Selwyn Times: March 06, 2019

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6 Wednesday March 6 2019 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi SELWYN TIMES News Celebrate the district’s parks from Saturday THE TIME to celebrate regional parks is nearly here. Parks Week, which is being organised by Environment Canterbury, will run from Saturday until March 17. In the district, parks week will be marked with two events on March 17. Both are open to the public. The first event will be a “working bee in the horse trails” at West Melton Forest from 9am-1pm with a barbecue. The other event will be a barbecue at Weedons Ross Rd trail car park from 11am-2pm. ECan looks after three parks in the region – the Ashley Rakahuri, Waimakariri and Lake Tekapo regional parks – and also patrols Northern Pegasus Bay. ECan team leader parks and forests James Page said Parks Week is a great time to check out Canterbury’s outdoors. The Rakahuri Rage, an annual mountain bike race in the Ashley Rakahuri Regional Park, is scheduled to take place on Sunday. Speed limits around school buses ignored •From page 1 Senior Sergeant Stills said the 20km/h limit is in place due to the unpredictability of children. He said the slower speed reduces the risk of injury. Said Senior Sergeant Stills: “There’s a lack of general understanding that the requirement to reduce your speed limit to 20km/h when passing a stationary school bus.” Senior Sergeant Stills also said there was a lack James Morris of respect towards the law and pleaded for drivers to slow down. Mr Morris said there had been a number of close calls near Darfield High School’s buses. The latest near miss was in term four last year in Darfield – which a passerby reported, Mr Morris said. Darfield High and Primary Schools are served by 15 buses. Twelve of them serve the high school, Mr Morris said. Hororata School principal Marty Gameson – who also operates as a relief bus driver – said speeding cars are SLOW DOWN: Students board a school bus on Springs Rd, Prebbleton. Police are reminding drivers to slow down to 20km/h when travelling past a stationary school bus. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER concerning. “A majority of our pupils take the bus. I’ve witnessed cars scooting past at 100km/h when the bus stopped,” he said. “That’s what the law is about, it’s about [protecting] unpredictable kids,” Mr Gameson said. One incident that exemplified why the 20km/h rule exits, happened early last year, he said. “Children crossed the road without looking – because they’re children. And there were trucks coming,” Mr Gameson said. “But the trucks slowed down. I can say that a combination of safety vests the children were wearing and the truck driver slowing down actually saved those kids’ lives,” he said. Rolleston College and Lincoln High School said they do not have issues with drivers speeding past school buses. Children are unpredictable on roads, Senior Sergeant Stills said. “The risk is heightened because they are children,” he said. The most recent serious incident with a school bus in the district was in 2014, Senior Sergeant Stills said. A 14-year-old Thai exchange student at Lincoln High School was left seriously injured when he was hit by a car after exiting a school bus on Main South Rd, between Curraghs and Weedons Ross Rds. The boy was flung 15m on impact. •HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you think motorists slow down past stopped school buses? Email anan.zaki@starmedia. kiwi HEAT PUMP SALE NOW ON! Amazin’ Autumn Specials!! • We will offer you the best quality brands and option of heat pump for your home/business • Providing Heat Pump solutions for over 17 years to Cantabrians • We personally guarantee all our products & installs for 5 years (providing annual maintenance has been completed) Phone us today for your free consultation & quote 41A SHAKESPEARE RD, WALTHAM PHONE 03 366 0525 www.enviromaster.co.nz “A local team for local people” 50% OFF All Ladies Summer Fashion 2 McMillan St, Darfield Ph. 03 318 8734 Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Sat 9.30am-12.30pm Find us on OPEN NOW Brand new sales and information office Visit us at our brand new Falcon’s Landing sales office on the corner of Falcon Road and Lincoln-Rolleston Road, open Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays from 1-3pm. Or call us on 03 741 1340, email enquiries@yoursection.nz
SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Wednesday March 6 2019 7 Playground repairs set to cost ratepayers $70,000 • By Anan Zaki RATEPAYERS are footing a $70,000 bill to repair a playground built by a subdivision developer. Levi Park playground off Strauss Drive, Rolleston, was built by developers Gillman Wheelan in 2014, but it was constructed on poor soil, causing the playground to slump late last year. But, in spite of the playground not being built by the district council, it is paying to repair it. The district council did not respond to questions from Selwyn Times about why ratepayers had to foot the bill. Gillman Wheelan said it is working with the district council to resolve the issue. It was dubbed New Zealand’s first “smart playground” as it had augmented reality markers which would give instructions for games when scanned by a smartphone. Said district council property and commercial manager Douglas Marshall: “Investigations completed by the geotechnical engineer engaged by the council have indicated that parts of the playground site had historically been filled with poor compaction, which was likely to have occurred some years ago when the land was used for agricultural purposes.” The land is currently being remediated. A geo-technical engineer advised the council that this issue is isolated to the playground area and does not affect nearby residential properties. The old playground equipment is being replaced with lighter BIG BILL: Levi Park playground in Rolleston is being rebuilt after poor soil caused the playground equipment to slump. equipment to prevent future slumping, Mr Marshall said. “The new playground equipment will be more suitable for the remediated site. Our thanks to nearby residents for their patience and support as we work to make Levi Park a safe playground for the community,” he said. Drainage work started in November and is expected to be completed at the end of the week. A new climbing structure being imported from Germany is expected to be installed at Levi Park in late May. The playground is likely to re-open in June. WHEN YOU BUY ANY 2 V 500mL CANS See instore for details. NEW PRODUCT Snax Crunches 160g $ 1 99 ea The Natural Confectionery Company 200-260g $ 2 59 ea Lindauer 750ml (excludes Reserve) $ 9 99 ea Tip Top Bakery Supersoft Bread 700g $ 2 99 ea Fresh NZ Quality Mark Prime Beef Mince $ 10 99 kg Broccoli Product of New Zealand $ 1 49 ea www.foursquare.co.nz facebook.com/FourSquareNZ Specials available South Island only from Monday 4th March until Sunday 10th March 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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