Community engagement in the Papanui Ward in Christchurch, New Zealand
Papanui Pet Service: St Paul’s Anglican Church, Papanui will hold a Pet’s Service this Sunday 10 September – people are invited to bring their live animals as well as pictures of past pets, animal toys etc to participate and receive a blessing. For more information see the Facebook Page or stpaulspapanui.org.nz/events/pet-service
Signs of progress: construction has begun on the missing sections of the Northern Line cycleway. This photo looks north from Barnes Road and shows the future path to Main North Road at the Belfast bridge. Work between Tuckers and Sturrocks Roads is also getting underway. These sections are planned to be completed by mid 2024.
The Christchurch Northern Community Market is back this Saturday 26 August, from 10am-2pm at the Redwood Hotel, 340 Main North Road. See the market’s Facebook page for more information.
Two new bus routes will begin operating in Christchurch from Monday 4 September. At that time the current routes 17 and 28 will cease operation and be replaced by new routes 8 and 27. In the Papanui area, the number 27 will follow the same route as the old number 28, but at a higher frequency (20 minutes on weekdays until 6pm), and south of the bus exchange the service will head to Huntsbury rather than the number 28’s destination of Lyttelton. For more details see the Ecan news release or head to the Metro website.
Papanui High School Adult and Community Education still has spaces in Term 3 cake decorating classes, as well as in a range of subjects including Arts & Crafts, Exercise & Heath, and Languages. See Facebook or papanui.school.nz/adult-education for more details.
On Thursday 10 August, the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board:
Click through to read the full minutes. The Board will next meet on Thursday 14 September.
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/08/PCBCC_20230810_MIN_9118_AT.PDF
Construction of the missing sections of the Northern Line Cycleway linking Papanui through to Northwood is due to commence on 21 August 2023. Unfortunately KiwiRail has advised there’ll be further delays to upgraded pedestrian & cycle crossings adjacent to the railway line on Sawyers Arms, Langdons, and Harewood Roads. See more in this post from Think Papanui curator Simon Britten:
Good news: construction is due to start later this month on missing sections of the Northern Line Cycleway, between Tuckers & Sturrocks Roads and from Barnes Road to Main North Road. A start work notice is due to be delivered to nearby residents and businesses, and can also be found at the link below.
Not so good news: railway crossing upgrades at Sawyers Arms, Langdons, and Harewood roads were provisionally booked for November 2023 but the Council has now been notified by KiwiRail that the earliest possible time for these upgrades will be July 2024.
The Papanui Community Toy Library is in need of a new space. Can you help? They’re after +/–60m2 to store toys and rent them to members. Contract the toy library via their Facebook Page or papanuitoylibrary.co.nz.
The Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board will meet this Thursday 10 August at 4pm in the Papanui boardroom. The agenda includes:
The meeting will be livestreamed on the Board’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. Click through for the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/08/PCBCC_20230810_AGN_9118_AT_WEB.htm
The pools at Graham Condon Recreation and Sport Centre are set to temporarily close from January 2024 for two significant maintenance projects, including replacing the pellet boiler used to head the pools with an electric system. The work is scheduled over summer as the Council’s outdoor pools are available at that time for the community to use as an alternative, in addition to year-round indoor pools. Click through to read more:
