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Don’t use road on Kaiti Hill

Published: Fri 10 Apr 2015 10:20 AM
Don’t use road on Kaiti Hill
Pine harvesting on Titirangi Reserve, Kaiti Hill has begun but members of the public are not following road closure safety measures despite warning signage, cordon tape and patrolling security.
“The walking tracks are still open and accessible from the port side of the hill,” says acting planning and development manager Geoff Canham,
“But the road is closed to the public for their safety.”
A number of pedestrians have slipped past roaming security and traffic control since the road access at Queens Road and Titirangi Drive were closed on Wednesday.
“Machinery, trucks and tree felling can present a danger and we need to make sure people are being safe.”
“Anyone using the walking tracks needs to refrain from going onto the roadway,” says Mr Canham.
“If we are still seeing people using the road going into the weekend we may need to close the reserve to the public entirely.”
“The closure is only in place until harvesting is completed in about 3 weeks’ time, this is much less time the 6 weeks we originally planned for,
“We ask for patience and cooperation from people using the tracks. The reserve will be fully open again as soon as possible.”
Harvesting is due to be complete by Friday 1 May.
If you would like to know more about the harvest or restoration project go to www.gdc.govt.nz , call customer services on 06 867 2049 or email Titirangi.Restoration@gdc.govt.nz
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