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NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>February</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 5<br />
Concern over cycleway plans<br />
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />
BUSINESSES AND residents<br />
could be hit hard by a major<br />
realignment of a street in<br />
Riccarton to make way for a<br />
cycleway.<br />
The removal of on-street carparking,<br />
cul-de-sacs, intersection<br />
changes and the shifting of<br />
bus stops could be on the cards<br />
for Elizabeth St as part of a $39<br />
million cycleway.<br />
The changes are part of the<br />
city council’s proposed South<br />
Express Major Cycle Route<br />
which will run from Templeton<br />
through to the central city.<br />
The route will travel through<br />
Hornby, Hei Hei, Sockburn, Upper<br />
Riccarton and Riccarton.<br />
The potential changes have<br />
sparked concerns for those in<br />
the area.<br />
The city council is calling for<br />
public feedback on the proposal,<br />
which is the next stage in the<br />
$252 million major cycleway<br />
programme.<br />
Tony Pearson, owner of<br />
Hamilton Motors (1995), which<br />
is located on Elizabeth St near<br />
Matipo St, said the proposed<br />
loss of car parks is going to affect<br />
his business.<br />
“It will affect my income, it<br />
might affect my employment<br />
. . . there are only three of us<br />
POTENTIAL CHANGES: Residents and businesses are<br />
concerned over the proposed changes to Elizabeth St to make<br />
way for the South Express Major Cycle Route. <br />
now. Realistically it could go<br />
down to two,” he said.<br />
On-street parking spaces are<br />
due to be reduced at the Matipo<br />
St intersection along with shortterm<br />
parking and loading zones<br />
installed.<br />
Mr Pearson said he can fit<br />
eight cars onto the property and<br />
a further six cars in the work<br />
shop.<br />
“That is not enough. We are<br />
turning around more cars than<br />
that. We need the accessibility<br />
of putting cars on the road,” he<br />
said.<br />
Division St dairy owner Rae<br />
Wang is also worried she will<br />
lose business due to the changes.<br />
“We think it is a waste of our<br />
taxpayer money. It is not necessary<br />
and not many people will<br />
use it,” she said.<br />
But city council planning<br />
and delivery transport manager<br />
Lynette Ellis said the anticipated<br />
cycle volumes using the Riccarton<br />
section of the cycleway is<br />
1900 per day.<br />
A Riccarton Community<br />
Church spokesman said it is<br />
still gathering information but<br />
it does have concerns about the<br />
likely impact of the changes.<br />
Nearly 1000 people use the<br />
church’s facilities throughout<br />
the week for services, playgroups,<br />
craft groups and its fruit<br />
and vege co-op.<br />
It averages about 370 people<br />
for its weekly Sunday services.<br />
Central Riccarton Residents’<br />
Association acting chairwoman<br />
Joscelyne Silcock said it is positive<br />
for residents to be able to<br />
come out of their door and go<br />
onto a cycleway.<br />
But she said she hasn’t decided<br />
if she is for or against the cycleway<br />
due to car parking being<br />
a problem in the area.<br />
“I can see cycleways being a<br />
positive but then I am thinking<br />
of all this money and there are<br />
still parts of the city that really<br />
haven’t had their fair share since<br />
the earthquakes,” Mrs Silcock<br />
said.<br />
The CRRA will be making a<br />
submission on the issue.<br />
To view the proposed changes<br />
to Elizabeth St go to the city<br />
council’s have your say page.<br />
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HUNDREDS OF ice skaters have<br />
helped raise more than $10,000<br />
for Cure Kids.<br />
The Alpine Ice Sports Centre<br />
donated an entire day’s takings<br />
and donations from customers to<br />
the child health research charity.<br />
The money will go towards<br />
medical research to help improve,<br />
extend and save the lives of Kiwi<br />
kids living with serious illnesses<br />
and conditions.<br />
Alpine Ice manager Finn<br />
O’Leary said the team was<br />
thrilled to raise so much for Cure<br />
Kids research and felt the day had<br />
been an amazing team-building<br />
exercise for staff.<br />
The event saw a record number<br />
of customers visit the ice rink<br />
– the highest in one day since it<br />
first opened 33 years ago.<br />
Cure Kids chief executive<br />
Frances Benge said the generosity<br />
of the Alpine Ice team was<br />
overwhelming.<br />
“To think Alpine Ice donated<br />
their entire day’s takings to Cure<br />
Kids . . . is just so heart-warming.<br />
The money they raised will help<br />
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our children need, “ he said.<br />
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