Community engagement in the Papanui Ward in Christchurch, New Zealand
Turning in and out of Langdons Road at Greers Road just got a whole lot easier, with traffic lights commissioned a month ahead of schedule. The intersection of Reynolds Avenue and Greers Road was closed when Think Papanui visited this morning, but was looking very ready to reopen. Minor works at this intersection are likely to continue over the next week or so.
The Neighbourhood Trust’s Light Party is a free family-friendly event that runs every year at Halloween. This year the event runs from 4:30pm to 7pm on Thursday 31 October, with a disco, sausage sizzle, face painting, inflatable playground, and more. See the Facebook event or www.nht.org.nz for more info.
The sixth annual free Halloween in the Park kids’ community event is coming up on Thursday 31 October from 4:30pm to 5:30pm at St James Park, with the support of Ray White Papanui, Rotary Ōtautahi Passport and the Rotary Club of Papanui. This event is for kids 12 years and under accompanied by a caregiver. The event is free but tickets are required to manage numbers. See the Ray White Papanui Facebook page for details, or head to eventbrite.com.
The Council yesterday voted to approve the detailed traffic resolutions and tree removal/relocations associated with the final stages of the Nor’West Arc Major Cycleway.
The approval covers the design from the Ilam/Aorangi intersection through to Harewood Road, including significant changes to the Wairakei Road / Aorangi Road intersection (pic).
This Saturday 19 October from 8am to 1pm there’ll be a “Spring Fling” garage sale, plant sale, book sale, baking sale, and pre-loved clothing sale at St Silas church hall in Redwood. See this flyer for more info:
Braintree Wellness Centre has an information expo this Saturday 19 October from 10am to 12:30pm. Presentations and information will be provided by a range of organisations.
For more information about the expo see this Facebook post, and to learn more about Braintree, see their Facebook page or head to https://www.canterburybraincollective.org/.
The Government has confirmed that there is no government funding contribution in their 2024–2027 programme for the Wheels to Wings – Papanui ki Waiwhetū major cycle route. While there is budget for the project in the Council’s Long Term Plan, latest estimates are higher than is provided for in that budget.
“Without a funding contribution from government, the Council cannot deliver the design approved in 2022 within the total available budget of $18.5 million”, says Council. “We’re putting forward seven options for elected members to consider, to keep this project moving forward. Several of these alternative design options could be delivered at a lower cost than the approved design.”
Options include increasing the project budget through the upcoming Annual Plan process, only building part of the cycle route until further funding becomes available, or changing the design from physical separation between cyclists & vehicles to instead use ‘buffered painted cycle lanes’ – an approach which Council says has “significant safety concerns”.
Councillors will discuss these options during briefings this month.
Read more on the Council’s Newsline site:
https://www.newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/next-steps-for-wheels-to-wings-cycle-route
Tomorrow 16 October 2024 the Council is set to vote on the detailed traffic resolutions for the final stages of the Nor’West Arc Major Cycleway. Tomorrow’s agenda item covers the design from the Ilam/Aorangi intersection through to Harewood Road, including Papanui sections on Aorangi Road, Condell Avenue, and Matsons Avenue.
Pictured: the design for the Condell/Matsons/Windermere intersections.
Full plans can be found in the attachments to the Council’s meeting agenda at:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/10/CNCL_20241016_ATT_8550_EXCLUDED.PDF
Langdons Road remains closed at the railway crossing today 15 October. Take care if you’re in the area and keep an eye out for updates.
Night works are planned to install a final asphalt layer at the Greers/Langdons intersection as part of the traffic light installation project. There will be a Stop/Go layout, which means the road will be open but reduced to one lane. Traffic will be able to pass through in both directions but there may be delays. The Stop/Go will be in place on Greers and Langdons Road from 7pm on Thursday 17 October until 6am on Friday 18 October.
For more information see the pictured works notice, or head to:
https://ccc.govt.nz/transport/works-3/show/1637
