Bethlehem retirees petition for Carmichael Rd footpath extension

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Bethlehem retirees want a Carmichael Rd footpath extended so they can get out and about safely. Bethlehem Country Club Residents’ Committee chairman Ian Travers said 218 residents…

Bethlehem Country Club Residents’ Committee chairman Ian Travers. Photo / Kelly O'Hara

Bethlehem retirees want a Carmichael Rd footpath extended so they can get out and about safely.

Bethlehem Country Club Residents’ Committee chairman Ian Travers said 218 residents had signed his petition asking for the footpath to be extended between 90 and 123 Carmichael Rd.

Travers said residents of the country club, retirement village and community often used the footpath but it had a gap of about 200m.

The gap meant people had to cross the road or walk along the grass, which he said was causing an indentation.

Travers took his petition to the Tauranga City Council City Delivery Committee meeting last week.

He hoped the council would extend the footpath, fill the gap and create a continuous route along Carmichael Rd with access to the Gordon Carmichael Reserve and wetlands.

“It just gives [residents] freedom of access without being forced to immediately cross the road.”

Some residents, including those at the country club, have to cross the road to access a footpath.

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