Author: Simon Britten

The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday 5 March at 9am in the Papanui boardroom. There’s only small number of items on the agenda, which includes: a report back from a young person supported by a grant from the Board; a proposed road name for a development in Bridgend; and minutes from the previous Board meeting and Submissions Committee meeting. The meeting is open for the public to attend (noting that Level 2 requirements around hygiene and distancing will apply). Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/03/PICB_20210305_AGN_5613_AT_WEB.htm

Agenda of Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – 5 March 2021

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With the move to Alert Level 2 today a number of local events have been cancelled, postponed, or altered in format. Brass on the Grass at St Paul’s Papanui is not going ahead this afternoon. The Ōtautahi Together concert in the Botanic Gardens has changed to an online-only format. Ōtautahi Together concludes the commemorative programme to mark 10 years since the Christchurch earthquake. To view the concert, go to this link at 2pm today, 28 February:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dsd3YIzkts

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Soft plastic recycling has returned to Christchurch. This collection point is at The Warehouse in Northlands. Kilmarnock Enterprises will collect the soft plastics, and bale and palletise the materials for transport back to Auckland, where they will be processed into products including fence posts, veggie boxes, retaining walls and parking stops. Click through for more information: https://www.recycling.kiwi.nz/blog/press-release

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At the 19 February meeting, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board: received four public forum presentations; approved road names for a subdivision in Belfast; approved the three-month trial of bus priority lanes on Cranford Street; approved two grants from the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund; and received a staff report on issues and initiatives within the Board area. The next Board meeting will be on Friday 5 March. Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/02/PICB_20210219_MIN_5612_AT.PDF

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Duncan Webb Labour MP for Christchurch Central has arranged a meeting with Waka Kotahi NZTA for Redwood residents to discuss noise issues with the Christchurch Northern Corridor, and possible mitigations. The meeting is set for 7pm on Wednesday 3 March at St Silas Church. If you have an interest in the meeting or in noise effects of the motorway, see the ‘CNC Noise’ Facebook group or contact Duncan Webb’s office.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/126614552614355

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On 17 February, the submissions committee of the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board formulated submissions on the Council’s draft Christchurch Central City Parking Policy, and on the Wheels to Wings Major Cycleway. The details of the Board’s submissions can be found in the minutes from the meeting at the link below:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/02/PCBSC_20210217_MIN_5854_AT.PDF

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With the return to Alert Level 1, dates have been confirmed for two remaining drop-in information sessions for the Wheels to Wings cycleway. Members of the public can call in to talk to Council staff as follows:

Date: Thursday 25 February 2021
Time: anytime between 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm
Location: Chapel Street Centre, Christchurch North Methodist Parish, 68 Harewood Road, Papanui

Date: Thursday 4 March 2021
Time: anytime between 10.30 am to 12.30 pm
Location: Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Community Centre, 13 Bishopdale Court

For more information see the Council’s ‘have your say’ page:
https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/consultations-and-submissions/haveyoursay/show/375

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Think Papanui was on site this morning for the unveiling and blessing of new storyboards installed along the CNC shared path. 11 signs between the Waimakariri Bridge and Cranford Street depict the history of the area and the importance of the environment along the route. The steel interpretation panels can be found at: Waimakariri River; Ōtukaikino Reserve; the Railway Line; Kā Putahi Creek Bridge; Belfast Road; Kā Putahi Creek diversion; Styx River; Prestons Road; Owen Mitchell Park; Cranford Basin; and Cranford Street. Click through for more information:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/shared-paths-new-artworks-tell-important-story

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