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SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Wednesday <strong>November</strong> 15 <strong>2017</strong> 11<br />

Drivers should stop<br />

at busy Tai Tapu<br />

intersection<br />

• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />

MOTORISTS ARE being urged<br />

to stop at a busy intersection in<br />

Tai Tapu.<br />

Police have assessed the<br />

intersection of Old Tai Tapu Rd<br />

and Christchurch Akaroa Rd<br />

following complaints of poor<br />

visibility and motorists failing<br />

to stop.<br />

Senior Sergeant Pete Stills recently<br />

drove to the intersection<br />

to observe.<br />

“My attitude was if you stop<br />

and look, the visibility was<br />

sufficient. One of the issues of<br />

not coming to a complete stop<br />

is you cut down your time, you<br />

cut down your ability to have a<br />

good look,” he said.<br />

The Tai Tapu Community<br />

Association has been working<br />

to resolve the issues for more<br />

than a year.<br />

But the committee’s chairman<br />

Gerald Carter said he<br />

could not comment on the<br />

resolutions as it is for the New<br />

Zealand Transport Agency and<br />

the district council to comment<br />

on.<br />

The district council’s asset<br />

engineer Mark Chamberlain<br />

said it was not aware of any<br />

submissions made in the past 12<br />

months on the intersection.<br />

It previously had a speed indicator<br />

on Lincoln Tai Tapu Rd<br />

which turns into Old Tai Tapu<br />

Rd at the intersection as part of<br />

four signs rotated throughout<br />

the district.<br />

But it does not have plans to<br />

install more.<br />

NZTA traffic safety engineer<br />

David Scarlet said there are<br />

already speed indicator devices<br />

within the township at the approaches<br />

to the school.<br />

It comes as concerns were<br />

raised over the safety of large<br />

groups of cyclists in the area are<br />

assembling near The Store before<br />

embarking on their cycle<br />

trip.<br />

A resident, who did not wish<br />

to be named, said on a recent<br />

Sunday morning there were cyclists<br />

scattered across the road<br />

and they did not seem to have<br />

consideration for other people<br />

using the road.<br />

But police had not received<br />

complaints about cyclists at the<br />

intersection.<br />

•HAVE YOUR SAY: Do<br />

you have concerns with<br />

the intersection of Old Tai<br />

Tapu Rd and Christchurch<br />

Akaroa Rd? Email your<br />

views to georgia.oconnor@<br />

starmedia.kiwi<br />

Lincoln High names dux<br />

LINCOLN HIGH School<br />

revealed its top students at its end<br />

of year prize-giving.<br />

Oliver Gwatkin has been<br />

named dux for <strong>2017</strong> and was<br />

awarded the Rose Woods Cup for<br />

excellence in year 13.<br />

Jake Faulkner was awarded<br />

proxime accessit.<br />

The awards were held recently<br />

at the Lincoln Event Centre.<br />

Major Awards:<br />

•David Jackson – Mana<br />

Māori Award for contribution<br />

to mana Māori.<br />

•Daniel Mathers –<br />

Arts Council Trophy for<br />

contribution to the arts.<br />

•Lucy Turner – Old<br />

Students’ Association<br />

Challenge Trophy for<br />

determination to succeed.<br />

•Chantal Wilson – Garters<br />

Cup for commitment to<br />

colleagues.<br />

•Libby Trevelyan and<br />

Regan Kay – R.B. Strange<br />

Cup for leadership to head<br />

students.<br />

•Amy Burney – McMahon<br />

Cup for citizenship.<br />

•Emma Kench – R.S.A. Cup<br />

for all-round achievement.<br />

•Stephanie Bain, Amy<br />

Burney, Jake Faulkner, Oliver<br />

Gwatkin, Theresa Matheson-<br />

Grant, Brittany Pocock, Libby<br />

Trevelyan, Charlotte Walker<br />

– scholarship awards for<br />

students who have achieved<br />

three or more first in subject<br />

LINCOLN’S BRIGHTEST: Oliver Gwatkin and Jake Faulkner were<br />

awarded dux and proxime accessit respectively.<br />

or distinction awards.<br />

Distinction awards go to the<br />

top five per cent of students<br />

in each subject.<br />

•Ellesmere College leaders<br />

and prize-giving, pages 12-15<br />

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