Southern View: June 26, 2018

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Tuesday June 26 2018 9
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ANGRY: Lodestar Ave
resident Wanda Waites
and her daughter Tara
say they have had
enough of noisy trucks.
PHOTOS: MARTIN
HUNTER
IMPORTERS
CLEARANCE
Lodestar Ave
solution delayed
• By Anan Zaki
A WIGRAM Skies resident
is angry after further delays
on operational guidelines
for the new traffic and
parking bylaw.
The bylaw, which would
allow heavy vehicles to be
banned from roads such
as Lodestar Ave came into
force in March. But the
bylaw needed operational
guidelines in order to
be used by community
boards.
Lodestar Ave homeowner
Wanda Waites felt residents
have been forgotten by the
city council.
“It’s taking too long and
it’s driving me nuts,” she
said.
Ms Waites plans to move
out of the area in the summer
because of the trucks
and other personal issues.
“They [truck drivers]
give me dirty looks, they
think it’s all because of me
because they have seen my
picture in the paper,” she
said.
The guidelines were first
expected to be finished
in mid May, before being
delayed for another two
weeks.
City council transport
operation manager Steffan
Thomas said that it is now
not expected until the end
of next month.
The delays were due to
staff focussing on the Long
Term Plan, he said.
When the bylaw was
passed Ms Waites felt optimistic
about the future of
Lodestar Ave, but because
of the delays, the feeling
has eroded away, she said.
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
Community Board
chairman Mike Mora said
the guidelines will be presented
to the city council’s
infrastructure, transport
and environment committee
next month, but did not
know an exact date.
“I can assure to all readers
that they are being
listened to,” Mr Mora said.
He admitted progress
had been slow but said
staff have been working to
finalise the document for
the past two months.
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centre likely
• By Anan Zaki
WORK ON a mega centre
in Hornby may not now
start for at least another
two years.
The city council
revealed on Friday
more consultation
may be needed for the
$35.7 million facility
after a hearings panel
recommended Denton
Park not be the site.
If Denton Park was given
the nod, work was likely to
have started this year.
Greater Hornby
Residents Association
chairman Marc Duff said
he was “surprised” that the
decision was made prior
to the official Denton Park
decision on July 6.
“From our residents
association perspective, we
would like to see if that two
year process can be sped
up in anyway, because a lot
of consultation has already
been done on the possible
sites,” he said.
Save Denton Park
chairman Mark Peters
said he was pleased to see
the city council appearing
to move on from Denton
Park, but was unsure
why another consultation
process is needed.
“It’s disappointing
that they are looking to
potentially punish the
residents of the southwest
and Hornby for saving
Denton Park and pushing
it back for two years,” he
said.
The city council needed
to look at the previous
consultation process to see
community views on the
mega facility, he said.
City councillor Vicki
Buck said two years was
needed to select a new
location for the mega
facility. An additional
$450,000 was budgeted for
the two years works, which
include detailed design.
“If you don’t go through
the due process, then
you’re open to judicial
review, which could
slow down the process
by another two to three
years,” she said.
If a new location is
chosen within the next
financial year, the funding
could be brought forward
by a year, Cr Buck said.
The Halswell-Hornby-
Riccarton Community
Board will make a
final decision on
the hearings panel
recommendation to not
build the facility at Denton
Park on July 6.
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