Author: Simon Britten

This Friday 24 January the Belfast Skate Jam will be on at Sheldon Park, with free skills and tips from skate coaches, live music, a water fight, and more. See the Facebook event for more information, or the Cheapskates Skate Skool Facebook page.

Work on safety improvements at the Cranford Street / McFaddens Road intersection will get underway on Monday 20 January.

For around a week there will be a 24-hour closure of McFaddens Road at the intersection, and a lane drop will be in place on Cranford Street northbound. For some of this time there will be night closures of Cranford Street northbound. Take care if you are in the area and watch for detours and changed traffic conditions.

This work was approved by the Waipapa Community Board in May 2024, following an independent post-construction Safety Audit which identified a ‘Serious’ issue relating to left-turning vehicles from McFaddens Road running the red light at the pedestrian crossing on Cranford Street. The audit also raised a ‘Significant’ issue around red light running associated with northbound traffic.

For more info see the Start Work Notice:
https://ccc.govt.nz/transport/works-3/show/1674

From Monday 13 January through to 3 February there will be a full closure of the Wairakei Road / Aorangi Road intersection, and of Aorangi Road between Wairakei and Condell.

Work commencing includes: wastewater, stormwater, and water supply replacements and upgrades; construction of the final section of the Nor’West Arc Cycleway; and a street renewal of Aorangi Road.

From early February through to mid June, Wairakei Road will be open citybound only, as works in the area continue.

For more information on the works see the link below, and for details of work on Te Ara O-Rakipaoa Nor’West Arc Cycleway head to ccc.govt.nz/norwestarc.

The start work notice is available at: ccc.govt.nz/transport/works-3/show/1670

Take care of your last-minute Christmas shopping at Redwood Market this Saturday 21 December from 10am to 1pm at the Redwood Hotel, 340 Main North Road.

This Sunday at 5pm bring your picnic chairs or blankets and come to St Paul’s Anglican Church, Papanui to sing Carols. Listen to the St Albans Community Choir, the choir of the St John Moraia Fijian Methodist Church, the Christchurch Accordion Orchestra and the musicians from Northcity Church. There’ll be activities for children, and if the weather is not fine, the event will be held inside the church.

https://stpaulspapanui.org.nz/events/carols-in-the-church-courtyard

On 12 December 2024, the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board:

• heard four public forum presentations;
• approved a $4,000 grant to Shirley Rugby League Football Club, and a $2,408 grant to Papanui Leagues Club;
• approved mobility parking at Lancaster Park;
• approved no stopping restrictions on Virgil Place;
• approved no stopping restrictions for the intersection of Beeston Place & Freebairn Street;
• approved a replacement traffic island for Rutland Street at Westminster Street;
• approved a $8,000 grant to Community Focus Trust;
• approved a $2,000 grant to Kiwi Indians Theatre;
• approved an $8,000 grant to Together Diverse;
• and received a report on issues and initiatives within the Board area.

The Board is now in recess until its first meeting for 2025, which will be on 13 February in the Papanui Boardroom.

Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/12/PCBCC_20241212_MIN_9133_AT_WEB.htm

Wheelie bin collection days will be different for many properties over the next two weeks. With both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, bins will be collected the day after their normal collection day for the remainder of that week, eg Monday & Tuesday collections will continue as normal, but all other collections will be delayed by a day.

To find collection days and check for public holiday and other information, head to: https://ccc.govt.nz/services/rubbish-and-recycling/collections

The Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board will meet this Thursday 12 December at 4pm in the Papanui boardroom. The agenda includes:

• public participation;
• proposed parking and/or stopping changes for Lancaster Park (Stevens Street), Bishop Street, Virgil Place (pic), and the Beeston Place / Freebairn Street intersection;
• a proposed replacement traffic island for the Rutland/Westminster Street intersection;
• applications to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund from the Community Focus Trust, Kiwi Indians Theatre, Shirley Rugby League Football Club, Papanui Leagues Club, and Together Diverse;
• and an area report with an overview of initiatives and issues within the Board area.

The meeting is open to the public, and will be livestreamed on the Board’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/12/PCBCC_20241212_AGN_9133_AT_WEB.htm

The Wheels to Wings – Papanui ki Waiwhetū Major Cycle Route is set to be “rephased” tomorrow, which Councillors considering a staff recommendation to implement only an eastern connection, along with signalisation of the Harewood/Gardiners/Breens intersection and a crossing outside Harewood School.

The eastern connection will link the Nor’West Arc and Northern Line cycleways, between the railway crossing and Matsons Avenue, as well as providing a signalised cycle and pedestrian crossing just west of Matsons Ave (pic).

The balance of the project is proposed to be delivered in the 2029-2031 financial years.

Peak-hour bus lanes will remain on Cranford Street, following Council approval of the design option recommended by the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board. The lanes will run between Innes Road and Berwick Street citybound, while the northbound lane will run between Westminster Street and Innes Road.

Click through for more information:
https://www.newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/green-light-for-transport-projects