Selwyn Times: February 06, 2019
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4 Wednesday <strong>February</strong> 6 <strong>2019</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
News<br />
•From page 1<br />
During construction, there<br />
will be some minor traffic<br />
disruptions along Norman Kirk<br />
Drive. However, temporary<br />
traffic management will be put<br />
in place.<br />
There will be also<br />
be minor delays and<br />
no on-street parking<br />
along some sections<br />
of Norman Kirk Drive<br />
during the work.<br />
Closer to the time<br />
of the disruptions, the<br />
district council said it<br />
will provide more public<br />
information about<br />
temporary traffic management<br />
through ‘Council Call’ in the<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong>, at www.selwyn.<br />
govt.nz/ and on its Facebook<br />
page.<br />
The construction of the car<br />
parks may also cause minor<br />
noise and vibrations. The district<br />
council said depending on<br />
weather, there may be some dust<br />
produced as a result of the work.<br />
CONSTRUCTION:<br />
Work has started<br />
on a park and ride<br />
facility in Rolleston<br />
between Kidman<br />
St and the district<br />
council building.<br />
Bid to ease car parking<br />
congestion in Rolleston<br />
However, dust control measures<br />
have been put in place.<br />
The work was set out in the<br />
2018-2028 Long Term Plan<br />
as part of the extension and<br />
reconfiguration of the district<br />
council building.<br />
The district council<br />
allocated $700,000 for<br />
the project when it set<br />
the Long Term Plan last<br />
year. It’s expected to be<br />
ready by May, depending<br />
on the weather.<br />
The district council<br />
has previously stated<br />
David Ward that parking has become<br />
an issue in Rolleston due<br />
to the town’s booming population.<br />
It is currently working on a<br />
parking strategy to permanently<br />
ease congestion in Rolleston and<br />
Lincoln.<br />
Public consultation on the<br />
district council’s draft parking<br />
strategy closed in December and<br />
public hearings are expected to<br />
start in the first half of this year.<br />
Few stubble burn permits<br />
• By Anan Zaki<br />
FEDERATED Farmers is<br />
concerned that only 36 farmers<br />
across the district have applied<br />
for stubble burn permits.<br />
In new rules announced last<br />
July, <strong>Selwyn</strong> farmers will have<br />
to apply for permits to burn<br />
stubble during restricted fire<br />
seasons– a first for the district.<br />
Federated<br />
Farmers north<br />
Canterbury<br />
arable vice<br />
chair Roscoe<br />
Taggart said<br />
the statistics<br />
from Thursday<br />
were a “real<br />
Roscoe<br />
Taggart<br />
worry.”<br />
Fire and<br />
Emergency<br />
New Zealand<br />
declared a restricted fire season<br />
in <strong>Selwyn</strong>, Christchurch and<br />
the Waimakariri districts last<br />
Tuesday.<br />
“There are certainly more<br />
arable farmers than that [36] in<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong>,” Mr Taggart said.<br />
“Potentially with the new<br />
permitting system maybe a few<br />
farmers are putting it in the toohard<br />
basket.”<br />
Applying for a permit would<br />
NEW RULES: Permits give Fire and Emergency New Zealand<br />
the ability to contact the people who are burning if the<br />
weather conditions are not ideal.<br />
only take 15 minutes online, Mr<br />
Taggart said.<br />
“I certainly thought more<br />
people would be on board with<br />
it, because a lot of people still<br />
burn.”<br />
Meanwhile, only four<br />
permits had been granted in<br />
Waimakariri and Christchurch<br />
as of last Thursday.<br />
Mr Taggart says that could be<br />
because of “significantly less”<br />
arable farms in the<br />
Waimakariri and<br />
Christchurch areas compared to<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong>.<br />
“But there’s definitely<br />
more than four arable<br />
farms [in Christchurch and<br />
Waimakariri],” he said.<br />
“People are potentially not<br />
being forward thinking enough.<br />
I think people need to be more<br />
onto it.”<br />
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