Nor'West News: September 12, 2017

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Intersection wager causes stoush
• By Julia Evans
A STOUSH has broken out
between Aaron Keown and
John Stringer over a contentious
Harewood intersection.
City councillor Keown has
dismissed Papanui-Innes Community
Board member John
Stringer’s claim that the Gardiners,
Breens and Harewood Rds
intersection does not need traffic
lights.
Mr Stringer wrote an opinion
piece for last week’s Nor’West
News where he said upgrading
the intersection was “not a local
priority”. He said there had been
too much coverage on one side
of the argument.
But Cr Keown said that’s simply
not true.
“As the local city councillor,
I’ve been contacted by a lot of
residents about ‘their’ issue,
which is the Breens, Harewood
and Gardiners intersection, and
I am merely their spokesperson,”
he said.
Mr Stringer lives near the
intersection but is a member of
the Papanui-Innes Community
Board, which does not cover the
junction.
He suggested a traffic island
would be enough to “solve his
[Cr Keown’s] problem”.
But the city councillor said
MONOPOLY: John Stringer “claimed” city councillor Aaron
Keown’s (right) $100 reward. ​
installing traffic lights at the
intersection was not just an idea
he had come up with.
“The idea of traffic lights is not
mine but an idea of the people I
represent and I support them,”
he said.
Cr Keown said it is his job to
speak on behalf of the residents
of Harewood, who have asked
for this upgrade for years.
A petition signed by more
than 1000 people would suggest
lights are what they want.
“As elected members, it is
our job to speak on behalf of
our residents, and I’ve been
contacted about this intersection
more than any other issue ever
in my 10 years of being elected,”
Cr Keown said.
Mr Stringer said the intersection
at Johns and Harewood Rds
is more dangerous than the Gardiners,
Breens and Harewood
Rds intersection. He “claimed”
Cr Keown’s offer of $100.
The city councillor had offered
$100 to anyone who could
come up with a more dangerous
intersection than Gardiners,
Harewood and Breens Rds. But
Cr Keown said the Johns and
Harewood Rds intersection is
not in the city council’s jurisdiction,
nor is it more dangerous.
“I’ve only ever had a couple of
mentions of the Johns Rd and
Harewood Rd intersection as it’s
not even our jurisdiction – it is a
New Zealand Transport Agency
corridor,” he said.
Cr Keown said Mr Stringer’s
Monopoly money would not
help the issue at all.
“The real money needs to be
stumped up for an intersection
upgrade that the people of Harewood
say is long overdue,” Cr
Keown said.
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Which
intersection do you think is
the most dangerous? Send
your views to julia.evans@
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along the street have been raised
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