Selwyn Times: August 22, 2018

8 Wednesday August 22 2018
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SELWYN TIMES
News
$230,000 boost
for tourism
infrastructure
• By Emily O’Connell
THE DISTRICT council has
received nearly a quarter of a
million dollars from the Ministry
of Business, Innovation and
Employment for new tourism
infrastructure.
The Government’s Responsible
Camping Working Group has
awarded $230,000 from the Tourism
Infrastructure Fund
for projects in Selwyn including
new toilet facilities, signage,
asset renovation and data
collection.
District council chief executive
officer David Ward said with the
popularity of freedom camping
increasing, there’s a need for more
facilities around the district to
cope with the growing demand.
“We want to build on visitors’
experiences of enjoying our wonderful
district, and this funding
will help us upgrade services in a
number of areas around Selwyn,”
Mr Ward said.
“We will be spending a substantial
amount on new toilet facilities
at Lake Selfe and Lake Georgina,
which will be welcomed by lake
users.’’
Mr Ward said the projects will
be completed by December 1.
Support for safer school car park
• By Emily O’Connell
THE Sheffield-Waddington
Community Committee has
thrown its support behind
Sheffield Primary School’s bid
for a new car park.
It sent a letter to the district
council
recently
highlighting
the ongoing
problems
with the
school’s car
park not
fitting the
needs of its
Nick Pratt
104 pupils.
“The
committee hope that you are able
to assess and transform this area
into a workable and safe car park
for parents, staff, bus drivers,
visitors and the wider Sheffield
Community,” it read.
School principal Nick Pratt
said its current car park can
fit 14 vehicles at a push and it’s
not sufficient for its growing
population.
Mr Pratt said it has been
working with parents, police,
bus operators and truck firms
as well as training pupils and
issuing them with high visibility
vests for coming to and from
school.
“We have mitigated everything
to the best of our ability . . .
however, the fundamental issue
is there is not enough space for
our children’s parents to pick up
and drop off their children in a
safe manner,” he said.
Mr Pratt said its proposal
is for the district council to
scoop away the top soil which is
opposite the school on Tramway
Rd and shingle it so it can be a
car park.
He said it would then set up a
monitored crossing which is a
safe distance from the main car
park entrance.
District council asset
engineer transportation Mark
Chamberlain said it is working
to fix “a number of issues with
the existing car park within
the road reserve and it is
programmed for a reseal this
year.”
However, he said there are no
plans for the district council to
do work on the grassed area on
SAFETY FIRST:
Sheffield
Primary
principal Nick
Pratt says the
school has
issued high
visibility vests
to its pupils,
but now it
needs the help
of the district
council to
create a safer
car parking
area.
Tramway Rd.
“If Sheffield Primary School
wishes to extend the car park,
then this will need to be funded
through the school or MoE, or
request the council fund this
work as part of the Annual
Plan process, as per policy,” Mr
Chamberlain said.
Mr Pratt said it was not willing
to spend money directed for
learning on car parking but it
would go through every process
possible.
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