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Author: Simon Britten

Consultation closing on Wairakei/Grahams intersection

Consultation reminder: proposed safety improvements at the Wairakei/Grahams Rd intersection are open for feedback until tomorrow, Monday 9 March. The plan is for each direction to have a dedicated right turn lane and a shared left-turn/straight-through lane. Other changes include realignment of the lanes, protected pedestrian phases, newly painted cycle lanes and extended no-stopping restrictions on approaches. Click through for details and an online feedback form:
https://ccc.govt.nz/…/consultations-an…/haveyoursay/show/298

Wairakei Rd and Grahams Rd Intersection safety improvements

“Residents and motorists have raised concerns about safety at the intersection of Wairakei and Grahams roads. To improve safety here we’re making changes to the road layout…”

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Nightly closures at Cranford/Innes intersection

From Sunday night 8 March through to 21 March there'll be nightly closures at the Cranford St / Innes Rd intersection. The road will be milled and resurfaced and the intersection widened. The east side will be worked on first, followed by the west site. Cranford Street will be closed southbound initially and then northbound later in the work, which will take place between 9pm and 6am. Click through for more details:
https://www.nzta.govt.nz/…/cnc-cranford-innes-intersection-…




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The Press: Residents face six-year wait for traffic lights

An update on today’s Council decision on lights at the Harewood/Gardiners/Breens intersection: the recommendation to include the traffic signals in the scope and budget for the proposed Wheels to Wings cycleway was passed, but not the recommendation to deliver the cycleway earlier than currently planned. From the article linked below:
“Once the vote to include the lights in the cycleway was carried, councillors then voted on bringing forward construction of the cycleway from the existing 2026/28, which would have allowed the lights to be installed earlier along with the cycleway.
The vote was lost, after an eight-all tie. Crs Keown, MacDonald, James Gough, Yani Johanson, Melanie Coker, Tim Scandrett, Phil Mauger, and Catherine Chu voted against bringing the cycleway forward. James Daniels had left the meeting at that stage and did not vote.”
https://www.stuff.co.nz/…/residents-face-sixyear-wait-for-t…

Residents face six-year wait for traffic lights at Christchurch intersection

“Residents in Christchurch’s north-west will have to wait until at least 2026 before lights are built at an unpopular intersection…”

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Council committee to consider Hardwood/Gardiners/Breens traffic lights

In September 2019 the Council voted to support traffic signals at the Harewood/Gardiners/Breens intersection, asking staff to investigate options to fund the estimated $1.2m cost. A staff report will be presented to the Finance and Performance Committee tomorrow, recommending that the signals be added to the scope and budget for the proposed Wheels to Wings cycleway and that the Council considers bringing forward the timing of that project. Adding signals to the scope of the cycleway “…may allow the costs of the signalisation to attract NZTA subsidy”.

Alternatively the Council could vote to deliver signals as a stand-alone project, which would not be subsidised by NZTA and would require either new funding or substitution of other projects in the annual plan. The report notes that signals cannot be funded out of the Council’s intersection safety programme, as the intersection is outside the top 100 riskiest in Christchurch. Due to Council and community support for signalisation, a ‘do nothing’ option was ruled out by staff.

The full report can be found at item 16 of the agenda linked below. The committee meeting is open for the public to attend and is also live streamed online.
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/FPCO_20200305_AGN_40…

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Agenda for 6 March Board meeting

The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet at 9:15am this Friday 6 March in the Papanui boardroom. There's only a brief agenda for this meeting, including a public forum of up to 30 minutes for members of the public to speak to the Board (currently five speaking slots have been allocated, three of which are young people reporting back on national and international events). The meeting is open for the public to attend. Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/PICB_20200306_AGN_41…



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Jacinda Ardern’s search ends: Newshub tracks down Heather from Papanui

 

An update on the search for Heather from Papanui: “It was just a normal thing to do”, says Heather in this interview, after being tracked down by Newshub:
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/02/jacinda-ardern-s-search-ends-newshub-tracks-down-heather-from-papanui.html

 

Jacinda Ardern’s search ends: Newshub tracks down Heather from Papanui

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