Waitaki Valley townships are being put on the map to make them more accessible for visitors.A $20,000 project will produce street maps showing visitor attractions for Omarama, Otematata and Kurow-Duntroon in time for the build-up of the tourist season in the spring.
It is being driven by the Way Forward Group, which assists initiatives in the Waitaki Valley, supported by the Ahuriri Community Board.
Board chairman Craig Dawson said Omarama had produced its own map in the past, but the initiative was now being expanded to include individual maps for other towns.
The board, at its meeting this week, decided to contribute $1000 towards the project from its discretionary fund, with the rest of the cost being met by Way Forward and from selling advertising on the maps at $150 a space.
Each topographical map would include streets and key sites, such as walking and cycling tracks, in the four towns, Duntroon sharing a single map with Kurow.
The full-colour maps will be printed on to a tear-off pad and distributed to shops and tourist centres throughout the valley.
