Estuary and boardwalk at McCardles Bush, Tauranga. Photo / File
Estuary and boardwalk at McCardles Bush, Tauranga. Photo / File
Tauranga City Council is restoring parks and reserves under Covid-19 alert level 3.
While the focus remains on essential services, park maintenance services including mowing and gardening are resuming.
Tauranga City Council spaces and places manager Mark Smith said in a written statement the city's parks and reserves included almost1600 hectares of parks, reserves, sports fields and berms, as well as around 98km of public walkways.
"You'll begin to see our people mow, garden or maintain our parks, reserves and pitches again. Following more than four weeks of not being able to maintain these spaces, there's a lot of area to cover.
"We'll be getting to your area as soon as we can, and in a few weeks things will be looking neat and tidy again."
• Mowing of 95ha of road berms • Mowing of 152ha of reserve land • Maintaining 98km of walkways • Keeping and maintaining 116ha of sports fields (with 59ha of this being sports playing surfaces) • Gardening 30ha of street and reserve gardens • Weed control of 343ha of native and dune vegetation
If you see staff out and about, please respect physical distancing and keep two metres away from them and their equipment.
The TECT park is partially open for mountain biking, horse riding and walking.
There is a strict one-way policy on the accessible trails with signage making this clear to users.
