While grumblings over the council decision to build a walkway along Pilot Bay continue, Tauranga City Council is being presented with another walkway opportunity in Papamoa.

Papamoa Rotary is seeking to establish a 6.5km gravel pathway through the Papamoa sand dunes from Logan Road to Taylor Reserve.

Papamoa Rotary is proposing a gravel cycle pathway through the Papamoa dunes.

The aim is to turn the existing dune path into a two metre wide cycle track to create a Papamoa loop track by linking the cycle paths through the Papamoa drainage reserve.

Club member Warwick Thorburn told council yesterday Papamoa Rotary is looking for a 'project of significance”.

The route will follow the sand based track parallel to the coast along the beachfront reserve.

At the Papamoa Domain motorcamp site the track would cut inside and run between the motorcamp and road boundary before linking back to the dune pathway on the eastern side of the surf club.

The projects and monitoring committee included the suggestion in the Draft Coastal Reserves Management Plan about to go for public consultation.

'This is very preliminary,” says councillor David Stewart.

'It's in the mix, we'll put it out there and see what people think about it.

'I think that walkway will be somewhat controversial. On one hand it has an impact on the environment putting a metal path in there, but on the other hand it might conserve the sand dunes by formalising where a walking-biking track might go.”

Staff will present the draft plan to council for approval, and it will then be released in the next couple of months for public consultation and submissions.