Think Papanui

Today’s Nor’West News reports on proposed changes to roading and transport projects in the area, as the Council revises the Annual Plan in light of the COVID-19 crisis. Where funding has been taken out of the coming year’s budget, Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Board chair Emma Norrish says that projects “will still happen, they have only been deferred.” Next door in Harewood Ward, Councillor Keown is advocating for deeper cuts to achieve a zero rates rise, but also for funding to be brought forward to implement lights at the Harewood/Gardiners/Breens intersection. You can read the full digital edition of the Nor’West News at: https://www.yumpu.com/…/…/63617582/norwest-news-july-09-2020

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The July newsletter from the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board includes:

• • highlights from the latest Board meeting;
  • information on the extension to St Albans skate park;
  • news on transport projects downstream of the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC);
  • school holiday activities;
  • contact details for Board members and the governance team; and more.

Click through to read:
http://createsend.com/t/r-E5A3B27AB5493A102540EF23F30FEDED

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Safety improvements at the Wairakei/Grahams Road intersection have been approved by the Waimāero/Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board, following consultation earlier this year. Feedback on the proposed design was ‘generally supportive’ with a number of suggestions and concerns also fed back to Council, and some changes made to the design as a result. The board has requested that staff review the operation of the intersection in six months’ time “as to whether right turn arrows or any other safety enhancements would further improve the safety and efficiency” of the intersection. The cycle lanes that are included in the design require the approval of the full Council, and are on the agenda of tomorrow’s Council meeting.

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At last Friday’s meeting, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board:

• • was gifted a time capsule container for the rebuild of the St Albans Community Centre;
  • approved safety improvements for the Aorangi/Condell intersection;
  • approved the landscape plan for the St Albans skate park extension; and
  • received an area report on initiatives and issues within the Board area.

The Board will next meet on Friday 7 August. Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/PICB_20200703_MIN_45…

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The progression of Mitre 10 MEGA Papanui through four sites makes interesting reading – originally in Upper Riccarton, then three different sites at Bishopdale, and now on the former Sanitarium site…

 

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Term 3 night classes at Papanui High School Adult and Community Education are now open for enrolment. Classes will begin the week of 27 July and most will run for 7 weeks.

A full list of courses is available online: https://www.papanui.school.nz/com-ed/categories. For further information please email Barbara Roper rpb@papanui.school.nz or telephone the office on 03 350 2701.

Online enrolment is now available on the website or you can email or phone the office.

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Recent wet weather has delayed work on Prestons Road at the new bridge over the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC). The current westbound closure & detour is now expected to remain in place until early August.

 

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The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday 3 July at 9:15am in the Papanui boardroom.

The agenda includes:

• • presentation of a time capsule container for the new St Albans Community Centre;
  • safety improvements for the Aorangi Rd / Condell Ave intersection;
  • a beginner-focused extension to the St Albans skate park; and
  • an area report on initiatives and issues within the Board area. The meeting is open to the public.

Click through for the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/PICB_20200703_AGN_45…

Agenda of Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – 3 July 2020

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If you’re heading towards Papanui from the north tonight or tomorrow night, watch out for a southbound closure on Main North Road in Belfast. See this post from Transport for Christchurch for information on the timing & detour.

 

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Traffic and safety concerns on Langdons Road have been raised in comments on Think Papanui this week, and also feature on the front page of today’s Nor’West News. The Northlink development has a large amount of on-site parking, but with a high number of vehicle movements, parking on Langdons Rd has been removed to improve visibility. The final stage of the development at the back of the site cannot open until lights have been installed at the Langdons/Greers intersection, but the timing for that is unclear and Council hasn’t budgeted for the lights. The full digital edition of the Nor’West News can be found at:
https://www.yumpu.com/…/…/63551054/norwest-news-june-25-2020

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