People for Places – He Whenua he Tangata news
the Raglan Community Board drop in sessions
A finalised design for the proposed Bow Street parklet will be coming out soon. The idea for the parklet was presented in the People for Places – He Whenua he Tangata drop-in sessions run by the Raglan Community Board. There are ongoing discussions about a location for a second parklet in town.
Parklet: “A small seating area or green space created as a public amenity on or alongside a pavement, especially in a former roadside parking space.”
Oxford Dictionary
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Another purpose of the People for Places project is to improve the safety, confidence and attractiveness of other modes of transport like walking, cycling and access for mobility scooters. There will also be improvements to road crossings making the downtown safer and more pedestrian friendly.
Project Manager Dennis Amoore from the Raglan Community Board says “We’d just like to say a huge thank-you to the people of Raglan for getting involved. Submissions both for and against showed a lot of passion and care for our town and community, though there were very different ideas about what it should and shouldn’t strive to be.”
“We believe it’s in processes like these – where everyone’s ideas and concerns and values are respected – that we can make decisions together as a community.”
How the overall project continues to evolve will become clear over the coming months, there is a lot of analysis by the project team and further discussion with the businesses and community that needs to take place.