Pegasus Post: November 13, 2018

6 Tuesday November 13 2018
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Lower subdivision speed limit supported
City
councillor
Glenn
Livingstone
writes about
the decision
to lower the
speed limit
to 40km/h at
Prestons subdivision
At the city council meeting last
week, I moved the option of setting
the speed limit in Prestons
to 40km/h.
Following discussion and debate,
this recommendation was
passed by the city council.
I pushed for this for the following
reasons:
The safety of children in the
area, many of whom attend
Readers respond to the
Pegasus Post article on the
city council lowering the
Prestons subdivision speed
limit to 40km/h
Adele Mitchell – As a
Prestons resident, I am angered
by the city council thinking they
know better than local residents
and the community board. How
is Prestons different to any other
area of residential Christchurch?
Perhaps we should
lower the speed limit
to 40km/h Christchurch-wide.
Lowering
the speed limit is not
the most effective
means of dealing with
excessive speed in
Prestons (which is not
caused by residents but people
passing through or boy racers).
This is a case of an extreme
“solution” missing the mark.
Ross Williamson – I am
amazed that the city council
have overruled the community
board and decided to lower the
speed limit in Prestons to
40km/h, so much for consultation
and the board’s decision not
to lower the limit. A ridiculous
decision from nanny council.
Another decision that seems
to be driven by council staff to
east
life is great
in the
Marshland School.
The school principal and the
school’s Board of Trustees supported
40km/h for the safety of
their pupils.
Big trucks have been going
past the school at 60km/h.
As a parent myself, I am aware
that children do not develop
peripheral vision until they are
about 11 years old, meaning
override the community that
the limit will effect. Do I as a
resident have any recourse in
this decision, a petition? After
all the residents were consulted.
Mr Trevor Lightfoot put a very
good case to the board as to why
the reduced limit should not be
imposed. When do we go back to
a person with a red flag walking
in front of cars, per the introduction
of motor vehicles in early
times! Asinine comes to mind.
Robyn Carter –
Bringing our speed
limit to 40km/h is
ridiculous. Are these
councillors going to
impose these speed
restrictions on all
housing areas in
Christchurch? Why should our
speed limit be any different to
any other area in Christchurch?
Do these councillors live in this
area? I’d like to know why they
think this is necessary as I’ve
lived here two years and haven’t
seen any reason to change the
speed limit.
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their awareness crossing roads is
much more reduced than that of
adults.
Along with this, children are
impulsive by nature as we know
and will often run across roads
without thinking.
With the consultation process,
people both inside and outside
Prestons were included and both
the overall tally and the Prestons
Chris Andis – Thanks for
your article regarding the city
council overruling the community
board’s recommendation.
It’s unfortunately another
instance of consulting the community
that literally only ticks
the box. I’m not aware of any
consultation process that has actually
benefited the community
in terms of supporting its wants
and interests. I’m certain that the
city council had already made
their decision about lowering the
speed limit before the consultation
and formal vote. Now the
area will be a complete mess of
mixed speeds that’s no safer.
We will have 40, 50, 60, 70 and
80km/h zones within 500m of
our house. In time, I’m expecting
traffic calming will the next
solution to be installed, like the
wonderful job completed on
Worcester St last year. Thanks
for letting me provide a little
feedback.
A reader responds to
the Pegasus Post article
on New Brighton’s annual
fireworks event
Torfrida Wainwright –
I’ve just read a web article on
the New Brighton fireworks
event, where you have invited
comments on this event to be
emailed to you. The event is
taking place as I’m writing this.
I live in South Brighton about
3km from the pier.
What I like:
•The influx of people into New
only tally supported reducing the
speed to 40km/h.
Though the recommendation
to the city council, which came
from two community boards,
Papanui-Innes and Coastal-
Burwood, was based on a
combined vote of 5-4 to retain
the status quo, three board
members were away at that time,
including me.
Had all board members been
there, the vote and recommendation
to the city council could
have been different.
Whatever the recommendations
to the city council from a community
board over any issues, they
are never a fait accompli.
The city council has always reserved
the right to make its own
Brighton, creating a
good buzz. There’s often a
twilight market and lots of
business for our many cafes and
restaurants.
•I don’t think the crowds, traffic
and limited access routes are
a problem. We can get too obsessed
about keeping everything
150 per cent safe when there’s
not really a big risk.
What I don’t like:
•The intense heavy noise that
make it sound like living on
the outskirts of Beirut on a bad
day. It takes away all the pleasure
of the spectacle for me – I
haven’t bothered to watch it for
years.
decision, as it did in this case.
It mostly goes with community
board recommendations but not
always.
The table below, which was in
the report to the city council,
provides some telling data over
pedestrians, collision type and
probability of death with increased
speed.
This also informed my
decision.
•The impact of this sound on
animals – such as nesting birds
round the estuary and many
pets. My dog hates it, she rushes
about full of anxiety and I have
to spend half an hour feeding her
food to keep her settled.
Suggestions:
•Move it to Matariki midwinter
–surely it’s time for Aotearoa
to create our own traditions and
it fits with darker nights, so kids
don’t have to stay up so late and
nesting/breeding animals are
not disturbed.
•Canvass people to see how
many would prefer the spectacle
with less crashing sound – it may
well be quite a lot of people.
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