The wellington waterfront draft development plan is out for comment - see http://www.wellington.govt.nz/haveyoursay/publicinput/2009waterfront.php

The draft submission says:

Cycle AwareWellington (CAW) is the cycling advocacy group for the Wellington region, witha particular focus on the bicycle as a means of transport and recreation. Ourgoal is more people biking more often.

We believe that the Wellington Waterfront is an important space for Wellington cyclists, and are pleased that this has been acknowledged in the draft plan, which mentions management of the "pedestrian-cyclist interface".  We agree that this needs to be well managed, and would like to suggest that significant improvement could be made simply by the use of increased signage in certain areas.  This would be consistent with the development of the Great Harbour Way, a walking and cycling path to be developed around Wellington Harbour which will have significant benefits for businesses on the waterfront.

In particular, the use of the waterfront area by slower, recreational cyclists should be encouraged, and we believe that this is entirely compatible with use by pedestrians - designation of an area as a "slow cycling area" would be reasonable in some areas.  However, since the waterfront neighbours the CBD and is therefore in use as a commuting route, there are areas (for example, at the interface with Jervois and Waterloo Quays) where signage to indicate a better route allowing continuity for faster commuter cyclists may also be appropriate.

We also note the suggestion that parking at the northern (Kumutoto) end of the waterfront be replaced by a campervan park.  We would like to suggest that as any redevelopment of this area is done, consideration be given to the way in which cyclists use this area and the difficulty that campervans may have in seeing cyclists as they reverse.  We would suggest that it may be feasible to include a painted cycle track along a (the safest) side of any redeveloped area here, at the time of redevelopment at no significant additional cost.

Finally, we would like Wellington Waterfront to consider what development can be done to maximise the benefit to local businesses of the development of the Great Harbour Way - in particular, that additional areas of cycle parking along the waterfront might encourage cycle tourists to stop and visit local attractions.

Yours etc., .....

Comments and suggestions please!