# Tunnel to be used for new cycle trail at Arthurs Point soon (hopefully)

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**Created:** [26 July 2023 08:35 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/tunnel-to-be-used-for-new-cycle-trail-at-arthurs-point-soon-hopefully/302 "2023-07-26T08:35:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![NathanK](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/nathank/32/2002_2.png) [@NathanK](https://spokes.nz/u/NathanK)\
**Post date:** [26 July 2023 08:35 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/tunnel-to-be-used-for-new-cycle-trail-at-arthurs-point-soon-hopefully/302/1 "2023-07-26T08:35:40Z")

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This will be a pretty cool addition to the Queenstown trails:

> **[Queenstown Trails](https://www.facebook.com/QueenstownTrails/posts/pfbid02DJDwLsCzEHdEmTStpD8coLTznRXwCHbKngSF6beMVkgvf2fUfhxmHUwccskVwLXVl)**
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> Lots of questions about the \*new\* tunnel, which will go from Big Beach below Arthur's Point, and cut through the bluff into the Lower Shotover Gorge. 
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> The tunnel was originally built to generate...

For some history, check out when it was rediscovered (in 2018):

> **[Old tunnel may become part of trail](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/old-tunnel-may-become-part-trail)**
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> A newly discovered mining tunnel on the banks of the Shotover River is set to become part of a trail network linking the outer suburbs of...