Western News: March 06, 2018

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Intersection review due in May
• By Julia Evans
THE OUTCOME of an
independent review of the
Glandovey and Idris Rds
intersection may be known in
May.
City council manager
planning and delivery transport
Lynette Ellis said a report on the
intersection will be sent back
to the Fendalton-Waimairi-
Harewood Community Board.
“The results and analysis
of the work undertaken will
be collated into a report to
the community board. This
is expected to be delivered in
May,” she said.
Ms Ellis said a detailed time
line for the work could not
be given as it was being done
independently not in house by
the city council.
Last week, Nor’West News
reported the city council
had appointed a consultant
to “provide an independent
review/opinion” of the
intersection.
It is part of an ongoing saga
between the city council,
community board, and the
Glandovey, Idris and Straven
Residents’ Association,
which has been trying to
improve pedestrian and
cyclist safety in the area.
The association also wants
restrictions on heavy trucks.
As well as a review, the city
council has commissioned
traffic modelling to forecast
the effect of any changes to the
intersection and restrictions
including some proposed for
heavy vehicles could have on
the wider network and a vehicle
count.
“The additional tube and
camera traffic counts has been
completed and we are awaiting
the information from the
contractor,” Ms Ellis said.
A camera has also been
installed above the intersection
to record traffic “turning
motion” after the residents
found heavy vehicles could
not navigate the intersection
without cutting into other
lanes.
Residents’ association
REPORT: The
results of a
city councilcommissioned
independent
review of the
Glandovey
and Idris Rds
intersection
will not be
known until
May. PHOTO:
MARTIN
HUNTER
spokesman James Wilding
said the city council had
undertaken some remedial
work by widening the cycleway,
realigning the angle and
moving two vehicle lanes by
about a metre and repainting
cycle lane symbols.
He said the group “thanked”
the city council for that work,
which it did “in advance” of
commissioning the current
report.
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$2000 from its discretionary
response fund to the Christchurch
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go towards the cost of its Iranian
New Year celebration. The Iranian
New Year, also known as Nowruz,
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City council head of parks
Brent Smith said the playground
equipment cost $30,549. It cost
$11,798 for the equipment and
$18,751 for the installation including
topping up the existing softfall
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