Community engagement in the Papanui Ward in Christchurch, New Zealand
The pools at Graham Condon Recreation and Sport Centre are set to temporarily close from January 2024 for two significant maintenance projects, including replacing the pellet boiler used to head the pools with an electric system. The work is scheduled over summer as the Council’s outdoor pools are available at that time for the community to use as an alternative, in addition to year-round indoor pools. Click through to read more:
This week’s Nor’West News includes coverage of a collaborative initiative to promote safety and youth-friendly spaces in the Papanui community, with comment from several people involved including Think Papanui curator Simon Britten. Groups involved include Papanui Youth Development Trust – PYDT, Northlands Shopping Centre, Canterbury Police, Papanui High School, Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board, Christchurch City Council, and Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi. See the image for the article, or head to: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/68368586/norwest-news-july-27-2023
On 12 July 2023, the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board:
The Board will next meet on Thursday 10 August. Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/07/PCBCC_20230712_MIN_9557_AT.PDF
Summer with your Neighbours was started as Neighbourhood Week by the then Shirley-Papanui Community Board in 1998. The initiative is about bringing people closer together and celebrating the unique and diverse mix of each neighbourhood. Small subsidies are available towards costs to help support Summer with your Neighbours events. Click through for more information and suggestions for events. Applications close on 11 August.
Thank you to the Christchurch City Council for supplying a higher-resolution map of speed limit changes in the Papanui, Northcote, and Redwood areas. See these two images – following recent Council approval, streets highlighted will change to a 30km/h limit. Dashed lines indicate variable 30km/h limits at school times.
There are still spaces available for Term 3 courses with Papanui High School Adult and Community Education. See this Facebook page or papanui.school.nz/adult-education for more info.
Last week the Council adopted an Interim Speed Management Plan, with the objective to make it safer around all our schools and surrounding neighbourhoods. The plan will now be submitted to Waka Kotahi for certification and the new speed limits will then be formalised and implemented.
Some additional changes that were requested through consultation feedback will be addressed in the future as part of a long-term Speed Management Plan. A possible inclusion of Winters and Grimseys Roads (and their side streets) in Redwood in the plan was not recommended to be included in the interim plan, as feedback “indicated that the community was not ready for these changes”. Other local streets (such as Barnes Rd & Sturrocks Rd, and the area south of Prestons Road) may be considered in the future.
Previously speed limit changes were set by operational speeds and infrastructure (eg physical changes to the road) was required to support a lower speed limit. Under a new setting of speed limits rule, safe speed limits can be set without requiring the installation of new design and infrastructure, which could be a costly barrier to achieving safe speed limits. Where necessary, the need for infrastructure will still be assessed through separate projects and programmes.
See the overview map for changes made in the Waipapa Community Board area. Note that these are additional to the Slow Speeds Neighbourhood changes already implemented in the Papanui area. Apologies for the low-resolution of the map.
St Paul’s Anglican Church, Papanui will host a Matariki community celebration at 7pm this Friday. Mulled wine, church bells, and more! For more information see this flyer or stpaulspapanui.org.nz/events/matariki/.
The Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board will meet a day earlier than previously advised, and at 10am in the Council Chambers. The agenda includes:
The meeting is open for the public to attend, and will be livestreamed on the Board’s YouTube and Facebook channels. Click through for the full agenda, which also includes a detailed report on Rolleston Ave and Park Tce:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/07/PCBCC_20230712_AGN_9557_AT_WEB.htm
The Council has released tree planting plans for fourteen parks across the city as part of the Ōtautahi-Christchurch Urban Forest Plan. In Redwood Park (pictured) over 200 new trees are proposed.
For more details, including a full list of parks, plans, and an online feedback form, see the link below. The plans are open for public feedback until 17 July 2023.
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/first-tree-planting-plans-released