Former Coastal Pathway Group member Marcus Langman has arrange the petition which had attracted greater than 270 signatures.
The petition is in response to a petition arrange Monck’s Bay resident Andrew Elliott, who opposes the lights.
His petition, launched final month had drawn near 900 signatures this week.
The Coastal Pathway Group desires to set up LED lights alongside the Moncks Bay balustrade of the path to reinforce the attractiveness of the world.
Group chair Hanno Sander says the associated fee is unclear.
Langman stated the dialog surrounding the problem had been one-sided. He stated there was group help for the lights, however it had not been given a platform to be expressed — therefore why he ha dset up the petition.
“I used to be actually eager to get slightly extra of a balanced and a bit much less emotional facet of the story on the market for dialogue,” he stated.
Elliott was “not bothered” by the opposing petition.
“It’s an open discussion board on the market isn’t it, it’s so simple as that,” he stated.
“Ours went at a a lot larger pace, in all probability no less than double the speed at which this one’s going. However, I’m not serious about that, it’s not a sport it’s about making individuals conscious of what’s occurring.”
Langman stated he has had no involvement within the Coastal Pathway group for about six years. He didn’t notify or contain the group within the making of the petition.
Stated group treasurer Tim Lindley: “We’re more than happy to see that (petition) occurring, we weren’t desirous to go like for like, petition towards petition however, it’s fairly clear our supporters needed to generate numbers.”
Elliott stated in his petition the lights would distract motorists and will influence close by residents and nocturnal wildlife. He additionally raised issues about ongoing upkeep prices, which he stated would fall on ratepayers.
Sander stated two weeks in the past the lights can be dim in contrast with current road lighting to minimise impacts on motorists, residents and wildlife. He stated the lights would solely function for 2 to a few hours after nightfall.
From chatting with individuals within the space, Langman discovered most had been in favour of the lights and those who weren’t, had not been made conscious of the work the group had carried out to mitigate the lights’ influence on wildlife and residents.
“I don’t suppose that data was handed on to allow individuals to come back to an knowledgeable view, it was fairly an emotive place that was put on the market,” he stated.
Lindley stated the group has carried out additional work to mitigate the proposed lighting’s influence.
Langman sees the Moncks Bay part of the pathway as one thing to be happy with and the proposed lighting would solely improve the attractiveness of the world.
“The extra individuals you entice to the world the extra it feels cared for and invested in, that’s factor for Sumner and the bays,” he stated.
Langman stated the response to the petition has been encouraging thus far.
The 6.5km pathway opened in November 2023 at a price of $26.25 million.
