​Kāmoanahaehae – Riverside Park moving ahead

Construction is set to resume soon at Kāmoanahaehae – Riverside Park following the signing of a contract between Central Otago District Council and Fulton Hogan. Fulton Hogan was awarded the tender to complete the viewing platform and install the mana whenua design integration, completing the project.

The construction is expected to take eight weeks. While the project was intended to be completed by end of June, unforeseen challenges with material availability and geotech concerns means that it will likely be completed in July.

Vincent Community Board chair Jayden Cromb is pleased work is kicking back off again after the team worked through some unforeseen challenges.

“Building on a riverbank isn’t easy, but we never realised just how much that might make things harder and take longer than we’d hoped," he said,

"But we’re underway again now and are looking forward to having this finished and available for the public to use.”

The contract includes creating a track that will allow people to walk or cycle from Kāmoanahaehae around to Linger and Die Reserve. The section of this track along the Manuherekia River will be covered by funds received from Ministry for the Environment for the Waiora Manuherekia project (under Manuherekia Catchment Group), with the remainder from the allocated project funds.

At both Vincent Community Board and Council meetings, the decision was made to officially rest the idea of completing a ramp down to the river. A future board or council can resume this aspect of the project if desired.

The project is a collaboration between the Alexandra Riverside Park Trust, Central Otago District Council, mana whenua via their rūnaka-governed firm Aukaha, and the local community.

For more information about the project, visit Let's Talk HERE.