Walkway offers better accessA new Aotea Beach walkway will help stop people treading through sensitive dune environments.
The 1.6km walking track, aimed at protecting dunes at the west coast's Aotea Beach, will receive $5000 from the Waikato Regional Council's environmental initiatives fund.
A local Aotea Beachcare community group will buildand maintain the walkway, which will also improve beach access. Specific beach access ways will be designated along the walkway, which is being developed as part of the volunteer group's overall dune restoration programme..
