Selwyn Times: June 07, 2016

SELWYN TIMES Tuesday June 7 2016 3
News
Skatepark plan resurfaces
• By Caitlin Miles
A SKATEPARK may become a reality for
Lincoln with public consultation due to
start later this month.
The district council wants to make a community
park in Lincoln with the idea first
proposed in 2014. But the district council
are yet to release where it thinks the park
should go.
Plans were originally put on hold but the
possibility has come back up again in the
latest proposal.
In 2014, when the community park was
planned, a report to the Selwyn District
Council recommended a preferred site at
the back of the clubrooms at the end of
Meijer Dr.
But these plans were met with contention
from the rugby clubroom which was worried
about vandalism.
The plans were later put on hold by the
council and no time line was given for when
it would be made.
Lincoln High School
student Josh Brown
(right), 14, has wanted a
skatepark in the area for
many years.
It has been four years
since Josh started advocating
for the idea. He
would still like to see it
get the go ahead.
“I think the kids in the area would really
enjoy having one here,” he said.
BOARD TALK: Lewis Partridge, Connor Hazlett and Kaleb Belmonte use a ramp and
small jump outside the Lincoln Event Centre, but they want more jumps and ramps
to use. ​
Leeston, Prebbleton, Darfield and Rolleston
have skateparks and Josh thinks Lincoln
should follow suit.
“So many other areas in Selwyn have
them, I still think Lincoln should do it . .
.It would be nice to see the council and the
councillors agree to it and get one,” he said.
Lincoln Primary School pupils Lewis Partidge,
Connor Hazlett and Kaleb Belmonte
“really want a skatepark”, too, because the
other places with skateparks are “too far
away”.
“Some kids parents don’t want them bussing
to other places on their own, and the
cost of using the bus builds up,” Lewis said.
“It would be good to have it across from
the event centre, because then parents can
keep an eye on their kids while doing other
stuff,” Connor said.
Kaleb Belmonte said there are “a lot of
kids at school who would use it”.
HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you think Lincoln
should have a skate park? Where
do you think it should go? Send your
views to caitlin.miles@starmedia.kiwi
In Brief
HOSKYNS CROSSING CLOSED
The railway crossing on Hoskyns
Rd in Rolleston will be closed
for maintenance work on Friday
between 9am-3pm. The closure
effects the section by State Highway
1. During the closure, vehicles will
still be able to travel from Rolleston
township and State Highway 1
towards the Izone business park and
Hoskyns Rd. But the crossing will
be closed to traffic coming from the
other direction. A detour will run
via Jones Rd and Weedons Ross Rd.
ELLESMERE, MALVERN PLANS
Consultation on the draft annual
plans for Ellesmere and Malvern
will close on Monday. The proposals
are for the development of Malvern
and Ellesmere for the next 15 years.
Submissions for the Ellesmere plan
close Monday 13 June at midday.
To make a submission, go to www.
selwyn.govt.nz/services/planning/
policy-strategy/ellesmere-and-malvern-area-plans
WASTE AND WASTEWATER
The district council is currently
seeking public consultation on its
Draft Trade Waste Bylaw and Draft
Wastewater Drainage Bylaw. They
govern the discharge of trade wastes
into the sewerage system, and
the discharge of wastewater from
any dwelling into the wastewater
system. Consultation will close next
month. To make a submission, go to
the district council website.
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