Pegasus Post: July 05, 2016

PEGASUS POST Tuesday July 5 2016 3
News
Concern over car park loss
• By Fraser Walker-Pearce
BUSINESSES ALONG North
Avon Rd are saying road works,
which will see them lose 35 car
parks on the street, is “overkill”.
North Avon Rd may lose the
parks and have to put up with
four months of road works if a
city council road upgrade goes
ahead.
The city council is currently
consulting with the public about
the Richmond road receiving a
$2.9 million upgrade from January
next year.
City council
head of transport
Chris
Gregory (left)
said the road
would lose car
parking spaces,
which will not
return after the
upgrade is completed.
“The 35 car parks are needed
to accommodate cycle lanes
along what is part of the local
cycle network, and to allow for
some street landscaping. There
are no plans to replace them,”
he said.
A spokeswoman for Delta
Community Support Trust,
based on North Avon Rd, said
she was worried the works
would interfere with planned
renovations.
“We are embarking on some
major renovations at Delta
ourselves and part of that was
re-doing our street frontage on
North Avon Rd. So this has come
as news to us, and I think it’s
definitely something we will have
to look at extensively,” she said.
Mr Gregory said the road
works would not directly affect
any access to Delta.
Another part of the upgrade
would see a traffic island
installed to prevent traffic
turning right into Stapletons
Rd.
But North Avon Pharmacy
owner Duncan Hurren said the
city council is over-reacting to a
non-existent problem.
“I really don’t see any issue
with the current layout there.
One of my staff has been
here for seven years and has
never seen an accident in that
intersection (Stapletons Rd and
North Avon Rd), so she doesn’t
know why they’re bothering,”
he said.
Mr Gregory said the traffic
island would act as a safety
improvement for the road.
“An island along North Avon
will prevent right turning into,
and out of, Stapletons Rd. These
movements have been the cause
UPGRADE:
North Avon
Rd may
receive a
$2.9 million
upgrade if
residents
give it the
green light.
PHOTO:
GEOFF
SLOAN
of accidents, and created delays
for other traffic waiting on the
turners, in the past . . . there
have been five crashes at the Stapletons,
North Avon, Stanmore
intersection over the last five
years. One involving a cyclist,”
he said.
Public consultation is open
until July 20. To have your say
visit the city council website.
HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you
think the North Avon and
Stapletons Rds intersection
is dangerous? Should a
traffic island be installed?
Email fraser.walker@
starmedia.kiwi
In Brief
FURNITURE DONATIONS
Class Furniture donated three
classrooms of furniture to Haeata
Community Campus’ temporary
site at the former Burwood
Primary School site. Haeata staff
can now host students and teach
classes, as well as host meetings.
SERVICE REQUESTS UP
A report presented to the
Burwood-Pegasus Community
Board on Monday saw customer
service requests for graffiti, water
reactive management and street
cleaning, rise again. In February,
there was 130 requests to council
to deal with water management,
104 for street cleaning, and 77 for
graffiti. But for the month of May,
the board saw those numbers
have risen. In May, there was 196
requests for water management,
147 for graffiti, and 131 for street
cleaning. This means the number
of service requests for graffiti in
the eastern suburbs has nearly
doubled in recent months.
QE II TENDER
Builders wanting to be involved
with the construction of the
Eastern Recreation and Sports
Centre may now put their names
forward. Builders can register
their interest until August 1,
at which point they will be
evaluated. Tenders are currently
being prepared by the city
council.
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