Community engagement in the Papanui Ward in Christchurch, New Zealand
If your bins are normally collected on a Friday, this week they will be picked up on Saturday 20 April instead.
“Over the Easter period, if your bins are normally collected on a Friday, they will be picked up on Saturday 20 April instead.
Our EcoDrop will also be closed on Good Friday, but are open throughout the weekend and Easter Monday:
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The surface of Langdons Road is looking better this morning. Resealing work appeared nearly complete when Think Papanui went past, and the road closures should be gone soon.
At the 12 April meeting, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board: approved the stopping of a portion of unformed road on Sawyers Arms Rd outside Ideal Electrical, and sale of the land to that property owner; approved parking restrictions at the corner of Rutland & Malvern Streets; approved four applications to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund and three to the Board’s Positive Youth Development Fund. The board will next meet at 9am on Friday 10 May. Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/PICB_20190412_MIN_32…
This week’s Nor’West news has a write-up of the first meeting of the Redwood Business and Residents Association. Click through to the group’s Facebook page to stay informed of future meetings and activities.
Think Papanui’s curator Simon Britten rounds up stories covered over the past week:
The Neighbourhood Links project has started a casual drop-in ‘Coffee Mondays’ at the refurbished rooms by the Redwood Library. If you’re in the Northcote/Redwood area feel free to call in on Mondays between 12pm-1pm.
The Nor’West news carried the headline ‘Papanui traffic report stalled’ this week. Both the Community Board and also Board Member John Stringer commented further on Think Papanui’s Facebook post. Back in February I touched on this in an article on urban design in the Papanui area.
The closing date for Strengthening Communities funding applications has been extended by the Council. I added a link to information on the kinds of grants made by our Community Board on the Facebook post about this.
The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board met this morning 12 April. I’ll put up a post next week about decisions made at the meeting. In the meantime you can find a summary of the agenda on Think Papanui.
Marian College have shared some more details of their plans to move to the former Foodstuffs warehouse site in Papanui. This was Think Papanui’s top post of the week.
On Tuesday evening this week, despite being double-booked, I made it to the Papanui High School consultation meeting on proposed changes to Christchurch high school zones, and also to the first meeting of a Redwood Business and Residents Association (or ‘Group’ – it’s not a formal association at this stage).
Another closing date moved back by the City Council is the closing date for Community Service Award nominations. If there’s a community volunteer in the area that you think should be recognised, you have until 26 April to submit your nomination.
I shared a Facebook post from Sara Templeton – Councillor for Heathcote, on the topic of the Waimakariri District Council’s Draft Annual Plan. The Council is considering bringing forward funding to investigate Park’n’Ride facilities – something that could benefit Christchurch residents who will be impacted by traffic changes due to the Christchurch Northern Corridor project.
Langdons Road between Oakland Street and the new retail development (Northlink) is due to be resealed in the coming week – watch out for traffic disruption in the area. Judging from Facebook comments, some residents aren’t happy with the state of the road or the time taken to deliver a solution.
Just this morning I published a story on the Momorangi Crescent playground. A former resident is urging the Community Board to upgrade it. What really interests me is how current residents find the state of the facilities, and I’ll be looking out for comments with interest.
Papanui Ward is the area that Think Papanui focuses on, and this covers much more than the suburb of the same name. Today I’ve shared a link to an article I recently published on this topic.
Closing soon: submissions on the Council’s draft plan for Christchurch Northern Corridor traffic mitigation close on Monday 15 April.
Coming up: the NZ Transport Agency has provided me with a 2011 report on the project we now know as the Christchurch Northern Corridor. It appears to be the closest the NZTA had to a business case or cost/benefit analysis prior to commissioning the $240m project. I’ll have a read through the document and write an article in the coming days.
Feedback is always welcome on Think Papanui’s content, either on Facebook or Instagram, or directly to me.
With warm regards
Simon Britten
Think Papanui’s area of focus is the whole local government Papanui Ward, which reaches well beyond the boundaries of the suburb of the same name. Click through for an overview of Papanui Ward, including some notes on the responsibilities of the Community Board members and Councillor who will be elected to represent the Ward later this year.
https://simonbritten.com/2019/04/04/exploring-papanui-ward/
A former Momorangi Crescent resident has written to the Community Board suggesting the existing playground (installed in 1975) is ‘definitely not fun’ and that it is woeful that it hasn’t been upgraded. Council staff report that it has been repainted and maintained to a good standard, and that there is no plan or budget for renewal. What do current members of the community think?
Watch out for road closures & traffic disruption around Langdons Road for a day or two from Tuesday 16 April. There’s nothing showing up on the Council’s ‘work in your area’ web page at the time of writing, but after making inquiries with City Care, Think Papanui can confirm that the road between Oakland Street and the new retail development is getting a long-awaited repair (it’s not a complete reconstruction of the road, but at least there’ll be a chip seal over the existing patches etc).
People impacted by the Christchurch Northern Corridor project may be especially interested in Sara’s post about the Waimakariri District Council Draft Annual Plan…
“The Waimakariri District Council Draft Annual Plan consultation closes at 5pm tomorrow. It includes a proposal to bring forward funding to investigate better Park’n’Ride facilities to encourage more people out of their cars and onto busses to head into Christchurch. It also includes a proposal to…”
Nominations are still open for Community Service Awards, and the closing date has been extended to Friday 26 April 2019. If you wish to nominate someone for their significant voluntary service, click through for an online or printable nomination form.
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