Nor'West News: February 28, 2017

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Tuesday February 28 2017 7
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• By Julia Evans
A ST Albans business made $40
a day while cycleway upgrades
removed parking from outside
the shop.
Rutland St Dairy owner Jackson
Zhuang said he made only
20 per cent of his usual takings
over several days in February.
Mr Zhuang said the $40 daily
take would not cover wages,
rent, insurance, rates, orders for
the shop or the power bill, let
alone the mortgage on his home
and supporting his family.
A post on Facebook from Mr
Zhuang’s regular customers was
shared more than 100 times and
generated a boost in customers
over the weekend.
He said his takings were up
for a few days and he was happy
with the way the community rallied
to support local businesses.
The roadworks had moved
from directly outside the shop,
but Mr Zhuang said the afternoons
were still very quiet.
“Before 3pm is fine, but after
three we are very quiet and after
three is usually our main selling
time,” he said.
The Papanui Parallel cycleway
upgrades began outside the shop
three weeks ago as part of the
city council’s wider cycleway
Dairy struggles with roadworks
In Brief
$40 a DAY: The Rutland St Dairy has only made 20 per cent of
its usual takings over several days due to work on upgrading
the Papanui Parallel cycleway.
programme and will continue
until May.
The cycleway will cut parking
to one side of Rutland St, but after
local businesses complained
to the city council, its has tried
to limit their losses.
Mr Zhuang said the city
council should be spending the
money on harder hit areas of
Christchurch like New Brighton
or the central city.
“I hope the cycleway improves
business when it’s finished, but
it’s not helping the whole community
now.”
Mr Zhuang said he wants
things to return to normal so he
can carry on doing the best by
his customers and community.
He said before the roadworks
began, Christchurch Central
MP Nicky Wagner came into
the shop and assured him work
would be completed as quickly
as possible.
Neighbouring store, Cocoa
Gifts, has also seen a drop in
walk-in customers since the
work began.
Cocoa Gifts owner Liz van
Montfort said, while it has been
very disruptive to business, she
has been supported by a very
loyal community.
Papanui-Innes Community
Board chairwoman Ali Jones
said she would look into how
many people are working on the
cycleway upgrade so they can get
it finished as soon as possible.
“It seems underdone in terms
of workers, but I’m no expert,”
she said.
The board has been in contact
with Fulton Hogan which is undertaking
the work. It has been
liaising with business owners
regularly about the effects of the
cycleway upgrade work.
HEAD OF SCHOOLS
Isleworth School principal
Jeanette Shearer has been
named leader of the new
Waimairi-iri Community of
Learning. The appointment
process was conducted by a
group made up of board of
trustees representatives from
the Community of Learning
schools. The schools will be
working together to meet the
achievement challenges set
by the community’s
management team. The
group is made up of
Isleworth, Harewood,
Roydvale, Wairakei Schools,
Breens Intermediate, Burnside
High School, Bishopdale
Community Preschool,
Kidsfirst Isleworth and Kendal
Kindergarten.
ROAD CLOSED
The eastbound lane of Main
North Rd and entry onto the
motorway on ramp at Chaneys
will be closed for up to eight
weeks. Entry to Marshland
Rd east from the Main North
Rd/Dickeys Rd intersection is
also closed. People wanting to
enter the Northern Motorway
are advised to do so from the
Main North Rd/Dickeys Rd
intersection or from Marshland
Rd.
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