Community engagement in the Papanui Ward in Christchurch, New Zealand
This week’s public meeting to discuss noise from the motorway has been postponed. Join the CNC Noise group for updates.
Kia ora everyone,
Due to the sudden change in levels we will have to postpone our scheduled Wednesday night meeting with Duncan Webb. Please spread the word in your neighbourhood. We will try to reschedule this after speaking with NTZA.
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
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
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
Thursday evening’s Wheels to Wings cycleway info session was held at the Chapel Street Centre. Council staff met with the public between 4:30pm and 6:30pm. A final information session is planned for Thursday 4 March from 10:30am to 12:30pm at Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Community Centre. Submissions close on 8 March.
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
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
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
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
The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday 19 February at 9am in the Papanui boardroom. The agenda includes: proposed road names for a new development in Belfast; the layout, design, and operational hours for the bus priority lanes trial on Cranford Street; two applications to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund; and an area report on initiatives and issues current within the Board area. The meeting is open for the public to attend. Click through for the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/02/PICB_20210219_AGN_5612_AT_WEB.htm
Agenda of Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – 19 February 2021
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:
