Pegasus Post: September 20, 2016

PEGASUS POST Tuesday September 20 2016 3
News
Community board’s low attendance
leads to lack of decision-making
• By Fraser Walker-Pearce
A LACK of attendance
from Hagley-Ferrymead
Community Board members
meant a decision on a major
road upgrade – which could
take away 70 per cent of car
parks – has been delayed.
A joint community board
meeting was called to discuss
whether the North Avon Rd
renewal project, which is likely
to take away 40 to 70 of the 100
car parks available along the
road, should go ahead.
The meeting between
Hagley-Ferrymead, Shirley-
Papanui, and Burwood-
Pegasus community boards
was held last Thursday at the
city council building.
But a decision on the
repairs, worth about $2.9
million, could not be made
because only city councillor
Yani Johanson, chairwoman
Sara Templeton and member
Alexandra Davids were present
for Hagley-Ferrymead.
City councillor for the
Hagley-Ferrymead Ward Paul
Lonsdale couldn’t attend the
meeting and community board
member Brenda Lowe-Johnson
joined the meeting too late.
ROAD RENEWAL: North Avon Rd could receive a multi-million dollar upgrade. ​
To be able to discuss a
decision, all community
boards had to have at least four
members present.
Cr Lonsdale said he wanted
to be at the combined meeting,
but could not make it.
“I would’ve (attended), but
I had issues with pre-booked
meetings and development
issues in the city centre,” he
said.
Do you own a property
with unrepaired
earthquake damage?
City councillor David East
said it was disappointing to
be unable to make a decision,
but the low attendance was
understandable.
“It’s a shame we’ll have to
reconvene, but (the Hagley-
Ferrymead Community
Board is) only five-strong
anyway. They used to have
seven, but one went overseas
and one lives way out of town,”
he said.
Community consultation
showed the highest priority for
concerned residents was the
loss of parking spaces.
With only one meeting
left before the October
elections, it means the new
city council will make the
final decision based on
the community boards
recommendations.
In Brief
TSUNAMI SIREN TESTING
A tsunami warning siren test will
be held this Sunday at 11am along
the coastline from Brooklands to
Taylors Mistake. The city council
tests the sirens on the first Sunday
of April and the last Sunday of
September each year and the sirens
last about three minutes.
CHARITY CAR WASH
Firefighters across the country will
be trading their hoses for sponges
for a charity car wash next Saturday.
Crews from New Brighton Volunteer
Fire Brigade are fundraising
to help Starship Hospital fight
Mitochondrial disease. The car wash
will be held at the New Brighton Fire
Station, 80 Hawke St between 10am
and 2pm. The cost is a donation of
your choice.
$56,000 RAISED
Food manufacturer Original Foods
Baking Co has helped raise more
than $56,000 for the Countdown
Kids Hospital Appeal over the
past three years. The Countdown
Kids Hospital Appeal cake is a
Red Velvet Celebration Cake sold
in Countdown stores nationwide.
One dollar from every cake sold is
donated to the appeal. The appeal
was set up to help provide muchneeded
medical equipment to 11
children’s hospital wards around
the country, including Christchurch
Hospital.
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