Month: March 2024

On 14 March 2024 the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board:

• approved tree planting plans for Cambridge Green and Marble Wood Reserve;
• approved a grant of $41,000 from its Better-Off Fund towards costs associated with the building of the Edgeware Pool;
• approved a grant of $60,000 from its Better-Off Fund to Shirley Intermediate School towards the Shirley Intermediate School and Community Pool Project;
• approved a grant from the Board’s Youth Development Fund;
• approved a grant from the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund towards the St Albans Community Website;
• and received a report on issues and initiatives within the Board area.

The Board will next meet on Thursday 11 April.

Click through to read the full meeting minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/03/PCBCC_20240314_MIN_9124_AT_WEB.htm

Due to the public holiday, this week all Friday bin collections will take place the following day, Saturday 30 March 2024.

All collections from Monday 1 April will resume as normal.

Tuckers Road and Sturrocks Road railway crossings upgrades: contractors will be back on site at these crossings this coming week.

The Tuckers Road crossing will be closed all day & night on Sunday 24 and Monday 25 March, including to cyclists and pedestrians. The crossing will also be closed 7am to 5pm from 26 to 28 March.

The Sturrocks Road crossing will be closed 7am to 5pm from Tuesday 26 March to Friday 5 April, except for Easter weekend.

Think Papanui understands that pedestrian and cyclist access across the railway line will be available at both crossings during this work, with the exception of Tuckers Road on 24 & 25 March.

Follow these links for more information:
Tuckers Road: ccc.govt.nz/transport/works-3/show/1452
Sturrocks Road: ccc.govt.nz/transport/works-3/show/1451

The official opening of the Papanui PAK’nSAVE has taken place this morning, and the store will be open to the public from 9am today, Tuesday 19 March. The new traffic signals on Main North Road are now operational – take care if you’re in the area and watch for changed traffic conditions.

The Council’s Long Term Plan (LTP) outlines what the Council has planned for the next ten years. It sets out the Council’s services and major projects, what they’ll cost, how they’ll be funded and what rates will need to be.

The draft LTP is open for feedback until 21 April 2024, after which all submitters have the opportunity to speak to decision makers at a Hearings Panel. A final decision on the LTP is likely to be made by the Council in June 2024.

Click through for more information:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/your-quick-guide-to-the-long-term-plan

Northlands PAK’nSAVE will shut its doors for the final time at 6pm today, Sunday 17 March, as the new Papanui store further up Main North Road is readied to open on Tuesday. If you’re looking to save, there’s a storewide 10% discount today (excluding tobacco & alcohol).

Community organisations have until 12 April 2024 to apply to the Council for support through the Strengthening Communities Fund. This fund supports community-focused organisations whose projects contribute to the strengthening of community wellbeing in the Christchurch city area.

Applications can be for operating costs such as salaries, power, rent, and administration, and/or for project costs such as community programmes, events, activities and equipment.

Click through for more information:
https://ccc.govt.nz/culture-and-community/community-funding/scfund

The Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board will meet at 4pm on Thursday 14 March in the Papanui boardroom.

The agenda includes:

• approval of tree planting plans for Marble Wood Reserve (pic) and Cambridge Green;
• two grants from the Board’s Better-Off Fund totalling $101,000;
• an application to the Board’s Youth Development Fund;
• an application to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund;
• and an area report on issues and initiatives within the Board area.

The meeting is open to the public and will be livestreamed on the Board’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Click through for the full agenda.

Following on from this week’s closures of Sturrocks and Tuckers Roads, from Monday 4 March there’ll be a closure on Barnes Road at the railway line to allow connection of the cycleway from Barnes Reserve through to the new section heading to Main North Road. Take care if you’re in the area and watch for changed traffic conditions.

Click through for more information:
https://ccc.govt.nz/transport/works-3/show/1434