Bay Harbour: May 11, 2016

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PAGE 4 BAY HARBOUR Wednesday May 11 2016 your local Views Something on your mind? Email bridget.rutherford@starmedia.kiwi in 150 words or less. Facebook us on facebook.com/riseupchristchurch/ Get familiar with rules and watch your speed Over the past summer season, I have been very fortunate to travel extensively around the Canterbury region in my position with Environment Canterbury as a navigation safety officer. I am not only responsible for the local bays and harbours, but also every other waterway in our 46,000 sq km region where recreational boating takes place. I have to admit it is a privileged position to be in, working in one of the most beautiful geographically diverse regions in New Zealand and dealing with genuine people who are out there enjoying themselves on our waterways. We do have one or two ratbags who choose to ignore the rules and put other people at risk through their actions, but to be honest these are the minority. As we are nearly at the end of our boating season, I think it is time to reflect over the past summer, and look at some things that have cropped up in my role. One thing that comes to my attention time and time again, is the lack of knowledge about the rules on the waterways. The Navigation Safety Bylaws 2010, Maritime Rules 22 and 91 all of which prescribe how we can operate our vessels in Eugenie Sage, Green MP Lyttelton Port is important to Canterbury and the country as a freight hub and a connection to the world. We need a thriving port. We also need one which recognises its connection with Lyttelton and helps make the town an interesting place to live and visit. Pirate’s Corner a safe manner are crucial to know if you are operating a boat on the water, be it a kayak, or powerboat, it makes no difference. My advice if you do not know what these rules refer to, is to spend some time over the winter with your slippers on in front of the fire and have a good read of them, just use uncle Google and they are easy to find, if you have difficulty in understanding them phone me at my office and I will answer any queries. Speed too close to other water users or the shore is another issue that crops up time after time, the rules are simple, if you are within 200m of the shore, or another structure, then you must adhere to the 5 knot speed limit, unless the area is a designated, open speed area or a specified reserved area such as a water Lyttelton-Mt Herbert Community Board chairwoman, Paula Smith recently called for the Lyttelton Port Company to retain Number 4 wharf instead of demolishing it as the port company plans to do, along with wharves 5 and 6. They also predate 1900. Keeping No 4 wharf and opening it to the public would recognise the wharves’ central role in the history and development of Lyttelton, and their contribution to the ski lane. If you are within 50m of another vessel or person in the water, then the 5 knot rule applies as well. There are some exemptions to this rule, but these do not generally affect the normal water user, check out our Navigation Safety Bylaws 2010, part 2.4.2 for these. We have had no major incidents involving death or serious injury involving recreational watercraft in the region, this is great news and one you can all be proud of, however, we cannot afford to rest on our laurels as having regard to the types of complaints we receive through the harbourmasters office, some of this good news is due to good luck not management. That’s it from me, stay safe out there and if you are going to be on the water wrap up warm, and always wear your life jacket. character of the town. It would be a physical link between the port and the town. It would provide a place where people can walk out over the water, go fishing, and watch the coming and going of boats. With the Governors Bay jetty closed because of earthquake damage, there is nowhere on the western side of Lyttelton Harbour where people can do this. LPC’s proposals for a walkway along some of the Dampier A reader responds to a suggestion that the annual Guy Fawkes display at New Brighton could be held at Sumner while the pier receives repairs: Sarah Joseph, Redcliffs: Yes! We would love to have the fireworks display at Sumner! It would be great for the community and a fabulous setting! Last week Bay Harbour News asked its readers what they thought about the St Andrews Hill and Bridle Path Rds intersection, after a city council report criticised its layout. Lorraine Harrison, Mt Pleasant: I laughed out loud when I read your article but wasting money is not really a laughable matter. When the local community found out the plan for the intersection we were angry that it had not been discussed with the people who would be using it. The city council hastily Bay foreshore are no compensation for being able to walk out over the water. The port company has had enormous commercial benefits from the emergency legislation after the earthquakes. It has been able to side-step the normal public processes under the Resource Management Act to push through first a 10ha reclamation and then a major 27ha extension. There has been no compensation to the community for this organised some meetings and many of us pointed out the many problems and safety issues and some retired engineers even came up with alternatives but it was obvious they had made up their mind and we were wasting our time. How dare they now say they were not aware of the issues. They were told a number of times at a number of meetings. Now more money will be wasted by doing a report to find out how the mistakes were made and how will the problems be sorted. The mistakes were clearly made by not listening to the people who drive this intersection every day. They, the city council and their expert advisers knew best! What a joke. Luckily, I no longer have to use the intersection at peak time but it is still quite disconcerting that when you are coming off St Andrews Hill Rd you have to give way to your right and then dash right across to the other side to get in the left turning lane to the city. Port needs to operate for community too privatisation of coastal space and loss of access to this part of Te Awaparahi Bay. A bigger and busier container port will mean more big trucks, more port noise, and more harbour dredging for bigger ships. These affect the town and the harbour. 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Wednesday May 11 2016 BAY HARBOUR PAGE 5 neighbourhood NEWS News tips? Email bridget.rutherford@starmedia.kiwi or phone 371 0778 You can’t see the cars coming down Bridle Path Rd (due to curve of the road) and they travel at quite a pace. I can’t see how Sara Templeton can make the comment that accidents were unlikely to be serious. The idea that all this money has been spent and yet accidents are expected to be commonplace is just so stupid it is beyond belief. Dr Darren Fidler, of Redcliffs: I see the potential safety issues at the bottom of St Andrews Hill Rd made the front page of Bay Harbour News last week. I think it’s worth pointing out to all the users of this intersection that if Redcliffs School was to close, it’s going to get a lot worse. The Ministry of Education-appointed transport expert downplayed the impact of additional traffic because it would be heading into town from Redcliffs anyway. This demonstrates a clear lack of understanding of the local issues. What would be the impact of half of Redcliffs School pupils being dropped off at the already severely congested Mt Pleasant School and then these cars then travelling down St Andrews Hill Rd into this intersection? I think most residents could take a reasonably educated guess at this, unfortunately the Ministry of Education didn’t take the trouble to understand the safety impacts that the school closure will have, putting lives at increased risk. Yet another adverse impact of the proposed school closure that hasn’t been considered to date. Let’s hope an informed, evidence based decision is made for the sake of not only the children of Redcliffs, but much further afield. Beverley Walker, of Mt Pleasant: I have four problems with the intersection. The traffic light phases, while are good for clearing traffic quickly when leaving the area early morning, (ie going to the city or Sumner) coming back from the city isn’t so good. I joined a queue around noon to turn right into Bridle Path Rd. I was ninth in the queue and had to wait three light phases before I got to turn. The traffic from Sumner direction was light. Each phase was letting two or three cars through, but put a bus, lorry or lorry with trailer or concrete truck in the queue then maybe one or two can turn. These heavy vehicles are slower off the mark and some then have to go up hill – slowly. Another problem is the size and shape of the island at this same turning point. It needs to be shaped differently at the Ferry Rd end so these slow, heavy vehicles can make the turn more smoothly. It can be rather frightening when cars come down St Andrews Hill Rd and very quickly cross over the “cross-hatch” so they can make it through the green lights without, it seems, a care for traffic travelling along Bridle Path Rd to the same green lights. Blocking on the “crosshatch” is also a problem. Often vehicles (some with trailers) travelling down St Andrews Hill Rd are waiting at right angles to the Bridle Path Rd traffic for the lights. This is not good. The same heavy vehicles mentioned earlier, which travel down St Andrews Hill Rd, have a problem crossing the “cross-hatch” to queue to turn left or right. These vehicles are too big for this part of the intersection. I expect you have had a great number of emails mentioning the same problems. Last week Bay Harbour News asked its readers where they would like to see a cruise ship berth rebuilt: Ron Williams, of Sumner: Lyttelton would be a good place. Of course! Or, we could extend the Christchurch Yacht Club jetty, Moncks Bay, a bit and with a bit of dredging?? That would boost business at Redcliffs, Sumner and Brighton, with small boats taking some to a South Brighton estuary drop off point. Also buses could take others to the city. Ferrymead, Little River locations for high-profile film Actors from Pirates, Star Trek to star in The Stolen BRIDGET RUTHERFORD Ferrymead Heritage Park and Little River will feature in a new film, starring a number of high profile actors. The Stolen, which is set during the Gold Rush of 1860, will be based at the heritage park, and filming will take place at other Canterbury locations including Little River Campground. The film was written and will be produced and starred in by Emily Corcoran, who grew up in Sumner and now lives in London. It will feature Hollywood actors Alice Eve (Star Trek Into the Darkness), Jack Davenport (Pirates of the Carribean), Richard O’Brien (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Graham McTavish (The Hobbit trilogy) and New Zealand singer and actor Stan Walker. Ferrymead Heritage Park operations manager Kim Dunkley said they were approached in January, and found out about eight weeks ago it would be happening. “It is great exposure, when people come down to the park once they start filming, it will be quite exciting.” He said about three weeks ago some portacoms, which STARS: Alice Eve in her role in Star Trek Into Darkness, and Jack Davenport in Pirates of the Caribbean. would act as offices for the film crew, have been installed at the park. Heathcote Studios Theatrical Society’s building, the old stables and Curragh House would all be used for filming, which was expected to begin at the end of the month, he said. The film is based on a young woman and her wealthy husband who come to New Zealand from England. The woman’s husband is then murdered and her baby kidnapped, and it follows the road to getting her child back. It will be directed by Niall Johnson. The Stolen executive producer Merryn Corcoran said further scenes would be shot at Little River Campground, in the bush, which would take place in June or July. The crew was also hoping to shoot near Birdlings Flat, she said. Mrs Corcoran said they were also hoping to accommodate most of the cast and crew in Sumner during their stay. SOMETHING FUN FOR EVERYONE UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP 9 HOLE GOLF cOURSE DRIVING RANGE STILL ROcK OUTDOOR MINI PUTT BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL | 50 FERRYMEAD PARK DR, FERRYMEAD PH 376-5350 | WWW.FERRYMEADGOLF.cO.Nz
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