Author: Simon Britten

The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday 4 December at 9:15am in the Papanui boardroom. The agenda includes: a report back by young people funded by the Board’s Positive Youth Development Fund; and governance arrangements including a 2021 meeting schedule and a Recess Committee for the Christmas break. The meeting is open for the public to attend. Click through for the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2020/12/PICB_20201204_AGN_4526_AT_WEB.htm

At the 20 November meeting, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board: heard from five young people and groups that had received funding from the Board; received an update on progress with Edgeware Pool; approved a grant of $7,000 for four youth events over the coming year; and received an Area Report on issues and initiatives current within the Board area. Click through to read the full minutes. The Board will next meet on Friday 4 December.

https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2020/11/PICB_20201120_MIN_4525_AT.PDF

On Thursday the Christchurch City Council decided to establish peak hour bus priority lanes on Cranford Street between Innes Rd and Berwick St on a three-month trial basis. The trial will begin in February, and is intended to support the uptake of the new direct commuter bus service from Waimakariri that will travel along the Christchurch Northern Corridor motorway. Click through for more information: https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/bus-priority-lane-for-cranford-street

Mitre 10 MEGA Papanui have a family Christmas event coming up on Wednesday 9 December from 2pm to 7pm. There’ll be a scavenger hunt, balloon twisting, face painting, and more. See the Facebook event for details and a link to register:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1551450708376202

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Northcote School’s breakfast club features on the front page of the Nor’West News this week. Anyone wishing to offer help or donations for the initiative can contact Neighbourhood Links – Northcote/Redwood. The full digital edition of the paper can be found at: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/64951614/norwest-news-november-26-2020

The layout of Cranford St south of Innes Rd is back on the Council agenda tomorrow (26 November). In October the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board endorsed the current road layout, while deputations to Council earlier this month by Environment Canterbury and Waimakariri District Council requested peak hour bus priority lanes to support the update of public transport, and Waka Kotahi (NZTA) advocated for peak hour clearways to reduce rat running in local streets. Further consideration by staff has determined that the Council “does not have a lawful option of not following” the recommendations of the independent traffic expert, who recommended clearways but has now agreed to a trial of the… More