TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019 Connecting Your Community www.star.kiwi Artist’s life reflected in mural Page 3 Promising Hornets chase NRL dreams Page 10 2SURF CITY CITY 2 with Les Mills 2SURF Sunday 24 March 2019 city2surf.co.nz with Les Mills Woolston village upgrade plans come under fire • By Matt Slaughter BUSINESSES AND a community board member are concerned after a proposal to upgrade the Woolston Village Centre was green-lighted. The decision was made at a Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board meeting last week and the project will now be brought to city council for final sign-off. The project to transform the centre, which runs down Ferry Rd, will result in the loss of 14 on-street car parks. The original 2016 Woolston Village Centre upgrade proposal, which did not go ahead, would have resulted in the removal of 48 on-street car parks. In spite of the new plan reducing this number, Woolston Pharmacy owner Simon Payne said business owners and shoppers will still be worse off if these parks are lost. “It is definitely negative for our customers. It will be negative for the whole shopping area, really.” “If you don’t have car parks that are convenient, then people are just going to drive on by.” From a pharmacy’s point of view, we get a lot of people who are injured, immobile, or have low mobility due to long-term health conditions . . . it is very inconvenient if they can’t park nearby where they want to go.” •Turn to page 4 CONTENTIOUS: Business owners are concerned a plan to upgrade the Woolston Village Centre will result in the loss of 14 on-street car parks along Ferry Rd. BLINDS...Cleaned, Repaired & Restored... Restore your oiled CEDAR BLINDS with our re-oiling service. Rejuvenate your lacquered CEDAR BLINDS High-tech Cleaning We clean and repair all types of blinds – Venetians, Cedar, Verticals, Roller, Hollands, Romans and Pleated – with environmentally friendly cleaning products. Temperature Controlled Drying Re-oiling & Rejuvenating Fabric Blinds - such as Austrian and Roman Same Day Pick Up & Drop Off We offer a same-day, pick up and drop off service for most types of blinds. Bookings are required. Convenient Location We are located at 330 Cashel Street (near the Fitzgerald end), parking available onsite Roller Blinds cleaned from as little as $22 per blind Ph 377 0770, 330 Cashel St, Christchurch www.blindcare.co.nz SCAN QR code for Info > WE ARE OPEN Mon - Fri 8.00am to 5.00pm Pardon?! *Terms and conditions apply. Saving valued up to $2000. Offer ends 28/02/2019. Trade in your old hearing aids. Save up to $2000! * This month you can trade in your old hearing aids for new digital ones that are smaller and work better! Give us a bell to find out how. Fendalton 03 351 3535 Ferrymead 03 376 4483 Halswell 03 322 4326