project has three components – a 2.5 metre-wide concrete footpath, a timber boardwalk and the 80-metre timber bridge – and will cost around $1 million. “The project is expected to finish before next winter,” Pitman says.



The contractors are Mason Contractors. The new shared path will link key Warkworth destinations and provide safe pedestrian access from Warkworth through two reserves and away from SH1..