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4 Tuesday February 7 2017 SOUTHERN VIEW Your Local Views We asked: What you thought of the city council covering the monuments in see-through poly glass panels ews to stop people from vandalising and tagging them. You said: Paul Skinner – Bring back the stocks for the vandals when they are apprehended. That would provide a effective deterrent to wannabe famous misfits. ashion Nicky Griffith – I hope these disrespectful louts realise they can live in this country and all that it encompasses because of the people that monument remembers . . . stick them in the army! Gardening John Walker – Pillory Cathedral Square for the taggers. Suitable punishment and would be a great tourist attraction! Mia Griffiths – Just so disrespectful. otoring Karlene Jennings – Hope Cheryl Smith – Mindless cretins! someone cleaned that, it’s disgraceful. Lynette Morris – Seeing stuff like this makes me sick. How disrespectful. Readers respond to last week’s article about the lack of a bus service and stops in Somerfield. Patricia Patterson, of Somerfield – As a partially sighted pensioner with several serious health conditions, I find it quite a struggle to get to the closest bus stop over Milton St on Selwyn St. There used to be a bus just around the corner which I got most days. Now I stay home alone frequently because it’s just too hard. A service running through the top end of Selwyn St would make my life considerably happier. Gary Knight, of Hoon Hay – From a commercial perspective, the disengagement of the 114 bus route from Barrington mall to Cashmere via Somerfield was a viable option for Environment Canterbury in 2014. Replacement services however, comprising the Blue Line and 145 bus routes, have incensed many Somerfield residents, noting the 1.3km to the nearest bus stop, contrary to the 500m promised by ECan with the introduction of these routes. Logistics and statistics stating reduced patronage on the 114 route in 2014 as the catalyst for its demise is a parochial sentiment probably not valid in 2017. Within this context, accolades are extended to Somerfield Residents’ Association for their petition for an alternate or re-devised bus route to include Somerfield within two options. Option one – amending bus route 60 (Orange Line) inclusive of Somerfield and Selwyn Sts, would be of little benefit to these residents many being elderly, by bypassing all hospitals and encompassing major distances to any bus stop. In contrast option two – the proposed Red Line route would encompass The Princess Margaret Hospital, Christchurch and Burwood hospitals and include Somerfield and Selwyn Sts, with realistic placement of bus stops deeming this realistic for Somerfield residents with a service in their area to many destinations. Allie Mark, Addington – I think it’s great to see the Somerfield Residents’ Association taking a stand to get a bus service back in the area. With an aging population buses need to be easy to get to and then easy to use. Aren’t we continuously encouraged to use public transport? Well people can’t and won’t if it’s not easy to come by or access. There needs to be a good system in place for residents in the area. From young people to adults. I would hate to think what it would be like having to walk a long way to get a bus in winter when it’s pouring with rain or freezing cold and then having to wait for the bus to arrive. Something needs to be done to make it easier for people. Build asty Bites your next home with Artisan Homes Your local registered Master Builder oney distinctive, stylish, durable and cost-effective. Home building is as much about understanding the landscape and the client as it is the plan and the materials. 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SOUTHERN VIEW Tuesday February 7 2017 5 News Yacht club’s $1.17m shed • By Tom Doudney Trevor Kite THE Christchurch Yacht Club is hoping it will soon get the go ahead for a new rowing shed to replace the one demolished after the June 2011 earthquake. The Moncks Bay-based club wants to build a new $1.17 million shed in a more seaward position to allow room for the Coastal Pathway walking and cycle route between it and the road. Building the shed further seaward means higher costs. The club already has resource consent and a building permit for the new shed. It has also asked the city council to contribute $327,595 towards the extra costs associated with providing for the Coastal Pathway, along with an additional $239,713 because the public will have use of the shed’s decks and ramps. The club has raised $607,000 so far, and has carried out soil testing. It has met with both the city council and the Coastal Pathway group over the last two months and expects to get a response from the city council soon. Once funding has been secured, work could begin almost immediately and would take about 10 months to complete. The new shed would be 5.5m further seaward, enlarging the space for a public walking and cycle route between it and the road from 1m to 4m. The club’s shed and boardwalk project convener Trevor Kite said the proposal was a win-win scenario for the club and community. “Although we have the right to put the shed back as it was, to have done so would have denied the community the chance to walk past there except for a little track,” he said. “It has been identified as the major obstacle for completing the Coastal Pathway between Ferrymead and Sumner.” Mr Kite said the club would function much better when it could once again provide a shed for members to store boats. WRECKED: The Christchurch Yacht Club’s rowing shed was demolished following the June 2011 earthquake, which was centred less than 200m away. This would also help with traffic and parking in the area, as members would not have to bring their boats with them on trailers. The shed had already been damaged in the February 2011 earthquake and was deemed unsafe following the magnitude 6.3 quake in June that year, which was centred less than 200m away. The clubrooms were also damaged by the 2011 earthquakes, although they are still able to be used and will be rebuilt at a later date. St Anne’s gets skate, scooter park • By Ashleigh Monk ST ANNE’S Catholic School has a new skate and scooter park, thanks to help from a local contractor. Canterbury Diggers undertook the construction work free of charge, and the school covered the cost of materials. Project manager Ajay Prakash donated his time to make sure the project ran smoothly. Mr Prakash said the pupils contributed their ideas and design drawings, which he got the project team to interpret into the plans. Principal Dallas Wichman said a section of the school had become disused and overgrown in recent years and thought it was time to do something with it. From the various suggestions, plans and drawings the pupils made, it was decided a scooter and skatepark would best fit the spot. “We thought it was a great place to put something like this, where we can see the students from the field,” Mr Wichman said. The school spent a year and a half designing and fundraising for the project, holding quiz nights and a fair. The park took two weeks to complete. Don’t leave the sale of your home to chance. Talk to Shady Attia. He will get the job done! Shady Attia 03 423 9862 • 021 021 69996 shady.attia@mikepero.com Mike Pero Real Estate Ltd Licensed REAA (2008) FAMILY HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT 9 HOLE GOLF cOURSE DRIVING RANGE STILL ROcK OUTDOOR MINI PUTT Ph 384 1566 21 King Edward Terrace, Woolston BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL | 50 FERRYMEAD PARK DR, FERRYMEAD PH 376-5350 | WWW.FERRYMEADGOLF.cO.Nz
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