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SELWYN TIMES Tuesday <strong>November</strong> <strong>29</strong> <strong>2016</strong> 7<br />
News<br />
Bypass won’t benefit everyone<br />
In Brief<br />
SHOPPING CENTRE OPEN<br />
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />
POUND RD residents may have<br />
to put up with an increase of<br />
heavy vehicles past their homes<br />
daily as part of a plan to mitigate<br />
heavy congestion in the Hornby<br />
business area.<br />
A $15 million<br />
new bypass is to<br />
be constructed<br />
through Waterloo<br />
Business<br />
Park.<br />
As part of<br />
this work, the<br />
Mike Mora<br />
Sara Harnett<br />
NZ Transport<br />
Agency plans<br />
to upgrade the<br />
intersection<br />
at Barters Rd,<br />
Pound Rd and<br />
Main South<br />
Rd to cater for<br />
increased traffic.<br />
Waterloo<br />
Business<br />
Park assistant<br />
development<br />
manager Joel Webber said it was<br />
expected between 3000-5000<br />
people will be working at the<br />
park when it is completed.<br />
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton<br />
Community Board chairman<br />
Mike Mora said while the<br />
intersection would ease<br />
congestion, the new bypass will<br />
send trucks along Pound Rd.<br />
PROBLEM SOLVED: Trucks will have an easy turn onto Pound Rd when a new bypass sends<br />
them through the Waterloo Business Park. But residents will have to deal with an increase in<br />
heavy vehicles daily.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
“If heavy trucks are coming<br />
from the south going north, they<br />
will either come up Main South<br />
Rd at least to Carmen Rd, turn<br />
left, and then head north.<br />
“They won’t need to with this<br />
new intersection at Pound Rd<br />
and Main South Rd in place,” Mr<br />
Mora said.<br />
The current traffic volume on<br />
Pound Rd is about 5500 vehicles<br />
a day.<br />
But Pound Rd residents said it<br />
was hard to say how they would<br />
be affected by the bypass.<br />
Resident and Yaldhurst<br />
Residents’ Association<br />
chairwoman Sara Harnett said<br />
there would definitely be more<br />
noise.<br />
“I hope there are not too many<br />
big trucks going there but there<br />
is certainly potential,” she said.<br />
Resident Debbie Payne said<br />
with Fulton Hogan Quarries<br />
Canterbury down the road they<br />
already had heavy loads going up<br />
and down the road.<br />
She said it would be great<br />
when the traffic lights were put<br />
in because the intersection at<br />
Barters Rd and Main South Rd<br />
was a nightmare.<br />
A NZTA spokeswoman<br />
said, as of <strong>November</strong> 1, <strong>2016</strong>,<br />
about 24,000 vehicles used the<br />
intersection at Main South Rd<br />
and Barters Rd each day.<br />
She said there were 19 injury<br />
crashes at the intersection of<br />
Main South Rd and Barters Rd<br />
between 2011 and 2015.<br />
The project is planned to take<br />
15 months to complete.<br />
Along with the construction<br />
of the bypass, stage 2 of<br />
the Christchurch Southern<br />
Motorway project has begun to<br />
improve congestion problems for<br />
motorists commuting between<br />
Halswell and Rolleston.<br />
HAVE YOUR SAY: Is this<br />
bypass a good idea? Do you<br />
expect to be affected by<br />
traffic changes? Send your<br />
views to tom.doudney@<br />
starmedia.kiwi]<br />
The new West Melton Village<br />
Retail Centre was officially<br />
opened by <strong>Selwyn</strong> MP Amy<br />
Adams on Friday. Ms Adams<br />
unveiled a plaque. She and<br />
Deputy Mayor Malcolm Lyall<br />
both spoke at the opening. Several<br />
shops at the mall are now<br />
open, including Four Square<br />
West Melton, and most of the<br />
others are expected to open over<br />
the next month.<br />
YOUTH COUNCIL<br />
Applications for the 2017 <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />
Youth Council open soon and<br />
the district council is calling<br />
on people aged between 14 and<br />
24 to apply. The youth council<br />
is made up of 10 young people.<br />
Applications open on Thursday<br />
and close on December 9. For<br />
more information or to apply,<br />
visit www.selwyn.govt.nz from<br />
Thursday or the <strong>Selwyn</strong> Youth<br />
Council Facebook page.<br />
MAHOE WORKING BEE<br />
A working bee to keep the<br />
weeds under control at Lincoln’s<br />
Mahoe Reserve will be held on<br />
Sunday, from 2pm. Extra volunteers<br />
are needed to help with<br />
the work. If possible, they should<br />
bring spades, garden gloves, sunglasses<br />
and a bucket for mulch.<br />
Contact Sue Jarvis on 3<strong>29</strong> 5858<br />
or sue.jarvis@orcon.net.nz for<br />
more information.<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> Waihora Zone<br />
Talk to us about your land<br />
and water management<br />
GET STYLE &<br />
SECURITY<br />
The <strong>Selwyn</strong> Waihora Zone Team is hosting drop-in days in<br />
Darfield every second Wednesday to talk with people about<br />
local water management, and offer support and help.<br />
We hope you can come along and get to know the team<br />
working in your area.<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> Waihora Zone Team drop-in day:<br />
When: Wednesday 30 <strong>November</strong>, Wednesday 14<br />
December and Wednesday 11 January, 1.00–4.00pm<br />
(no appointment necessary)<br />
Where: <strong>Selwyn</strong>-Rakaia Vet Clinic, South Terrace,<br />
Darfield (alongside the bakery)<br />
Your fence, your style!<br />
QUALITY • STYLE • SECURITY<br />
CALL US TODAY FOR A NO OBLIGATION QUOTE<br />
Brought to you by Environment Canterbury working with<br />
CHRISTCHURCH<br />
55 Hands Road<br />
Ph: (03) 338 9063<br />
www.stratco.co.nz
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