Labour has pledged a major funding boost for SkyPath - a proposed walking and cycling crossing for the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

Announced as part of Labour's walking and cycling policies, $30 million would be committed towards the construction of SkyPath.

It would be built out of modern composite material and clipped to the city side of the bridge, giving Aucklanders the ability to walk and cycle across the Waitemata Harbour for free.

SUPPLIED An updated design of the proposed pedestrian and cycleway.

This would top up $33m in investment already funded by a public-private partnership.

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Also announced was the establishment of a new 'Active Neighbourhoods' Fund, which would complement the Urban Cycleways Fund with $15m a year in investment.

SUPPLIED People would be able to cycle or walk all the way from Devonport to St Heliers with the proposed crossing.

Labour's Transport spokesperson Michael Wood said the fund would be "quite open" for local and community boards and other community groups to pitch cycleway project ideas.

Wood said the current government had shown support for SkyPath but was yet to provide any funding.

So far the resource consent process had been approved but there was still work to be done around the "technical design" of SkyPath.

SUPPLIED The proposed Northcote Pt SkyPath landing would be tucked underneath the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

Wood told media he couldn't commit to when the project would be built but the "money would be put up straight away".

If SkyPath required more funding than the committed $30 million, Wood said they'd consider charging overseas tourists to use it.

Projects such as this were essential in encouraging people to walk and cycle safely around their communities, Wood said

HUGH COLLINS/STUFF Labour's transport spokesman Michael Wood says $30 million to build SkyPath on Auckland's Harbour Bridge would be committed under a Labour government.

"Evidence from the Netherlands and Germany has shown that investment in safe, separate walking and cycling paths leads to a lot more people using them.

"SkyPath will be good for our health, good for our environment and good for Auckland," he said.

Bike Auckland chairperson Barb Cuthbert particularly welcomed Labour's promise.

"Everyone agrees it's Auckland's missing link and that we need to get on and build it," Cuthbert said.

It was imperative to get construction underway before the 2021 Americas Cup, as it would provide an "iconic feature" for tourists visiting Auckland.

She was also delighted that Labour would will roll over the Urban Cycleways Fund as it had been a powerful boost for biking in region.