Bay Harbour: October 05, 2016

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PAGE 4 BAY HARBOUR Wednesday October 5 2016 News Students get challenge boost A GROUP of Linwood College students have won a huge boost to their Coast to Coast race training in the lead up to next year’s event. Linwood’s team of nine recently won the Kathmandu Coast to Coast schools’ base camp academy package. The package includes Kathmandu clothing, Salomon shoes, race entry and a personalised training programme created by the nine-time race winner Steve Gurney. The team, called the Coast to Coast Rangers, will also receive mentoring to support them in their quest to complete the endurance race in February next year. The group has been training together since May and can now look forward to a personal training guide from Gurney designed specifically for the Coast to Coast race. The prize was created after three Aranui High School students competed in this year’s race alongside multi-sport professionals like three-time event winner Emily Miazga, and world champion adventure racer Nathan Fa’avae. When February rolls around, only three of the nine students in the Coast to Coast Rangers will participate in the race and the rest will form the support crew. Road repair project concern • By Annabelle Dick BLESSING: Rapaki Marae representative Kopa Lee marks the start of a new phase of work on Sumner Rd. PHOTO: CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL A CITY councillor believes the opening of Sumner Rd will come with a number of almost unavoidable problems. Work to mitigate geotechnical risks around Crater Rim Bluffs, at the top of Sumner Rd began last week as the city council opened the project with a blessing and planting ceremony on Thursday. But city councillor Paul Lonsdale said when the port corridor opens again it could create a number of frustrated residents. “Sumner, Redcliffs and Mt Pleasant haven’t had port traffic for some time. I think they were used to having the traffic that it didn’t seem like an issue. But when it’s reintroduced and it hasn’t been there for six years, there may be a change in the way people view it,” Cr Lonsdale said. He also said the route will be a target for boy racers who are also prevalent around Governors Bay and the Port Hills. “Boy racers are a bit of an issue along the esplanade and Sumner Rd and there’s noise that comes with that. We need to think about what we can do to mitigate those issues and we need to discuss that within the community,” Cr Lonsdale said. This is the first stage in works to re-open Sumner Rd and work will include source rock deconstruction. Contractors will scale the upper reaches of the Crater Rims Bluffs, with a 400m-long, 15mwide catch bench at the base of the bluffs to protect the road from rockfall. A rock bund will also be constructed in Double Gully to the west of the Crater Rim Bluffs to capture rockfall from the bluffs. Once the work is completed, contractors will investigate the extent of the damage to retaining walls along the road. The road will then be repaired and reinstated. Sumner Rd is one of four projects within the Sumner-Lyttelton Corridor programme, which aims to mitigate geohazard risks to road users and return the INACCESSIBLE: Sumner Rd is set to reopen in 2018 after being closed due to damage from the February 22, 2011, earthquake. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN corridor between Sumner and Lyttelton. Sumner Rd is expected to reopen in 2018. Authorised by Craig Todd, 5 Head Street, Sumner, 8081 7th, 8th & 9th Oct www.theswapmeet.org.nz Pianos Inspired by old world craftsmanship and the artistry of Italian design, Palatino takes its name from a central hill in Rome where ancient emperors built their palaces. Palatino builds pianos based on the pursuit of “Quality not Quantity.” With this mission in mind, we have imported the highest quality components from around the world. Canadian white spruce is imported for soundboards, Roslau strings from Germany; beech wood from France for grand piano rims and Renner hammers from Germany on the Concert Series pianos. These are all components found in some of the most expensive pianos in the world. Play one and see for yourself – from design to construction, from the studio to the concert hall, Palatino is truly a World Class Piano. 5’ Classic Grand Ebony Polish Piano • AAA Canadian White Solid Spruce Soundboard • High Quality German Renner Hammers – Reinforced and T-Pinned • Roslau Strings (Germany) • Sostenuto Center Pedal • Solid Brass Casters & Hardware • Slow Close Fallboard • 10 year warranty 126cm Vertical Ebony Polish Piano • Solid Spruce Soundboard • Roslau Strings (Germany) • High Quality German Hammers • Solid Brass Casters & Hardware • 10 year warranty $7,995 $5,995 120cm Vertical Ebony Polish Piano • Solid Spruce Soundboard • Roslau Strings (Germany) • High Quality German Hammers • Solid Brass Casters & Hardware • Slow Close Fallboard • 10 year warranty Cnr Wordsworth & Brisbane Sts, Christchurch. Ph: 366 1949 | www.beggsmusic.net.nz Free On-Site Parking off Brisbane Street.
Wednesday October 5 2016 BAY HARBOUR PAGE 5 Bid to beat problem parkers PIPE • By Annabelle Dick CITY COUNCIL enforcement officers may soon be seen more on the streets of Akaroa ticketing motorists and dealing with dogs breaching bylaws. The Akaroa-Wairewa Community Board has asked the city council to look at providing more officers to patrol and more frequently. There are no officers based in Akaroa. They travel to and from Akaroa but the community board says it is too little. Parking breaches have become a common occurrence as people are disregarding parking limit signs. Just Souvenirs owner Graeme Tomer said he has two parking 10min signs outside his store that are often abused, but the cars aren’t ticketed. “We don’t see much enforcement at all really – definitely not on a regular basis. I can’t remember when I last saw an officer,” he said. From September 14, 2015, to September 14, 2016, the city council has issued 14 infringement notices for parking offences. Of these, four infringement notices have been issued for the time limit. Akaroa-Wairewa Community Board member Janis Haley said the lack of enforcement was an issue. “There used to be someone here who’d monitor parking but he’s not here anymore. Some times some of these areas need monitoring and no matter what signs you put up parking just gets abused,” she said. The board wants to see more locally-based officers on the ground with the ability to issue multiple enforcement warrants. That would include dog owners who breached bylaws. Community board chairwoman Pam Richardson said having locally-based officers makes more sense than having an officer commute from Christchurch. “Rather than having an enforcement officer on the road running back and forward surely it must be far easier to look at an innovative way of doing it and that is local enforcement,” ON GUARD: Akaroa could see more city council officers wandering the streets issuing fines for multiple offences. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN she said. The board has asked city council staff to see if there’s any possibility of officers being based locally. Crime has also been an issue in Akaroa. Senior Constable Anita Osborne addressed the community board about police wanting a surveillance camera installed in the township. The community board is also talking to city council staff about this matter. In Brief REPAIRS A section of road at 1 Simeon Quay will be closed to replace a stormwater pipe. Traffic will be detoured left on to Godley Quay and right on to Voelas Rd for around two weeks. ONE LANE FOR ROAD Evans Pass Rd above Sumner is down to one lane while a retaining wall is repaired. SCIRT is undertaking the work and temporary traffic lights will be in place. Repairs are expected to take until the end of the year. ARMED ROBBERY A Woolston dairy worker was left shaken after three people robbed the Night ‘n Day store on Ferry Rd at 5am, Saturday. Police are looking for three people who entered the dairy with weapons, including a hammer and machete. The thieves stole cigarettes and cash. This is the second time the dairy has been robbed in the last two months. RECOLLECTIONS SOUGHT Sumner Bays Union Trust is developing an oral history project for Sumner and Redcliffs. The trust is recording stories of people who were alive during significant periods such as World War 2. If you know a suitable candidate, let Eddie Hayes know at admin@ sumnerbays.org.nz Banks Peninsula Zone Meet the team Have questions for Environment Canterbury staff but don’t want to travel into town? It’s okay, we’re going to come to you! Environment Canterbury staff will be working out of the Little River Service Centre in the coming weeks so feel free to drop in and have a chat! We’re here to help you with things like: • understanding what the Wairewa change to the Land and Water Regional Plan means for you • help with any resource consents • funding for environment projects • possible areas for a pilot riverbank stabalisation project So come and see us! No appointment necessary. Tuesday 11 October 9-4pm We look forward to seeing you. • Little River Drainage Rating District Brought to you by Environment Canterbury working with
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