Think Papanui’s curator Simon Britten was live on Facebook at 2pm Wednesday 8 September, with local news, Alert Level 2 updates, and information on local businesses in the area. Watch below, via Facebook or YouTube:
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Author: Simon Britten
Alert Level 2: What it means for Council services and facilities
The Christchurch City Council has published details of what Alert Level 2 means for community facilities, rubbish and recycling, parks and playgrounds, public transport, governance, libraries, and more. Click through for details:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/alert-level-2-what-it-means-for-council-services-and-facilities
Alert Level 2: What it means for Council services and facilities
3 September 2021 Community Board meeting outcomes
At the 3 September meeting, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board: approved funding including for youth recreation events, Summer With Your Neighbours, garden awards and community service awards; approved a contribution towards FC Twenty 11’s replacement of broken goal posts; and discussed COVID impacts on local community organisations. A briefing on rubbish bin placement at St Albans Park was carried forward to the following meeting due to staff availability. The Board will next meet on Friday 17 September. Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/09/PICB_20210903_MIN_5624_AT.PDF
Council facilities to re-open under Alert Level 2
Most of Christchurch City Council’s public facilities will re-open this week under COVID-19 Alert Level 2. Some facilities will operate slightly differently from normal when they reopen because of the additional Alert Level 2 requirements “Please be patient and follow the directions of staff. The changes that will be in place are designed to keep us all safe. You will also need to follow the Government’s advice on mask wearing at our indoor venues.” Click through to read more:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/council-facilities-to-re-open-under-alert-level-2
Shop local: Papanui & Redwood local business directory
Local business directory back online at Alert Level 3: Think Papanui’s ‘shop local’ directory is available again following the change in the alert level. The information in the directory is crowd-sourced, and maintenance is a volunteer effort. Please use the ‘flag listing’ link if you see anything that needs updating in this changing COVID environment, and use the ‘add listing’ button if there’s a new business to add.
https://thinkpapanui.nz/shop
Agenda of Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Friday, 3 September 2021
The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday 3 September at 9am. At Alert Level 3, Council Committee and Community board meetings will proceed as scheduled via video conferencing and will be either recorded or minuted and posted to the Council website as appropriate. The agenda includes: a briefing on rubbish bins at St Albans Park, in response to concerns raised at the previous Board meeting; a staff recommendation to allocate funding for six Board projects, including youth recreation events, Summer With Your Neighbours, and garden and community service awards; and an application to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund from FC Twenty 11 Inc towards the replacement of broken football goals. Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/09/PICB_20210903_AGN_5624_AT_WEB.htm
Agenda of Waipapa Papanui-Innes Community Board – Friday, 3 September 2021
Alert Level 3: What it means for Christchurch
Information on Christchurch City Council services and facilities at Alert Level 3 can be found at the following link, including: EcoDrop transfer stations; rubbish & recycling kerbside collection; parks, sports fields, and libraries; car parking; and more:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/alert-level-3-what-it-means-for-us
CNC closed southbound Tuesday night
The Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) will be closed southbound from 10pm tonight for overnight emergency guardrail repairs. The detour route is via Main North Road and Belfast Road. See the post from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency – South Island for details:
SH74 CHRISTCHURCH NORTHERN CORRIDOR, CANTERBURY – ROAD CLOSED – 10PM TO 6AM – TUES, 31 AUG
The Christchurch Northern Corridor will be CLOSED, from the intersection with SH1 southbound, between 10pm & 6am tonight, as part of emergency guardrail repairs. A detour will be in place for this work as well as a lane closure for traffic continuing on SH1. Please take extra care on this route until the work has been completed. ^SM
Lockdown delays Wheels to Wings work
This week’s planned information days for the Wheels to Wings cycleway, along with a briefing, workshop, and hearings, have been postponed. “As there has been a high level of engagement with this project it is important that we have the information days when people feel comfortable attending and have the time to consider the information. There will still be an opportunity to give further feedback as planned on the additional design work we’ve done when we hold the information days at a later date.”
Click through for further information:
https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/haveyoursay/show/375
Christchurch to move to Alert Level 3 next week
When Christchurch moves to Alert Level 3 next week, Council facilities will remain closed. “Facilities such as libraries and sports and recreation centres won’t re-open until we are in Alert Level 2” says Mayor Lianne Dalziel. Click through for more information:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/christchurch-to-move-to-alert-level-3-next-week
