Southern View: December 19, 2017

4 Tuesday December 19 2017
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Manveer Bath
wins star
student award
MANVEER Bath (above) is the
last Kip McGrath Barrington
Star Pupil for the year.
He is in year 4 at Halswell
School and attends twice a
week – once for maths and
once for english.
In maths, Manveer has been
making very pleasing progress.
He is working hard to attain
the knowledge and strategies he
needs and is learning to apply
what he learns. He is also doing
his best to answer all maths
questions in his homework.
Manveer is a pleasure to teach.
He works quietly and carefully
to complete his class tasks
and his tutor, Miss Hoggan, enjoys
having him in her session
and looks forward to Manveer
continuing to make great progress
next year.
Well done Manveer.
Pupils first to ride new cycleway
LINWOOD AVENUE School
pupils pedalled their way into
the history books last week
when they became the first to
ride on the Rapanui-Shag Rock
cycleway.
The first stage of the cycleway
was officially opened on
Wednesday morning.
It takes cyclists from Linwood
Park, through Linwood, into the
city centre – a journey of about
2.5km.
Eventually the cycleway will
stretch as far east as the Ferrymead
Bridge, where it will
link to the Christchurch Coastal
Pathway.
For Linwood Avenue School
pupils, the opening provided a
chance to not only try out the
new cycleway, but also a new
bicycle.
Some of the bicyles the school
used for cycle safety training
were stolen earlier this year so
a few city council staff donated
their old bikes to ICEcycles to
repair. ICEcycles have already
repaired and gifted one to a
student for Christmas.
The remaining bikes will be
distributed to the school early in
the new year.
“It’s fantastic to see the kids
on their bikes and enjoying the
new cycleway,’’ said Innes Ward
city councillor Pauline Cotter,
LINWOOD FLYER: Linwood Avenue School pupil Flute Kovati
was one of the first people to ride along the Rapanui-Shag
Rock cycleway. ​
who heads the city council’s
infrastructure, transport and
environment committee.
“The new cycleway routes are
about making it safer for kids
and people of all ages to cycle so
we become less reliant on cars
and lead healthier, active lives.
Hopefully, some of the kids
using the cycleway today will
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Now
Fire rages, homes at risk
become regular users,’’ said Cr
Cotter, who officially opened
the cycleway with Associate
Transport Minister Julie Anne
Genter.
The city council is building
13 major cycleway routes across
Christchurch.
Three routes – the Papanui
Parallel, the Little River Link
and the Uni-Cycle – have been
completed or substantially
completed. The remaining 10
are in various stages of planning
and implementation.
In late October and early
November, the city council
surveyed 625 cyclists who were
using the completed routes to
gauge their thoughts on the
cycleways.
Ninety-four per cent of people
who answered the survey
said they thought the new
physically separated cycleways
had improved their safety and
cycling comfort.
Eighty-three per cent stated
the new separated cycleways
had played a role in encouraging
them to make more trips by
cycle.
Ninety-two per cent of people
surveyed said they either
strongly agreed or agreed that
physically separated cycleways
should be installed on routes
throughout Christchurch.
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