Community engagement in the Papanui Ward in Christchurch, New Zealand
Papanui’s Noel Leeming and Warehouse Stationery stores are on the move. Noel Leeming is moving up to the Northlink retail area (with Kmart etc) and Warehouse Stationery is shifting inside The Warehouse at Northlands. More news in this Stuff article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/…/this-is-going-to-be-a-rough-ride-…
From tomorrow Monday 8 June for around three weeks there’ll be no entry to Sherborne Street from Bealey Ave. This is due to watermain, road, and drainage works being undertaken in preparation for the opening of the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) motorway. If you are in the area, take care and follow signage and detours.
The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will hold its first post-lockdown meeting this Friday 5 June at 9:15am in the Papanui Boardroom. The agenda includes: safety improvements (already implemented) for Langdons Road; the removal of redundant bus stops on Philpotts Road; 17 applications 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 to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/PICB_20200605_AGN_45…
Agenda of Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – 5 June 2020
The Christchurch City Council cannot accept many plastics in our kerbside recycling as there is ‘no viable market’ globally, and there are low thresholds for contamination of those products that are recyclable. Clean plastics 1, 2, and 5, as well as cardboard & paper and some other materials can go in the yellow bin. Click through to read more about recycling, including the resumption of wheelie bin spot checks:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/…/recycling-right-essential-in…
Recycling right essential in global buyer’s market
“Making sure there is no rubbish mixed in with the recycling has become critically important in the face of shrinking international markets for used plastic and paper. Christchurch City Council Head of Three Waters and Waste Helen Beaumont explains why…”
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The latest newsletter from the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board includes information on: the new modular pump track in Shirley Community Reserve; work downstream of the Christchurch Northern Corridor; the resumption of Community Board meetings; more spot checks of yellow wheelie bins; a revised draft Annual Plan; and more. Click through to read and to sign up to receive newsletters by email:
http://createsend.com/t/r-F5CF5190A70D86082540EF23F30FEDED
There’ll be a planting event at Papanui Bush this Arbor Day – Friday 5 June. To ensure safety under Alert Level 2, numbers are limited and registrations essential – see the Facebook event for details:
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There’s an extra-long weekend coming up for local high school students – Papanui High School is closed for a Staff Only Day this Friday 29 May, as well as on Monday 1 June for the Queen’s Birthday public holiday. (Supervision of students is available on Friday – see the school’s post for details.)
Fancy a swim? The pools at the Graham Condon Recreation & Sport Centre reopen today following refurbishment. At Alert Level 2 online bookings are essential for Council pools (and also for fitness centres and group fitness classes) to help manage numbers and avoid waiting times. You can book up to seven days ahead. Click through for more info: https://ccc.govt.nz/rec…/rec-and-sport-centres/graham-condon
Tonight Sunday 24 May the new signals at the Cranford/Innes intersection will be switched on, including right and left turn arrows. For a time during this process all signals will be off and the intersection will be set up as a roundabout. Take care if you are in the area at the time.
