The Star: May 31, 2018

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community service
The couple lived there
until the February 22, 2011,
earthquake.
Mrs Brunt said her
husband was a handyman
who was “capable of doing
anything.”
They raised two children
– a son Tony and daughter
Jenny.
An active member of the
Sumner Lifeboat Institution
for several years, he went
on to establish the Sumner
Lifeboat Replacement Fund
and was a charter member of
the Christchurch South Lions
Club in 1966.
Tony said in a speech at his
father’s 90th birthday that
Mr Brunt was a man of courage
and conviction.
“Someone who set himself
goals and worked diligently
to reach them. But they have
seldom been selfish goals. It’s
fair to say that most of dad’s
energies have gone to making
other people’s lives better.”
Mr Brunt was born on
August 14, 1918, and died on
May 21.
A memorial service will be
held at 2pm on Tuesday at St
Andrews Church, Main Rd,
Redcliffs.
OPERATION: Sandy Brunt went to devastated Nagasaki on
the HMS Speaker to take out prisoners of war.
Stepping stone in
Quarryman’s Trail
THE FIRST stage of a cycle route
that will eventually connect
Halswell and the central city is
nearing completion with the last
few intersections and crossings
opening soon.
Construction work started
on the Quarryman Trail cycleway
last October. The first
4.6km stage of the route, from
Moorhouse Ave to Victors Rd, is
expected to be finished by the end
of June. In the next few weeks,
traffic signals will be turned on
at two new intersections and
two new controlled crossings for
cyclists and pedestrians.
A pedestrian and cyclist crossing
from Rydal St to Sparks Rd
near Hoon Hay School became
operational last week. Signals at
the Lyttelton St and Sparks Rd
intersection have been put in and
traffic lights will go in at Sparks
Rd and Hoon Hay Rd from
Tuesday.
Another pedestrian and cyclist
crossing has been built at the
intersection of Barrington St and
Strauss St and will open in June
once the new shared path connecting
Roker St and Barrington
St is finished.
NEARLY FINISHED: Cycle
lanes being constructed at
the Sparks Rd and Lyttelton St
intersection. ​
The contractor, Isaac Construction
Ltd, has completed the
intersection upgrades using ‘deep
lift asphalt’. This is a relatively
new technique where the asphalt
is a thicker layer than usual and
allowed faster construction. It
is also stronger and more longlasting,
reducing future maintenance,
the city council said.
Fulton Hogan has worked on
the section of the Quarryman’s
Trail between Moorhouse Ave
and Roker St, which is already
open and includes two new and
three upgraded intersections.
The final stage of the cycleway
from Victors Rd to Te Hapua in
Halswell will be constructed at
a later date subject to funding
availability.
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