Author: Simon Britten

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Here is another school event happening locally this weekend – St Bede’s College car boot sale, Sunday 24 Sep 9:30am-12pm. BOOK YOUR CAR BOOT SPACE NOW!
With Spring on its way, it’s time to have a good clean out. So why not bring your items to the St Bede’s Car Boot Sale and make some money.
Your Trash can be someone elses treasure!
Contact Rae on Raezon@vodafone.co.nz or text 021828671

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Here are some comments from Papanui’s Councillor Mike Davidson on the decrease in community funding faced by the Papanui-Innes Community Board. Click through to read more in the Star article.

Funding will hit the most vulnerable

Part of a recent Council resolution was to look at addressing the funding shortage by increasing the current fund by 10% and then annually by inflation. We need to be supporting communities and community groups that are doing amazing work with the limited funding they have. #strongcommunities
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Congratulations to Linda Wroth, randomly drawn as the recipient of the first-ever ‘thanks for subscribing’ gift from Think Papanui, celebrating 1,000 likes for the Page. Thanks again to Joe’s Garage for the vouchers.There’ll be another celebration when we get to 2,000 likes 🙂
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Here’s a brief video update showing some of what’s happening across the Papanui Ward in September 2017:
https://youtu.be/G34ydaQrqeAThink Papanui’s September 2017 update on what’s happening in the Papanui, Northcote, and Redwood area of Christchurch, New Zealand. Links for more informatio…
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If you’re looking to support a local school event this coming weekend, maybe head to the Redwood Primary School fair on Prestons Road, this Sunday 24 September 2017, from 10am to 2:30pm.

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The first freight train between Picton and Christchurch since last year’s earthquake is scheduled to pass through Papanui this afternoon. Keep an eye out for it and remember to take care around the railway line.

The first freight train destined to travel on the Main North Line since the Kaikoura earthquake has left Auckland and is making its way down the country.

Freight from our customers Bascik, Toll Group, Mainfreight, Owens Transport, Daily Freight and Maersk Group was loaded onto wagons in Auckland last night, and the train began its journey south at around 9.30pm. It’s due to arrive in Wellington this morning and will be carried across the Cook Strait by Interislander.
The train will depart Picton at 1.30am on Friday to begin its journey along the Main North Line, stopping for a celebration in Kaikoura at 8am, and finishing up in the afternoon in Christchurch.

Give our drivers a wave if you see them pass by – and remember to be safe around the rail network!
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For those following the debate over the proposed third southbound lane over the Waimakariri Bridge, please see this post from the Papanui Innes Community Board for the latest.

 

Papanui Innes Community Board

The latest on the third lane on the Waimakariri Bridge On 25 August 2017, the Canterbury Regional Transport Committee agreed to recommend that Environment Canterbury approve a variation to the Regional Land Transport Plan to allow a third southbound lane over the Waimakariri Bridge. The recommendation was made on the basis that the third southbound lane will operate as a high occupancy vehicle lane during the morning peak, and that a new cycle lane will also be attached to the bridge.

Environment Canterbury will make its decision on 21 September 2017. If Environment Canterbury approves the proposed variation, then the New Zealand Transport Agency will then decide whether to vary the National Land Transport Programme to include this proposal.

A copy of the report to the Regional Transport Committee is available on our website at the following link: https://api.ecan.govt.nz/TrimPublicAPI/documents/download/3249770
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In this video from the NZ Transport Agency, a site engineer working on the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) project explains what wick drains are and how they work:

https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=hWVatWv4Mqc&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DT3cati2axX8%26feature%3Dshare

Site engineer Tom Belworthly explains how wick drains help the settlement happen faster on the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) project. For more informa…
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Thanks for subscribing ? Think Papanui launched in 2016 to promote community engagement with local government, focusing on the Papanui ward. We’re about to clock up our 1,000th Page Like and as a small gesture of thanks one lucky person who has liked the page by Sunday 17 September will receive a gift generously donated by Joe’s Garage. Tell your friends!
(T&C: no entry necessary. A winner will be drawn at random on the morning of 18/9/17 from people who like the Think Papanui Facebook page (subject to privacy settings). If the winner cannot be contacted in a reasonable period the draw will be repeated. The winner’s details will only be published with their consent.)

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Have you been held up by ‘ghost calling’ of the Papanui Parallel Cycleway traffic lights at the Sisson Drive / Sawyers Arms Road intersection? Council staff have reported that these signals are detecting non-existing cyclists and then allocating them a signal phase which takes time away from traffic movements, leading to congestion, especially in peak hours. Good news: work is continuing on a solution and Council staff report that they are confident that it will be fully resolved in the near future.

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