Author: Simon Britten

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At the 29 January meeting, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board:

• • received a petition regarding planned residential developments in Mersey and Westminster Streets, referred the petition to the Council’s Regulatory and Performance Committee and requested a briefing on the resource consent process;
  • was briefed on Orion’s 66kV cable project, to link Belfast and Prestons, and on the Cranford Street bus priority lane trial;
  • approved community engagement over the proposed renaming of two reserves;
  • agreed changes to the youth development fund process;
  • approved an application to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund;
  • set a date for the Board’s Submissions Committee to meet (17 February); and
  • received an area report on initiatives and issues within the Community Board area.

The Board will next meet on Friday 19 February. The full minutes can be found at:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/01/PICB_20210129_MIN_5611_AT.PDF

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The 4 February newsletter from the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board includes: highlights from the Board’s latest meeting; consultation on the Wheels to Wings cycleway (now closing on 8 March); information on a St Albans community day, ‘Slice of Summer’ events, and Summer in the Styx; and more. Click through to read the newsletter and for a link to sign up to emails:
http://createsend.com/t/r-74AA3BE603C397342540EF23F30FEDED

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Main North Road bus lane update: cars caught driving in the Main North Rd bus lanes during their hours of operation could find themselves being ticketed from Monday 1 March. “The only time that motorists should be in a bus lane, during the hours they are in operation, is if they are making a turn. Even then, they can only drive in the lane for less than 50 metres…” Click through to read more:

https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/enforcement-activity-starts-on-main-north-road-bus-lanes

Enforcement activity starts on Main North Road bus lanes

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The consultation period on the Harewood Rd Wheels to Wings cycleway has been extended for two weeks, and now closes on Monday 8 March. There’s a public drop-in information session tomorrow (Tuesday 9 February) at Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Community Centre, and another the following Tuesday 16 February at the Papanui RSA.

Click through for more information:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/cycleway-consultation-extended-by-two-weeks

Cycleway consultation extended by two weeks

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Christchurch water restrictions lifted

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A claim made by a Councillor in The Press that local Community Boards have voted for/against the proposed Wheels to Wings cycleway has been refuted by Council.

Head of Transport Richard Osborne confirmed today to Think Papanui that Council staff held a joint briefing with the Waimāreo/Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board and the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board on 10 November 2020. The briefing covered the Nor’West Arc and Wheels to Wings cycleways. A briefing on the Wheels to Wings cycleway was also given to the Urban Development and Transport Committee on 17 December 2020.

Both of these briefings were public excluded and were for information not decision-making purposes, so no voting took place. Public feedback on the proposal will go to a hearings panel, which will report to the Council’s Urban Development and Transport Committee where the final decisions will be made.

For more information: https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/safety-improvements-included-in-plans-for-new-cycleway

Safety improvements included in plans for new cycleway

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The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday at 9am in the Papanui boardroom. The agenda includes: the presentation of a petition regarding planned residential developments in Mersey & Westminster Streets; briefings on a high voltage cable project and the Cranford bus priority lane; proposed renaming of two reserves adjacent to Pūharakekenui / Styx River; recommended changes to the Youth Development Fund application process; an application to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund; and an area report on initiatives and issues current within the Community Board area.

The meeting is open for the public to attend. Click through for the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/01/PICB_20210129_AGN_5611_AT_WEB.htm

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Redwood and Belfast residents concerned with noise from the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) motorway may be interested in this update from Duncan Webb Labour MP for Christchurch Central. He has met with the CNC Alliance and will be arranging another meeting – see his post for details on how to be included.

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