Nor'West News: August 16, 2016
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NOR’WEST NEWS Tuesday <strong>August</strong> <strong>16</strong> 20<strong>16</strong> 7<br />
<strong>News</strong><br />
Cycle lane marked<br />
• By Andrew King<br />
A STRETCH of road in<br />
Harewood that was causing<br />
confusion has finally been<br />
marked correctly by the city<br />
council.<br />
Where Gardiners Rd changes<br />
from 50km/h to 80km/h a small<br />
footpath was built to the left<br />
of the traffic islands, however,<br />
it was not clear what it was installed<br />
for.<br />
Some cyclists used the path to<br />
avoid vehicles coming close to<br />
them, while others just continued<br />
on the road.<br />
Now, it has been labelled as<br />
a cycleway with marking to<br />
indicate that, after the Shirley-<br />
Papanui Community Board<br />
requested the confusion be<br />
cleared up.<br />
Board deputy chairman<br />
Aaron Keown questioned<br />
why it took a request from<br />
the community board for it to<br />
happen.<br />
“It is obvious that cyclists<br />
should move to the left instead<br />
of competing with trucks and<br />
other vehicles on the road in<br />
the narrow bit between the two<br />
islands,” he said.<br />
A city council spokeswoman<br />
said it was not “designed as a<br />
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“The markings were installed<br />
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she said.<br />
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BEFORE AND<br />
AFTER: Before<br />
markings were<br />
put on this<br />
small stretch<br />
of cycleway,<br />
motorists were<br />
parking their<br />
cars there, and<br />
cyclists didn’t<br />
know it was for<br />
them to use.<br />
HAVE YOUR SAY: Are there<br />
any other stretches of road<br />
in the north-west area that<br />
cause confusion? Share<br />
them with us. Email andrew.<br />
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• By Andrew King<br />
RESIDENTS FIGHTING to stop<br />
the expansion of an Edgeware<br />
petrol station will have to wait<br />
until September for a decision.<br />
A group of residents banded<br />
together to challenge the expansion<br />
of the Edgeware Rd BP, and<br />
made their case at a city council<br />
hearing on July 29 before commissioner<br />
David Mountfort<br />
BP has bought two sections<br />
next to the service station on<br />
the corner of Edgeware Rd and<br />
Cranford St, and plans to build a<br />
bigger forecourt and shop there.<br />
But residents say it will dominate<br />
their neighbourhood, and<br />
destroy the character of the area.<br />
Only two residents who lived<br />
THE WAIT:<br />
Residents<br />
trying to stop<br />
the expansion<br />
of BP<br />
Edgeware will<br />
have to wait<br />
until early<br />
September<br />
to know if<br />
they have be<br />
successful or<br />
not. <br />
BP decision next month<br />
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allowed to present their views at<br />
the hearing.<br />
But about a dozen people from<br />
the area attended the hearing,<br />
and they presented a petition<br />
against the expansion signed by<br />
37 residents.<br />
The city council has recommended<br />
the redevelopment<br />
should be allowed so long as it<br />
sticks to strict rules around aspects<br />
such as delivery times and<br />
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