Marlborough Walking and Cycling Strategy Appendix K: Action Plan BIKE WALK MARLBOROUGH ACTION PLAN - Ten Year Plan to June 2020 - as at June 2010 Estimated Funded by Road Safety Reserves Maintenance Lead Project Completion Budget - over Council through NZTA Coordinator Unfunded Section Implications Manager Date and Specific Action 10 years BWM Funded Marl Roads Funded Projects Projects Funded - per annum Progress ADMINISTRATION COORDINATOR ROLE - Facilitate and administer the Bike Walk Marlb Roads, Marlborough Working Group. $300,000 $300,000 Council and BWM ACTIVE TRANSPORT ENGINEER - Fund a Active Transport Engineer, part time ( at Marlborough Roads) $500,000 $500,000 PLANNING - INFRASTRUCTURE Urbanism Plus, IDENTIFY SAFE WALKING AND CYCLING ROUTES AND FACITILITIES Viastrada, Marlb - Identify optimum safe, attractive and practical cycling and walking routes Roads and BWM within Blenheim and Picton and recommend on facilities and treatments to increase cyclist and pedestrian safety and encourage cycling and walking Funded through to school, work, other trips and for recreation. Options may include a mix of Professional Estimated cycling facilities, for example off road dedicated or shared use paths, traffic Services Completion - calmed shared multi modal roads or on road cycle lanes. $25,000 $25,000.00 May 2010 PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS - Identify and programme improvements M Roads to pedestrian facilities within CBDs - Blenheim and Picton, Havelock & Minor Safety Seddon Funding Ongoing DESIGN WAYFINDING PACKAGE - Design a Wayfinding Package for Reserves Commence Blenheim, Picton and Havelock $65,000 $25,000 $30,000.00 $10,000 2011 Urbanism Plus, IDENTIFY CYCLIST HOT SPOTS - Identify all impediments/'hot spots' on Viastrada, Marlb cycle routes/network and recommend improvements and prioritise work. Roads and BWM Examples being roundabouts and intersections, entrapment/pinch areas ie; Estimated pedestrian crossing design, narrow lanes widths, converging lanes, bridge Minor Safety Completion - approaches etc Funding June 2011 INVESTIGATE OFF-ROAD PATHS AND TRACKS - Investigate alternate BWM or Contract off road walking and cycle paths/accessways within Blenheim and other As urban centres to promote sustainable travel - Sutherland Stream extension subdivision to town etc $5,000 $5,000 takes place M Roads/NZTA Due 2010 then done CRASH STUDY DATA - Undertake an Intersection Crash Reduction Study Minor safety every 3 - 3 Yearly funding $45,000.00 years M Roads/NZTA Marlborough ROAD WIDENING AND RESEALING - Develop a prioritised widening and Roads in resurfacing of sealed shoulder programme targeting higher use cycle conjunction routes and using 'cycle friendly' surface (eg fine chip and level surface) $6,000,000 $6,000,000 with BWM CYCLE PATH - BLENHEIM TO RENWICK - Conduct an investigation M Roads and study to develop the optimum cycle facilities between Blenheim and BWM Commence Renwick, looking at Middle, New and Old Renwick Roads $10,000 $10,000 2011 NEIGHBOURHOOD ACCESSIBILITY AUDITS - Undertake Marlb Roads Neighbourhood Accessibility Audits/Plans around Girls/Boys College and Bohally Schools initially and others to assess safe routes to/from schools- programme improvement works $150,000 $150,000 Ongoing RIPARIAN PUBLIC ACCESS AND LINKS - Investigate public access Reserves & BWM options along all urban river margins in or close to the urban centres - as per Riparian Acquisition Policy $20,000 $20,000 Ongoing Marlb Roads INVESITGATE OFF ROAD TRACK - BLENHEIM TO PICTON - Feasibility study & design to construct an off-road cycle route on largely railway Commence designation land - Spring Creek to Picton - "Wellington to Wairau Rail Trail" $5,000 $5,000 July 2010 CAPTURE JOINT PLANNING OPPORTUNITIES - Work with other Reserves and sections of Council to ensure all walk/bike opportunities are captured when BWM planning other development works Ongoing xxxi