Kapiti Mayor K Gurunathan could not be reached for comment. "I don't have a problem with people driving on the beach as long as they're driving at a safe, walking speed." Kapiti Boating Club commodore Glen Banks said he had been given no information about the council's education programme. There were about 5 couples there today, as well as the usual parade of single males (both naked and clothed) wandering back and forth. I was on the beach itself, rather than hiding in the dunes with the ‘meerkats’. She said driving on the beach hardened the sand, killed off shellfish and affected the dunes. It’s a nice beach, sandy but with lots of shells (sandals or other footwear recommended). "On the other hand, I had an elderly aunt, and we had to drive down on the beach for her to see the sea." don't understand the damage they're doing to the ecology. "I acknowledge people take their cars on the beach but I get upset when hoons.
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Keep Paraparaumu/Raumati Beautiful chairwoman Diane Ammundsen said some drivers on the beach needed to behave. The fines would stop people doing traditional activities such as parking on the beach to swim, taking photos and eating lunch, he said.
He said the community had not been consulted, and those who knew about it were not happy. Kapiti resident Karl Webber said he opposed enforcement of the bylaw, with the fine being higher than the $630 dished out to motorists driving 50kmh over the speed limit. Police are more likely to issue notices for excess speed, failing to wear restraints and impaired driving."Ĭhapman said that, in the last three years, police had handed out eight warnings but no tickets. Senior Sergeant Chanel Chapman said the $750 fine for breaching the bylaw was "rather excessive". Muir said the council was encouraging people to use the "very walkable" multiple access points to the beaches from beachfront roads. There were signs outlining the restrictions at the main beach entrance, beside the Kapiti Boating Club, but they were routinely ignored. The bylaw restricts cars on the beach to those launching and retrieving boats, or for people with mobility problems. "We do keep a register and would refer continued non-compliance, cases of repeated offending or serious hazard to the police for infringement – but to date we have not referred any such cases to the police."
The main focus of the campaign was public safety, she said, with the council receiving compliments "for stepping up our compliance activities". "People are spewing about this," he said of the council crackdown. Karl Webber with his vehicle on Paraparaumu Beach.
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