The Great Library Seed and Plant Swap is returning to Papanui Library on Saturday 21 September, from 10am-4pm. During this coming week you can drop off seeds or seedlings to give away, and then on Saturday they’ll all be put out for everyone to share. Click through for details: https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/…/5d4365c2fb7dad4500…
“Got some home-saved (or leftover bought) seeds to share? Pop them in at one of our participating libraries and we’ll put them out for everyone to share. This is for everyone! Don’t worry if you don’t have any seeds to share this year, you might next year. We welcome vegetable, herb, flower, native a…”
On Friday 13 September the joint meeting of the Papanui-Innes and Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Boards reached a conclusion after considering submissions and the staff report on the Council’s proposed transport projects downstream of the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC). The Boards passed the resolutions recommended by staff essentially as proposed, but also several significant additional resolutions, including:
not to proceed with clearways on Cranford Street (between Berwick St and Innes Rd) at this stage; and
to request Council prioritises “measures to stem the flow of vehicles from the Christchurch Northern Corridor into St Albans”
The recommendations from the joint Board meeting will go to the 24 September (note the date change) meeting of the full Council. If approved at that meeting, work will commence on a large number of improvements and upgrades. Decisions about the exact design and use of lanes on Cranford Street between Berwick St and Innes Rd will remain to be made as the mid-2020 opening date of the CNC approaches.
“Think Papanui’s founder and curator Simon Britten gives a rundown on stories covered by Think Papanui over the previous week. For more details on these stori…”
Think Papanui’s curator Simon Britten rounds up stories from the past week:
A joint meeting of the Papanui-Innes and Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Boards heard submissions on Monday on the Council’s proposed transport projects downstream of the Christchurch Northern Corridor. A follow-up meeting was held on Friday afternoon to continue discussions. Keep an eye on Think Papanui for an update on the outcome.
On Tuesday evening, Papanui Councillor Mike Davidson was one of the invited speakers at a ‘meet the candidates’ event focused on transport, emissions, and the uptake of electric vehicles.
I posted a summary of the agenda for Friday’s meeting of the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board. I’ll post about outcomes once minutes are available.
Redwood Library’srepairs are progressing. I’ll share any updates I receive regarding a revised reopening date.
I posted an item in the lead-up to Thursday’s Council meeting, and another afterwards, on the agenda item relating to the Harewood/Gardiners/Breens intersection. The Council has voted to support lights, and to ask staff to investigate funding options. News of the outcome was Think Papanui’s top post of the week.
Coming up:
The Morrison Avenue Bowling Club has a ‘have a go’ public open day on Sunday 15 September from 1pm to 4pm (wet or fine).
Great news for gardeners and book lovers! St Silas Church is running a Plant and Book Sale this Saturday 14 September, from 8am to 1pm at the St Silas Church Hall (corner Tuckers & Main North Rd).
The follow-up to Monday's joint Community Board meeting to consider the revised plan for transport projects downstream of the Christchurch Northern Corridor has been scheduled for 12pm today (Friday 13 September) in the Papanui Boardroom. All the submissions were heard on Monday but the Boards did not have enough time to reach a decision. The meeting is open for the public to attend. Click through for the full agenda: https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/JM-LA_20190913_AGN_3…
This afternoon the Council has voted to support traffic lights at the Harewood/Gardiners/Breens intersection – a decision that is likely to be popular with the local community, which submitted strongly in favour of this outcome. Staff have been asked to investigate funding options, as there is not currently enough budget in the Long Term Plan to install the lights. (Discussion around the Council table suggested that at least some Councillors were under the impression that traffic lights will be safer than the status quo, however the staff report and safety assessment both state that traffic lights are likely to result in a higher number of injury crashes, and a higher risk of fatal and serious crashes, compared to the current configuration of the intersection.) https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/traffic-signals-for-busy-bishopdale-intersection
Mike Davidson – Councillor for Papanui is speaking at a ‘meet the candidates’ event tonight focused on transport, emissions, and the uptake of electric vehicles.