Bay Harbour: February 20, 2019

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PAGE 4 Wednesday February 20 2019 BAY HARBOUR Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi News Design soon for tram shelter • By Louis Day PROGRESS IS being made with the Moncks Bay tram shelter. A design for repair will be completed for the tram shelter by mid next month. The city council has been working on the design for repair for the last three weeks. The 85-year-old building on Main Rd has been closed since Christmas Eve after an assessment of the shelter indicated the condition of the roof had compromised the structural integrity of the shelter, leaving it vulnerable to quakes. City council transport and operations manager Steffan Thomas said an exact date for when repairs would start was currently unclear. “Once the design has been accepted a scope of works will be outlined to give estimated timelines and costs. Timelines will be dependent on funding availability,” he said. Redcliffs Residents’ Association secretary Pat McIntosh said she was glad to see the project progressing but was also disappointed the shelter had been left to deteriorate to this state. “It looks as though it has been a very long time since any roofing maintenance was done on it to the point it had to be closed,” she said. Locomotive arrives in Little River • By Louis Day SEVEN YEARS ago Andrew Wilson had a dream of bringing a locomotive to Little River, last week that dream became a reality. On Thursday, the Little River Railway Station Trust welcomed a 62-year-old locomotive into the station. Director of operations and trustee Andrew Wilson dreamt up the idea of bringing a locomotive to Little River in 2008 as part of the trust’s 2021 vision plan. It was also Mr Wilson who came across the locomotive on Trade Me and drove to Dunedin to assess it. “I have driven further for trains, I have gone down to Bluff over a weekend,” he said. Mr Wilson said he has had a passion for trains ever since his grandmother took him for walks through the train yard next to their holiday home in Kaikoura. “On my grandmother’s death bed she said I must ask for forgiveness for introducing you to trains and I said why? You have introduced me to a hobby that will last me a lifetime and she said not to you but to everyone else for having to put up with this hobby of yours.” EXCITED: Little River Railway Station trustee Andrew Wilson with the locomotive. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER Mr Wilson who still has photos of himself as a child with locomotives hoped children today could create the same memories with the station’s newest addition. “The idea is to create that scene for people to make those memories and that locomotive is there to help people do that so they can look back on those memories for a lifetime.” The $8500 locomotive is now on the tracks connected to a carriage ready for people to have their photos taken next to it. The locomotive was introduced into service in June 1957 and decommissioned in April 1985. It spent its entire working role in the South Island. Mr Wilson said once the trust had restored the interior of the locomotive they would consider opening it up on special occasions and maybe even let people pull the whistle. The trust does not have a licence to run the locomotive along the tracks, however, Mr Wilson said they could possibly jack it above the rails which would allow the wheels to go round without it actually going anywhere. Late night Lyttelton Tunnel closures From Sunday 24 February, you’ll need to plan your travel around late night tunnel closures. These are essential to both install and test a new fire protection system inside the tunnel. Work on this $28.7 million project is expected to be completed by April/May 2019. Traffic lane closures are timed for late night/early morning on the lightest tunnel traffic days of the week, that is Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. In conjunction with the late night tunnel closures, we are carrying out maintenance on SH74 (Tunnel Road) to ensure fewer nights of disruption for motorists and residents. Work includes replacing some guardrails and road resurfacing work between Port Hills and Horotane Valley overpasses as well. Lyttelton-bound traffic into the tunnel for the 10-minute openings will be unaffected. Traffic leaving the tunnel towards Christchurch will have to exit onto SH76 Port Hills Road. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW • Real-time traffic information for the Lyttelton Tunnel area is available at www.tfc.govt.nz • A schedule of tunnel traffic lane closures can be found at www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/projects/lyttelton-tunnel/ lyttelton-tunnel-lane-closures.pdf TUNNEL CLOSED from 11pm to 4am Sunday 24 February Monday 25 February Tuesday 26 February The tunnel will open to traffic for 10 minutes on the hour on these nights. Emergency access will be maintained through the tunnel at all times. • Check the Transport Agency’s official Twitter @nztacwc and Facebook facebook.com/nztasouthisland pages. • For traffic and travel information, call 0800 4 HIGHWAYS (0800 44 44 49) to speak to one of our team.
Wednesday February 20 2019 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi BAY HARBOUR PAGE 5 CHANGE: An application has been made to turn 1/87 Main Rd, which is currently occupied by the Bloom Room Florist, into a fine wine and spirits store. Main Rd liquor store won’t be a ‘booze barn’ •From page 1 Mr Singh’s original application proposed turning 1/87 Main Rd into Thirsty Liquor Redcliffs. However, Mr Singh changed the name to Redcliffs Fine Wine and Spirits. The landlord Peter Croft was absent from the meeting and was represented by his wife, Kate Bovett, who assured residents they would not let the store turn into a “booze barn.” “Permission to paint the shop will not be given and there will be no huge advertising like you see around the typical bottle stores,” she said. Community Action on Youth and Drugs, a Ministry of Health-funded organisation to reduce the harm to young people from alcohol and other drugs, wants the application removed because it does not represent what Mr Singh is planning. Its senior project worker Paul McMahon said the original application needed to be removed and a new one should be submitted. Mr McMahon said he would even contribute to the costs involved in submitting a new application. “The floor plan is standard for a bottle store, they [Mr Singh] talk about cheeses and delicatessen but there is just a tiny bit of space,” he said. •Objections to the application close tomorrow. Information on how to object to the application can be found at ccc.govt. nz/consents-andlicences/businesslicences-and-consents/ alcohol/objecting-to-agrant-for-a-licence/ buy one of each See instore for details. FOR ONLY HON AMY ADAMS MP FOR SELWYN Working hard for our communities If you would like to sign up for my newsletter please visit: www.amyadams.co.nz CONTACT P 03 344 0418 E selwynoffice@parliament.govt.nz Funded by the Parliamentary Service and authorised by Amy Adams, 829 Main South Road, Templeton, Christchurch. Home & Business Security • Cameras • Gates & Fencing Access Control • Alarm Monitoring • Home Automation Alarms Electrical Cameras Intercoms Auto Gates Residential and Business Security Tailor Made Security Solutions All Your Electrical Needs Custom Designed Automatic Gates Innovative Intercom Systems Pet Friendly Sensors Security Cameras Access Control Systems Electric Fencing Service and Maintenance 24/7 Fault Service Locally owned and operated All faults attended that same day FREE QUOTES P: (03) 384 0995 24/7 E: info@actionsecurity.co.nz www.actionsecurity.co.nz Fresh NZ Skinless Chicken Breast Fillets $ 11 99 kg Whittaker’s Block Chocolate 250g $ 4 49 ea Pams Fresh Tomatoes 700g Prepack Product of New Zealand NEW PRODUCT $ 3 49 pk V Energy Drink 500ml Single Can $ 2 79 ea Wither Hills 750ml (excludes Pinot Noir) $ 12 99 ea Speight’s Gold Medal Ale 12 Pack 330ml Bottles $ 18 99 pk www.foursquare.co.nz facebook.com/FourSquareNZ Specials available South Island only from Monday 18th February until Sunday 24th February 2019 or while stocks last. Wine and beer available at stores with an off licence. Wine and beer purchases restricted to persons aged 18 years old and over.
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