Southern View: November 07, 2017

10 Tuesday November 7 2017
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Resident at breaking point
•From page 1
It will include allowing for the
banning of vehicles from being
parked on the road if they’re
advertised for sale, vehicles from
parking on berms, and stopping
heavy vehicles on certain streets.
Last week Cr Galloway told
Western News she doubts the
new bylaw will be of any use.
“It seems that
speed is the issue
and the recommendation
is for police
to get more involved
in monitoring this,”
Cr Galloway said.
But late last week,
Galloway tempered
her stance, sending
Western News an
email saying the
bylaw can work.
“There definitely
is still hope that it
can be used to prevent
heavy trucks
along Lodestar. Staff
cannot consider it
as an option until it
is passed,” Cr Galloway said.
Ms Waites said she would
be very disappointed if change
doesn’t come about and her ideal
outcome would be not to see any
more trucks.
She said the city council hasn’t
done anything.
Ms Waites has lived in the
FRUSTRATED: Shela
Wong is annoyed at
the heavy trucks which
drive on Corsair Dr and
Lodestar Ave.
house for almost five years but
since Lodestar Ave opened, she’s
had problems.
Ms Waites said the noise isn’t
the only issue, vehicles drive
at speed on the street and it’s a
safety hazard.
She said Tara can’t go outside
alone as it’s too dangerous.
Lady Wigram Retirement
Village residents
have been lobbying
since April when
they met with Cr
Galloway and Dr
Woods asking
for a bylaw to
stop trucks being
allowed to drive
through Lodestar
Ave.
It’s a short cut
to work sites in
the area and in
Selwyn.
Shela Wong,
who lives on Corsair
Drive, said the
bylaw is an “awesome”
idea.
She said the trucks are too big
and noisy to driving on residential
streets.
Miss Wong said the yellow
pedestrian bars on Corsair Drive
have been knocked over a few
times as large trucks struggle
to make the tight turn onto
Lodestar.
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Billy’s great night out
• By Bridget Rutherford
NOT EVEN a broken leg could
stop Halswell Hornets’ Billy
Spivey from going to cheer on
the Kiwis as they thumped
Scotland 74-6 on Saturday.
Billy, 7, broke his femur about
three weeks ago after crashing
his motor-cycle and has to be in
a wheelchair until November 16.
His mother Nicola said
originally the Halswell family
had bought tickets to the pool
play match at AMI Stadium in
the general stand.
But they had to buy new tickets
in the wheelchair seating area
at the bottom of the City Care
Stand so Billy could still go, she
said.
Ms Spivey, Billy and his
three-year-old brother, Benji, sat
together. Dad Hamish and some
friends were also allowed to sit
with them.
Ms Spivey said it was
“awesome” to sit there because it
was close to the action.
Billy’s Halswell Hornets gold
team, which his dad coaches,
won junior team of the year at
the Canterbury rugby league
awards. He was the second
highest points scorer.
Ms Spivey is the junior club
captain.
Last week, Billy chatted to
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MEETING: Benji and Billy Spivey with Kiwis player Elijah
Taylor at the game on Saturday.
Kiwis star Shaun Johnson after
the team’s open training session
at Linfield Park.
“It was cool. He said ‘I hope
your leg gets better’,” Billy said.
The Kiwis playmaker went
on to score a try and kick nine
conversions during Saturday’s
match to become the Kiwis
highest ever points scorer.
The win has set the Kiwis up
for a crunch match against Tonga
in Hamilton on Saturday after
they beat Pacific rivals Samoa
32-18 on the weekend.
Ms Spivey said after the
game the family got to meet
Kiwis utility Elijah Taylor, who
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recognised Billy from last week’s
training session.
Some of the Kiwis officials also
recognised him, and gave Billy
the thumbs up and a wave as the
team walked onto the field, she
said.
Billy said he wants to play for
the Kiwis when he grows up, and
the NRL premiership-winning
Melbourne Storm because he has
the same name as their fullback
Billy Slater.
Ms Spivey said while their
friends joked about their kids
being named after well-known
rugby league players, it was not
intentional.
Meet Ruth
at the Te Hapua ¯ Halswell Centre Café
2-3pm Friday 10 November
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