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By David Hill, Local Democracy Reporter
Feedback is being sought on two potential sites for the proposed Pegasus Community Centre.
The Waimakariri District Council has identified two possible sites for the proposed community centre, after being approached by the town’s developer, Templeton … View moreBy David Hill, Local Democracy Reporter
Feedback is being sought on two potential sites for the proposed Pegasus Community Centre.
The Waimakariri District Council has identified two possible sites for the proposed community centre, after being approached by the town’s developer, Templeton Group.
The proposed sites were approved for consultation with the Pegasus community, at the council’s community and recreation committee meeting last week.
Committee chairperson councillor Philip Redmond said he was keen to hear the community’s feedback.
‘‘The cost options are similar for both sites, but price and design are less of an issue than getting the right location.’’
The council has been leasing a building in Tahuna St, Pegasus, since 2017 for a temporary community centre, which was being operated by the Pegasus Residents Group Inc.
But the lease was due to expire in June 2025.
The council signalled in the 2021-31 long-term plan its intention to establish a purpose-built community centre for Pegasus and set aside funding to build a 400m2 facility in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 financial years.
Of the two sites, one is council-owned land near the already established retail area and health hub.
The other option was further away from residential properties, but had more land for future growth.
Residents have until 5pm on Wednesday, March 15, to offer feedback at waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk.
The council is also exploring options to purchase land at Ravenswood, north Woodend, for future development of community facilities.
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Did you miss Valentines Day? Are you in the dog house? We have our 2nd chance Valentines day comedy show tomorrow at Union Fare. Join us for a great night out and make up for the Valentines day blunder.
By David Hill, Local Democracy Reporter
Hearings on the proposed Waimakariri District Plan are expected to be held mid-year.
Waimakariri District Council development planning manager Matt Bacon says the aim is to integrate variation 1, which gives effect to the new medium density residential … View moreBy David Hill, Local Democracy Reporter
Hearings on the proposed Waimakariri District Plan are expected to be held mid-year.
Waimakariri District Council development planning manager Matt Bacon says the aim is to integrate variation 1, which gives effect to the new medium density residential standards (MDRS), into the district plan process before the hearings.
This would mean appointing an independent commissioner, which was a requirement of the MDRS legislation.
‘‘It makes sense to integrate the process so people don’t have to turn up and present on the district plan, and then make effectively the same submission two days later for a Variation 1 hearing.
‘‘We are working with the hearings panel to work out how they want to run the hearings and we expect they will put some direction around how they intend to hear the submissions.’’
He expected the hearings would be held in May or June.
The district plan was first notified in September 2021, with 421 submissions being received, which made 6704 submission points.
About 53% of submissions indicated support for the proposed changes in the draft district plan and submitters addressed a wide range of issues, Bacon said.
A further 81 submissions were received in response to Variation 1.
Bacon said ‘‘a well-informed’’ district plan was essential, even though the Government’s proposed legislation to replace the Resource Management Act aimed to replace district plans with regional plans.
‘‘It will take about eight to 10 years to transition before the new process comes in, so in the meantime we are progressing with the district plan.
‘‘In the legislation it isn’t entirely clear what happens to the district plan, but there will be a local ‘statement of intent’ and we would imagine a lot of that would be from the district plan.
‘‘Hopefully we will get a well-informed district plan which can then progress seamlessly into a regional plan.’’
Bacon said replacing district plans with regional plans had some merit.
The difficulty was in allowing for local variation across a large region like Canterbury, he said.
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By David Hill, Local Democracy Reporter
A school production is planned at West Eyreton School, near Oxford, but whether it goes ahead depends on the construction of a new classroom block.
For now the school hall is home to two classes, while they await new teaching spaces.
‘‘Wehave our… View moreBy David Hill, Local Democracy Reporter
A school production is planned at West Eyreton School, near Oxford, but whether it goes ahead depends on the construction of a new classroom block.
For now the school hall is home to two classes, while they await new teaching spaces.
‘‘Wehave our school production planned for term three, but it can only go ahead if we have use of the hall,’’ principal Lisa Duff said.
‘‘So we would like to have the new classrooms by then.’’
Work got under way last month on a new classroom block and the construction company, Molior Building, has indicated it will be a six month project.
The new building will replace the old Cebus Block, which was demolished last year.
‘‘The original Cebus Block was due for modernisation, but it was identified as being unsuitable for purpose,’’ Duff said.
The new building will provide ‘‘a fit-for-purpose learning space’’ for year 3 and 4 pupils, while complementing the historic buildings onsite, she said.
Two classes will occupy a shared space, with an open veranda and lots of breakout spaces for learning.
As the school was waiting for work to begin on the new classroom block, an 80-year-old tree which had some significance for the school had to be removed.
Thanks to the support of Oxford Cartage and Bennetts Sawmill, near Oxford, some slabs from the tree will return to the school in the form of some outdoor furniture, Duff said.
‘‘We really appreciate and value the contributions our wider West Eyreton School community make to our school and the full circle approach to the tree removal will be a valuable learning experience for all our children.’’
The Molior Building has already renovated the school’s main classroom block, meaning the school was set for the future.
The school new year has seen 20 new enrolments to begin the year with 186 pupils.
Duff expected to end the year with about 200 pupils, as the school continues to enjoy steady growth.
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From reporter Carly Gooch:
Motorists have been driving South Island’s only motorway with a designated carpool lane for more than two years – but no fines have been issued to drivers breaking the rules.
That’s because travelling on the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) motorway’s T2… View moreFrom reporter Carly Gooch:
Motorists have been driving South Island’s only motorway with a designated carpool lane for more than two years – but no fines have been issued to drivers breaking the rules.
That’s because travelling on the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) motorway’s T2 lane has no infringement attached to it – yet.
“At this stage we are not doing any enforcement on the CNC T2 lane”, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency regional relationships director James Caygill said.
The T2 lane, also known as a transit or carpool lane, was implemented just weeks after the new motorway opened in December 2020, and is from the end of the motorway on State Highway 1 south of Woodend to the Cranford St roundabout.
Only vehicles with at least one passenger and motorcyclists are entitled to use the T2 lane (the right-hand lane on the southbound side of the northern corridor) between 6am and 9am on weekdays. Outside those hours, the lane can be used by anyone.
Caygill said Waka Kotahi currently had no cameras in place to enforce the lanes.
“We are working towards getting this technology in place.”
He said in the coming months, research would be carried out on the T2 lane and Waka Kotahi would “let the public know ... how the T2 lanes work and a heads-up on enforcement so people will not be surprised”.
Monitoring showed some drivers were not sticking to the T2 rules, “but when you consider both lanes, the majority of drivers are doing the right thing and obeying the law”, he said.
“Last week there were 1154 vehicles on average in the T2 lane over the three-hour period it was operational (6am to 9pm each weekday). There were 1741 vehicles on average in the other lane over the same time period. Each lane on the motorway should be able to carry about 1000 vehicles per hour without significant congestion.”
At this stage, there was no “significant travel time advantage” in either lane.
“It is also likely that there would be little travel time advantage if the lanes were being enforced.”
Transit lanes, commonplace around the world and in the North Island, will only become more familiar to more South Island travellers.
T2 lanes will also be used on the upgraded Brougham St, SH76 (Sydenham/Addington/Waltham) project currently under way.
These restricted traffic lanes will most likely be active during peak times between 7am to 9am, and 3pm to 6pm for the exclusive use of buses, motorcyclists, and cars with a driver and one or more passenger.
The T2 lanes will run from Spencer St to near Brisbane St eastbound and from east of Colombo St to past Selwyn St westbound. However, the road will be set up so these lanes can be extended if and when needed.
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