{"id":185,"date":"2018-06-19T07:07:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T07:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2018-06-28T08:24:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T08:24:21","slug":"avon-otakaro-cycle-route","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/avon-otakaro-cycle-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Avon-\u014ct\u0101karo Cycle Route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that one day you will be able to bike on a &#8216;high-quality route&#8217; from the City to the Sea?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On Sunday the Mayor will open Te Ara \u014ct\u0101karo, the transitional Avon River trail, not by cutting a ribbon, but by tying the two broken ends of the ribbon together symbolising the reconnection of the east with the city.<\/p>\n<p>The trail runs the length of the lower Avon through the red zone from the coast to the city and was initiated by Avon-\u014ct\u0101karo Network (AvON), the organisation campaigning to turn the area into a multipurpose river park.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/www.rebuildchristchurch.co.nz\/blog\/2017\/10\/reconnecting-the-east-to-the-city\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rebuildchristchurch.co.nz\/blog\/2017\/10\/reconnecting-the-east-to-the-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.rebuildchristchurch.co.nz\/blog\/2017\/10\/reconnecting-the-east-to-the-city<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-385\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/avoncycletrailmap-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/avoncycletrailmap-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/avoncycletrailmap-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/avoncycletrailmap-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/avoncycletrailmap.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Puari ki Te Karoro: New Brighton will be connected to the Central City via the Avon River corridor.<\/p>\n<p>A natural extension of the Central City river pathway, it will primarily provide a high-quality route for recreation and tourists and, in sections, commuter cycling. It is expected to be finished in 2022.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a title=\"https:\/\/www.ccc.govt.nz\/parks-and-gardens\/explore-parks\/waterways\/avon-river\/te-ara-trail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccc.govt.nz\/parks-and-gardens\/explore-parks\/waterways\/avon-river\/te-ara-trail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ccc.govt.nz\/parks-and-gardens\/explore-parks\/waterways\/avon-river\/te-ara-trail<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; <a title=\"https:\/\/www.ccc.govt.nz\/transport\/cycling\/major-cycle-routes\/cycle-routes\/avon-otakaro-route\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccc.govt.nz\/transport\/cycling\/major-cycle-routes\/cycle-routes\/avon-otakaro-route\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christchurch City Council: Avon \u2212 \u014ct\u0101karo Route<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a title=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/the-press\/news\/91657093\/work-starts-on-christchurch-red-zone-walkrunbike-trail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/the-press\/news\/91657093\/work-starts-on-christchurch-red-zone-walkrunbike-trail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Work starts on Christchurch red zone walk-run-bike trail<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a title=\"https:\/\/www.ccc.govt.nz\/transport\/cycling\/cycling-maps\/#12\/-43.5308\/172.6363\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccc.govt.nz\/transport\/cycling\/cycling-maps\/#12\/-43.5308\/172.6363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christchurch City Council: Cycle Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that one day you will be able to bike on a &#8216;high-quality route&#8217; from the City to the Sea? &#8220;On Sunday the Mayor will open Te Ara \u014ct\u0101karo, the transitional Avon River trail, not by cutting a ribbon, but by tying the two broken ends of the ribbon together symbolising the reconnection &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/avon-otakaro-cycle-route\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Avon-\u014ct\u0101karo Cycle Route<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401,"href":"https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions\/401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeisajourney.co.nz\/rur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}