No bin collections on Good Friday and Anzac Day

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If Friday is your usual kerbside collection day, please note the following changes: Good Friday bin collections move to Saturday 19 April 2025; and Anzac Day bin collections move to Saturday 26 April 2025. There are no changes to collections on Easter Monday.

For more information on rubbish, recycling, and organics, head to:
https://ccc.govt.nz/services/rubbish-and-recycling

Signalised crossings set to be commissioned in June

The Council has advised that the signalised crossings on Harewood, Langdons, and Sawyers Arms Roads are set to be commissioned in June 2025.

Upgrade works at all three crossings had to be completed before the switchover can happen from the old signalling system to the new one, and construction work on the last of the three (Sawyers Arms Road) is now winding down.

For more information on the project, including the option to subscribe to email updates, head to the project webpage.

School zone speed changes proposed for Papanui

The Government’s Setting of Speed Limits Rule 2024 requires the Council to implement variable speed limits of 30km/h during ‘school travel periods’ outside of all Ōtautahi Christchurch and Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū schools.

Streets adjacent to the following schools are included in the proposal: Papanui Primary; St Bede’s College; Redwood Primary; Te Kura o Matarangi – Northcote School; Casebrook Intermediate; Marian College; Bishopdale School Te Kura o Papakōhatu; Wairakei School; Waimairi School; and St Andrew’s College.

Click through for full details of the Council’s proposal, noting that feedback is being requested specifically from kura/schools:
https://letstalk.ccc.govt.nz/schoolspeeds

Proposed electorate boundary changes for Papanui and Redwood

Proposed electorate boundary changes will see parts of Papanui change from Christchurch Central to Ilam, and Redwood will mostly change from Christchurch Central to Christchurch East.

The Representation Commission is proposing the changes as part of a nationwide review of electorate boundaries, driven by the need to ensure each electorate has about the same number of residents. The proposed changes are open for public feedback until 27 April 2025.

Final electorate boundaries will be released in August this year, following a public hearings process, and will apply from the 2026 General Election. This process does not affect ward and constituency boundaries for this years local government elections.

For more information and an online feedback form, head to:
https://vote.nz/boundary-review/about/2025

Agenda for 10 April Community Board meeting

The Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board will meet this Thursday 10 April at 4pm in the Papanui boardroom.

The agenda includes:

  • public participation;
  • proposed 120 parking restrictions in Bishop Street;
  • proposed upgrades to well-used bus stops across the Board area;
  • proposed changes to parking restrictions for Westminster Street near Cranford Street;
  • an application to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund;
  • and an area report with an overview of issues and initiatives within the Board area.

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

Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/04/PCBCC_20250410_AGN_9136_AT_WEB.htm

Outcomes from 13 March 2025 Community Board meeting

On 13 March 2025, the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board:

  • received three public forum presentations;
  • approved P30 parking restrictions at the Armagh / Barbadoes Street corner;
  • revoked a parking restriction at 146 Edgeware Road;
  • granted an easement for fibre installation at Dunedin Reserve;
  • approved grants from the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund to Avebury House Community Trust and St Albans Residents Association;
  • and received a report on issues and initiatives within the Board area.

The Board will next meet on Thursday 10 April.

Click through for the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/03/PCBCC_20250313_MIN_9135_AT_WEB.htm