SMOOTH WATERS: 3Bridges Marathon convenors Allan Carter (left), Pat Carter and Diane Hay have cleared most of the hurdles they need to run the 11th annual event.
THE Wanganui Harriers Club now has clear running to promote its 11th annual 3Bridges Marathon in December after the June flood put the event in doubt.
The course takes in the Aramoho Rail Bridge, the Dublin St Bridge and Cobham Bridge on a track that takes in both sides of
the Whanganui River.
However, major damage to Kowhai Park, a several hundred metre section of the walkway on Anzac Pde near the Red Lion, and a smaller section behind Steam Rail Wanganui, put the annual event in serious doubt.
Club members Diane Hay and Allan and Pat Carter are driving forces behind the event and they have been forced to jump through a series of hoops to ensure the event continued.
Damage to the walkway forced the trio to make application to the New Zealand Transport Authority that controls Anzac Pde because it is part of SH4. They were also forced to deal with the Wanganui District Council as overseers of Kowhai Park and Loaders, contractors for much of the clean-up work following the flood.
