Selwyn Times: September 12, 2017

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Carolyn Phil Murphy – Good
on Lincoln High School.
Carolyn Fraser: Liquor outlets
are everywhere.
Jamie Lawrence: Have you
people seen the projections for
Lincoln over the next 10 years?
But sure if they open another
supermarket that sold alcohol
it wouldn’t be a problem right?
What does it matter if someone
wants to start another business?
Rolleston or Hornby aren’t
that far away if people want
alcohol. As a previous student
at Lincoln I can honestly say
another alcohol store would
not make a single difference, its
easy enough for students to get
alcohol if they want it. Another
store won’t make that any easier,
most kids parents or siblings buy
them alcohol anyway.
Residents write to the
Selwyn Times about the
construction of a new
bridge at Liffey Stream
Jens Christensen – Thank
you for publishing my letter
regarding the waste of money
proposed to be spent on a third
footbridge over the Liffey Stream
south of Edward St.
Firstly, may I say that the letter
contained no link to my position
of chair of the Rolleston Reserve
Management Committee, this
was unfortunately your doing.
The letter was written in my
private capacity as a ratepayer
concerned about what is obviously
a waste of ratepayer money
and with my knowledge of the
area as the developer of the Ryelands
subdivision.
If it is the intention of the
Lincoln Community Committee
and district council to link the
esplanades on the eastern bank
of the Millpond then the full
story hasn’t been told or costed
as there will be a need to construct
another bridge over the
pond that lies to the south of the
old club building, for this piece
of water is privately owned and
not part of the esplanade.
The committee sees benefit in
being able to walk the full length
of the reserve but this can be
done on all of the western side
but not all of the eastern side.
Surely the wildlife that frequent
this pond have some rights
to roost and nest without the
public access and disturbance
along both sides of the stream.
The committee comments that
without this bridge, the public
needs to take a considerable
detour regardless of where the
existing bridges are.
That is misleading to me and if
people are walking for the experience
and good of their health,
does an extra 200 to 400m really
matter?
I urge the district council
and community committee to
properly evaluate this project
before spending any more
money in considering the above,
and provide the community of
Selwyn with a proper cost benefit
analysis of this project before
going any further.
By the way, don’t use the school
as an excuse as it is scheduled
to be back on its Boundary Rd/
North Belt site by the end of 2018.
Ross Mitchell – I agree with
Jens Christensen’s comments in
that the proposed new bridge
seems a huge extravagance. I
would like to suggest that the
funding for the proposed bridge
be spent on maintaining the
lovely asset that we already have
in the Mill Stream pond. The
weir that creates the pond would
have long disappeared if it
weren’t for the efforts on a local
resident in maintaining the weir
at his own expense. Full marks to
that resident, albeit that the weir
is still in a pretty parlous state.
The rapid encroachment of the
the area.
raupo and, to a lesser degree, the
willows, if left unchecked, will
ensure that no one will want to
Local
News
Now
Reserve Flow with New Bridge
Fire rages, homes at risk
New bridge (marked in cyan) gives clear access between Rylands
IDEA:
and the
An
Millstream
illustration
play
showing
area, gives
how
direct
a new
access
bridge
to
across
the school
Liffey
and
Stream
more importantly,
would enable
creates
better
an almost
accessibility
uninterrupted
to public
walk
reserves
down the
in
length of The Liffey Reserve.
walk down the walkway anyway
and so there will be no need for
an extra bridge.
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