Transport boss Wayne McDonald has warned staff not to consider marching across the Auckland Harbour Bridge next Sunday.
Organised by the Get Across group, which includes Cycle Action Auckland, the walk on the western clip-on was planned to mark the bridge's 50th anniversary.
But Waitemata road policing manager Superintendent John Kelly said the police would not allow access to the bridge.
Bevan Woodward, of Cycle Action Auckland, said more than 10,000 people had signed up to the Get Across website and 60 per cent still intended to show up.
Last week in an email McDonald reminded staff of "who your employer is, their decision and your conditions of conduct as an employee of the NZTA just in case you have the slightest thought about taking part in any protest involving the harbour bridge and breaking the law. Please just quietly erase that thought."
He said he would be at the bridge with police next Sunday to prevent walkers and cyclists from gaining access, because it was too dangerous to allow pedestrians on without closing the entire bridge.
Bridge a no go
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