Year: 2019

Oh dear: just when the closure on Prestons Rd by Main North Rd was about to be lifted, a sinkhole has formed beside the work site, causing the lane drop on Main North Rd southbound to be reinstated. Take care if you’re in the area.

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One key decision on managing traffic downstream of the Christchurch Northern Corridor has been made, while plenty more proposals are currently out for consultation. There’s a drop-in session at St Albans School from 5pm to 7pm on Thu 8 Aug 2019, and consultation closes on 19 August. More in this article by Think Papanui’s Simon Britten:
https://simonbritten.com/…/council-settles-on-solution-for…/

Council settles on solution for CNC traffic south of Berwick Street

“Commentary: the plan to manage traffic downstream of the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) included nine options to manage the motorway’s additional traffic south of Berwick Street through to Be…”

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The Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet jointly with the Coastal-Burwood Community Board this Friday 9 August 2019 at 10am in the Papanui boardroom. The meeting will consider the proposed Marshland, Spencerville and Kainga Area Speed Management Plan, including deputations from members of the public and a staff report. The staff report recommends that the plan that was consulted on be implemented, but also includes an ‘option 2’ that retains the existing 70km/h speed limit for part of Marshland Road. The report notes ‘significant opposition’ to proposed reduced speed limits, “especially on Marshland Road / Main North Road”.

The joint meeting will also consider a recommendation for a new signalised intersection at 215 Marshland Road, where a new supermarket is being developed just north of the current Homebase site.

The meeting is open for the public to attend. Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/JCPB_20190809_AGN_38…

Agenda of Coastal-Burwood Community Board and Papanui-Innes Community Board – 9 00 2019

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The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday 9 August at 9am in the Papanui boardroom. The agenda includes: two items relating to bus stops in Shirley Ward; 31 grants totalling $88,135 from the Board’s Strengthening Communities fund; two applications to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund; and an area report covering 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_20190809_AGN_32…

Agenda of Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – 9 00 2019

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In the Nor'West News this week: Papanui-based youth and community organisation Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi has commenced the redevelopment of their Windermere Road site, with buildings dating to the early 1900s demolished and new buildings being relocated onto the site this week. To ensure safety during the project, pedestrian access through the site between Windermere Road and Condell Avenue will be closed for a period of time.
You can find the full digital edition online at https://www.yumpu.com/…/62766495/norwest-news-august-06-2019

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From Wednesday 7 August through to 16 August there will be intermittent brief closures of QEII Drive at night, by the bridge abutments for the CNC overpass. This will enable the wall panels on the bridge abutments to be removed so that further piling work can be done. Earlier this year the Star reported the need to add piles following excessive movement in the abutment walls. For more details see https://www.nzta.govt.nz/…/cnc-qeII-drive-update-20190729.p…

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Here's a look back at last month's 'Dusk to Dawn' all night party for youth in the northwest of Christchurch. This event was organised by the Christchurch City Council in collaboration with Papanui Youth Development Trust, Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi, St Aiden's, Northcity, and Belfast Community Network, with the support of the Papanui-Innes and Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Boards. 150 young people took part in the event, which ran from 8pm on a Friday night through to 8am the next day. Thanks to Aaron Campbell for the photos.

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Here's a video overview of the Council's consultation document on proposed transport projects in the Cranford Street area, downstream of the Christchurch Northern Corridor. These booklets are available at Council libraries & service centres, or you can find the information on line – see the link in the video description. Consultation closes on 19 August 2019.
https://youtu.be/e0GRUu9iz-I

Consultation on transport projects in the Cranford St area – August 2019

Think Papanui's founder and curator Simon Britten gives an overview of the Christchurch City Council's consultation document on proposed transport projects i…

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Think Papanui’s curator Simon Britten rounds up stories from the past week:

A ‘health hub’ is proposed for Bishopdale Mall, in the vacant former Mitre 10 building . Plans posted at the site show a pharmacy, cafe, and medical centre on the ground floor, and eight additional tenancies above. This news was Think Papanui’s top post of the week – thanks to those who shared their thoughts in the comments on Facebook.

I posted an overview of the outcomes from the 26 July meeting of the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board.

The Community Board’s August newsletter is now available.

A member of the community asked me to post about this cat, which has turned up in the Tillman/Blighs/Watford area – do you know who the owner might be?

Coming up:

• On the 6th and 8th of August there will be drop-in information sessions for the current Council consultation on transport projects in the Cranford Street area (downstream of the Christchurch Northern Corridor). Both sessions run from 5pm to 7pm in the St Albans School hall.
• From Wednesday 7 August there will be intermittent brief closures of QEII Drive at night, by the bridge abutments for the CNC overpass.
• Next Friday 9 August there’ll be a meeting of the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board, and also a Joint Extraordinary Meeting of the Coastal-Burwood and Papanui-Innes Community Boards. I’ll post about these once the agendas are available.

Feedback is always welcome on Think Papanui’s content, either on Facebook or Instagram, or directly to me.
With warm regards
Simon Britten

On the 6th and 8th of August there will be drop-in information sessions for the Council’s consultation on transport projects in the Cranford Street area (downstream of the Christchurch Northern Corridor). Both sessions run from 5pm to 7pm in the St Albans School hall. Click through for more information:
https://ccc.govt.nz/…/consultations-an…/haveyoursay/show/257

Transport projects in the Cranford Street area

“These projects are planned to mitigate the effects of the Christchurch Northern Corridor opening.”

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