Community engagement in the Papanui Ward in Christchurch, New Zealand
Papanui High School Adult and Community Education still has places available in many Term 1 night classes. For further information and enrolment head to papanui.school.nz/com-edu/categories or see the Facebook page.
There’s a bridal wear sale and mini wedding expo coming up at St Paul’s Anglican Church. The event will run 10am to 3pm on Saturday 9 March, featuring new European designer gowns – all under $500. Click through for more information.
Proposed intersection improvements at the Shirley/Marshland/New Brighton/North Parade intersection will be considered at a joint Community Board meeting this Tuesday 13 February.
The recommended option is to construct safe speed platforms on each approach to the intersection, and remove the left turn slip lane from Shirley Road into Marshland Road. The primary reason for the removal of the slip lane is that they can make crossing a road feel unsafe for people walking, particularly children, the elderly and mobility or visually impaired pedestrians.
The meeting will take place at 4:30pm in the Papanui boardroom. Click through for details:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/02/JMWP_20240213_AGN_9795_AT_WEB.htm
Soon the median on Main North Road will be opened up to form a signalised intersection at the entrance to the new Papanui Pak’nSave site. If you’re in the area, take care and watch for changed traffic conditions.
On Thursday 14 December, the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board: heard public forum presentations on city assset sales, Edgeware Pool, and traffic issues, and a deputation on bus and coach parking in the city; approved changes to coach parking; approved proposed lane names for a development at 35 Hawkins Road; approved the revocation of reserve status on land at 119 Petrie Street; approved grants from the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund and Better-Off Fund; and received an area report in issues and initiatives within the Board area.
The Board will next meet on 15 February 2024. Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/12/PCBCC_20231214_MIN_9122_AT_WEB.htm
Maintenance work is planned for the pools at Graham Condon Recreation and Sport Centre.
The Pool Hall will be closed from Monday 8 January 2024, and the Council expects it to fully reopen by the end of May. The teach pool will reopen at the beginning of Term 2, Monday 29 April 2024, so that Swimsmart classes can resume. The Gym and Sports Halls will remain open during the temporary closure.
The work is scheduled for 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.
Works to renew and widen the Northern Line shared path between Langdons and Sawyers Arms Roads is scheduled to begin on 8 January, after the previous plan to do the work during the October school holidays didn’t work out. A detour via Sisson Drive will be signposted, and the work is expected to be completed in early February. See the start works notice for more information.
On 4 December, the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board, along with the adjacent Waimāero Board, supported the installation of traffic lights at the Greers/Langdons intersection.
The option adopted was the preferred option set out in the agenda (pictured) – signalising the Greers/Langdons intersection and converting the Reynolds/Greers intersection to left-in/left-out. The Boards also asked staff to investigate additional indented parking bays and additional measures to prevent right-turn manoeuvres between Greers Rd and Reynolds Ave.
Before this project can go ahead, the full Council will be asked to approve some aspects, and another $850,000 will need to be budgeted to meet the expected cost.
Click through to read the minutes of the meeting.
All wheelie bin collections will be a day later than usual for the weeks beginning Monday 25 December and Monday 1 January. For more information on changes to Council services over the holiday period click through to:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/holiday-opening-hours-and-services-2
The Redwood Market will run this Saturday 16 December from 10am to 2pm at the Redwood Hotel, corner Main North & Prestons Roads. See the Facebook event for more information.