Hey, cyclists — watch out for all of the walkers

IN these troubled times, we take many precautions when out and about — social distancing, and so on — but there is a hidden menace in Invercargill’s Queen’s Park.

It’s truly wonderful to see so many walking, and everyone is so friendly.

Imagine you round a corner and in your face is a cyclist going at full tilt, usually in Lycra, helmet, dark glasses and all the rest of the gear. How would you feel?

Your heart sinks to your boots as you are almost run down at possibly 20kmh30kmh. If you see them coming round a bend, you grab the dog/spouse and stand out of the way, trembling with shock.

Cyclists: please be a bit more considerate to the elderly and younger persons on our morning stroll in the park.

The roads are empty, there are not many cars on the road, the Tour of Southland is not until November and you are not impressing anyone by zooming around Queen’s Park as if the hounds of hell are chasing you. Footpaths are meant for pedestrians, not racing or mountain bikes. If you must use them, please share safely. Dave Savage

Invercargill

Cable car

AS the Dunedin mayor has intimated, the future of our harbour development, and the bridge to it, appears to be whatever landfill or bonfire awaits the cardboard model displayed in the Octagon.

There is an alternative. The city could get behind the High St cablecar project, which has numerous points in its favour. It would be both a civic utility and, when they return, a tourist attraction. It will require engineering expertise, of which we have plenty and some of which has been affected by the mothballing of Dunedin Rail. It has the potential to expand through the central city as a species of light rail and so to contribute to traffic reduction.

Harry Love North East Valley .....................................

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