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Off road motorised recreation

In February 2008 the Auckland Regional Council (ARC) Parks and Heritage Committee considered the subject of vehicles on beaches. The committee recognised that due to the wide range of issues associated with the management of vehicles on the region's beaches there was a need for research to inform future decision making.

The committee recognised that the ARC and other organisations such as councils, the Department of Conservation, tribal iwi land corporations and forestry managers needed information about:

  • the demand for sites and facilities for off road motorised recreation (ORMR);
  • the issues associated with ORMR; and
  • the potential responses that could help avoid, reduce and/or mitigate the negative impacts of ORMR.

To collate this information, the ARC decided to undertake the following work:

  • an ORMR demand study in partnership with the Auckland Regional Physical Activity and Sport Strategy (ARPASS)
  • an evaluation of the impacts of ORMR
  • a public perception survey of ORMR

We recently sought your comments on:

  • the ARC and ARPASS issues and potential responses paper (which covered where people go riding/driving, the level of demand, the issues with current provision and what the off road motorised recreation community thought could be done to address these issues); and
  • the ORMR impacts paper.

You can read these papers below:

Off road motorised vehicle recreation in the Auckland region issues and potential responses paper (1.1 MB PDF)

Off Road Motorised Recreation in the Auckland Region Impacts Report - January 2009 (677.7 KB PDF)

We have also completed a public perception phone survey of 500 residents.

We have collated and analysed the responses and will present the findings of the off road motorised recreation study and a summary of the responses to the August Parks and Heritage Committee. At this meeting the ARC will consider all of the issues and the potential responses and assess what role, if any, it may play in managing demand for off road motorised recreation.

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