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WESTERN NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>April</strong> 9 <strong>2019</strong> 7<br />
<strong>News</strong><br />
Digging deep on Riccarton Rd<br />
ABOUT 1m of Riccarton Rd<br />
needs to be dug a day as part of<br />
the $18.4 million upgrade.<br />
Almost 1km of sewer pipe<br />
needs to be replaced, buried 4m<br />
below the road and work digging<br />
it up has begun.<br />
“Replacing that much pipe at<br />
the depth is a big project by any<br />
measure, but when you’re digging<br />
up Christchurch’s second busiest<br />
road, you have another ball to<br />
juggle in terms of keeping traffic<br />
moving both ways and keeping<br />
access to all the open shops,” said<br />
manager planning and delivery<br />
transport Lynette Ellis.<br />
“The sewer pipes are nearly<br />
100-years-old and at the end of<br />
their lifespan, so the work has to<br />
happen now if we want to avoid<br />
the pipes failing,” Ms Ellis said.<br />
“We thought we’d take the<br />
opportunity to make quite a few<br />
other improvements to Riccarton<br />
Rd that will leave the whole<br />
area much more vehicle – and<br />
pedestrian-friendly than it is.”<br />
The project will cost $18.4<br />
million and is expected to be<br />
complete by December 2020.<br />
The city council is also replacing<br />
water mains under the road.<br />
Once the underground work<br />
is finished, the council will<br />
rebuild the road and then<br />
widen it, creating bus priority<br />
measures and extra space for<br />
DIG: Work has started on stage one of the Riccarton Rd<br />
upgrade opposite Westfield Shopping Centre.<br />
emergency vehicles.<br />
“Riccarton Rd has more than<br />
800 bus movements a day and<br />
around 3000 passengers boarding<br />
here per weekday, so the bus<br />
priority measures will provide<br />
more reliable bus travel for a lot<br />
of people, especially at peak times<br />
when they need to get to work or<br />
home,” Ms Ellis said.<br />
There will be sections of bus<br />
lane on each side of the road, bus<br />
lights at traffic signals so buses<br />
can proceed ahead of general<br />
traffic, and longer bus stops so<br />
getting on and off is easier and<br />
quicker for passengers.<br />
A tree-lined median is also<br />
being installed between Clarence<br />
and Matipo Sts.<br />
“The trees we’re putting in will<br />
have a calming effect that will gently<br />
slow traffic, which will make<br />
this section of the road a more<br />
pleasant destination for shoppers<br />
and visitors,” Ms Ellis said.<br />
On-street parking along Riccarton<br />
Rd is being permanently<br />
removed to make space for the<br />
new road layout, but the council<br />
has created a time-restricted<br />
car park behind Riccarton Rd<br />
between Rimu St and Straven Rd<br />
to replace it.<br />
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A transportation assessment<br />
said the traffic generated by the<br />
development can be accommodated<br />
on the adjacent network<br />
without capacity or efficiency<br />
issues arising.<br />
The idea of a new cinema<br />
complex has received positive<br />
feedback from the community.<br />
Greater Hornby Residents’<br />
Association member<br />
Mark Peters said it<br />
is a “fantastic idea” and<br />
will be a great resource.<br />
“There are a number of<br />
residents in the Hornby<br />
area that would be really<br />
keen to have a cinema<br />
back in our region. I<br />
am sure there will be plenty of<br />
patronage,” he said.<br />
His views were backed by<br />
Awatea Residents Association<br />
secretary Kay Stieller, who<br />
said it will mean having more<br />
facilities in the community and<br />
residents won’t have to go into<br />
the city.<br />
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton<br />
Community Board chairman<br />
Mike Mora said if it brings<br />
people, business and provides<br />
entertainment, it could be positive<br />
for the area.<br />
Local<br />
<strong>News</strong><br />
Now<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
Eight-cinema complex<br />
planned for Wigram Skies<br />
“I was totally unaware of<br />
it . . . I am not really in a position<br />
to say too much about it<br />
because I haven’t seen the application,”<br />
he said.<br />
In 2011 independent cinema<br />
Movieland closed after more<br />
than 20 years in business to<br />
make way for expansion plans<br />
at The Hub Hornby<br />
shopping mall.<br />
The Hub Hornby<br />
centre manager Jason<br />
Marsden said there<br />
was never any plans<br />
to include a new one<br />
due to simply not<br />
having the space to<br />
accommodate everything<br />
it wanted to.<br />
The mall completed<br />
its last redevelopment<br />
back in 2016.<br />
“People do love having a<br />
cinema in their community . . .<br />
it would be a great asset to the<br />
community to have a cinema<br />
back here and I hope it goes<br />
really well,” Mr Marsden said.<br />
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Do<br />
you think a new eightcinema<br />
complex could be<br />
beneficial to the Wigram<br />
area? Email your views<br />
to georgia.oconnor@<br />
starmedia.kiwi<br />
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