$2M boost to Thames-Coromandel visitor facilities

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Thames Coromandel District Council has received more than $2 million of funding from the Government’s Tourism Infrastructure Fund, for the following three projects:

• $1,426,841 for an upgrade of visitor infrastructure in Hahei to respond to growing visitor numbers at nearby Cathedral Cove.

• $467,500 for an upgrade of existing toilet and wastewater facilities at Whangapoua Beach, which is the last stop before heading to New Chum Beach.

• $108,352 for the provision of public toilet facilities at Onemana Beach.

In Hahei, the funding will provide for an additional 250 carparks at the Hahei Village Entrance Carpark on Hahei Beach Rd and improved walking connections between the carpark and the beach, through to Cathedral Cove. It will also pay for a new and improved toilet at the village shops close to the Hahei Community Hall.

Over summer, the return park-and-ride shuttle fares from the carpark are $5 adults, $3 for children up to 15 years and $10 families.

“This funding for the carpark extension will also help reduce the burden on our local ratepayers and bring forward tourist-related infrastructure that was otherwise unaffordable,” Mayor Sandra says.

Source: Thames Coromanel District Council via Scoop Media