Cook St is currently a sleepy side street with a lot of parked cars and a lot of power poles. HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL Cook St has been deemed wide enough to accommodate two lanes of roadway, off-road parking, cycle lanes and footpaths. “Like me, they want to make that change.”Christel Yardley/STUFF Hamilton City councillor Rob Pascoe: “There’s no free money here. So we have to do something.”Cr Dave Macpherson reckoned the Cook St corridor proposal was an ideal opportunity for the Government to prove it was serious about tackling climate change. While that route will still be eyed as a potential “neighbourhood link”, the Cook St option was deemed to be the most sensible as the main cycling corridor.

Source: Stuff June 08, 2021 05:48 UTC