Community engagement in the Papanui Ward in Christchurch, New Zealand
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Progress at last for lights at the Harewood/Gardiners/Breens intersection? This morning in the Council’s meeting dealing with the 2020/21 Annual Plan, a motion was passed to “Bring forward $500,000 (capex) from FY26 to FY21 for the design and consultation of the Wings to Wheels Major Cycleway Route with the intention of enabling the commencement of construction of the Breens/Gardiners/Harewood intersection in FY22 as part of the Cycleway route.”
The intention here appears to be to include traffic lights at the intersection as part of the cycleway design. The motion was moved by Councillor Mike Davidson and seconded by Councillor Aaron Keown.
Community feedback has resulted in changes to the Council’s proposed post-COVID-19 budget, including: abandoning a proposal to save money through increased use of glyphosate weedkillers; boosting support to community groups; and additional funding for road sealing work. The overall proposed rates increase is 3.5%, and for an average residential property 1.77%. The Council will meet this Thursday to set the budget for 2020/21. Click through for more information:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/…/community-feedback-prompts-m…
Looking for Warehouse Stationery in Papanui? The store can now be found inside The Warehouse in Northlands Shopping Centre.
[Update: now resolved]
If you’re heading north out of Christchurch this morning, take care and expect delays due to a crash south of Woodend. Follow Transport for Christchurch for updates.
Consultation outcome: the extension to the St Albans skate park features in today’s Nor’West News. The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board recently approved the design, and construction is expected to start later this year. Click through for the full digital edition of the paper: https://www.yumpu.com/…/…/63653733/norwest-news-july-16-2020
The new St Pierre’s Sushi / Bento Bowl by St Pierre’s stores are now open beside Kmart at the Northlink development on Langdons Road.
Update: due to further weather delays, at this stage the CNC Alliance hopes to have one-way traffic on the Prestons Road Bridge by Tuesday 28 July and two-way traffic restored to Prestons Road by Friday 14 August.
Update: the CNC Alliance was not able to asphalt the Grimseys Road subway on Sunday night due to the weather. This work is now likely to be done on Sunday night 2 August from 10pm till 4am.
The Grimseys Road cycle/
