Year: 2024

Sturrocks and Tuckers Road rail crossing closures

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

Papanui PAK’nSAVE opens today

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.

Council consults on Long-Term Plan

Image credit: Christchurch City Council

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

Strengthening Communities Fund open for applications

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

14 March Community Board meeting agenda

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.

Barnes Road closed from Monday 4 March

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

15 February Community Board meeting outcomes

On Thursday 15 February, the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board:

  • heard from Te Kura o Matarangi Northcote School about traffic & parking issues in the area;
  • received deputations relating to the proposed changes to the Shirley/Hills/Warrington intersection;
  • approved changes to that intersection;
  • approved changes to parking on Peterborough Street;
  • approved the draft South-East Neighbourhood Plan for public consultation;
  • approved three grants from the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund;
  • approved over $200,000 in grants from the Board’s Better-Off Fund;
  • and received an area report on issues and initiatives within the Board area.

The Board will next meet on Thursday 14 March.

Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/02/PCBCC_20240215_MIN_9123_AT_WEB.htm