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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 />

•From page 1<br />

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 />

Jason Marsden<br />

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