Southern View: April 16, 2019

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Almost $4k for toy library
ALMOST $4000 was raised
to fulfil the wish list of the
Christchurch South Toy
Library.
The Freemasons at Unity
Lodge No 271 heard the library
had to move premises twice and
was under financial pressure,
member Brook Thorpe said.
“So the men at unity decided,
with charity and community
being two of our main
philosophies, they would be the
well-deserving recipients of our
help,” he said.
It held a pizza fundraising
night at Winnie Bagoes, as well
as holding raffles.
“Because of the support from
the Christchurch community,
Unity Lodge thought it clearly
spoke volumes about how important
the Christchurch South
Toy Library is to the area they
operate in,” Mr Thorpe said.
“In light of that, many men
from our lodge chose to make
personal donations totalling
$230, and as a lodge we decided
to donate $600 towards a wish
list of toys put together by the
toy library, from our own funds
to do our bit.”
The Freemasons charity also
donated $600.
After the pizza fundraising
night, the toy library was
FUNDRAISER: Brook Thorpe, Barbara Williman, Kimberly
Mclean, Jen Baen-Price and Dai Eveleigh after a fundraising
night for the toy library.
presented with two cheques
totalling $3945.05 so the library
could buy all the toys on the
wish list it had put together.
“It really goes to show what a
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WISH LIST:
About $2900
was raised
to help the
Christchurch
South Toy
Library buy
new stock. ​
strong community spirit there
is in the south Christchurch
area, and the Freemasons at
Unity Lodge No 271 are proud
to be part of it doing our bit.”
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
AN ALTERNATIVE route has
been created in a bid to save
Hornby’s infrastructure from
having to undergo major changes
for a proposed cycleway.
Greater Hornby Residents’
Association treasurer Ross
Houliston has presented a
new route to the city council
which he believes will be
safer for cyclists to use.
His solution is to have
the Hornby section of the
cycleway run alongside the
old Little River branch railway
line to meet up with
the Christchurch Southern
Motorway.
Mr Houliston has suggested the
cycleway runs from Carmen Rd to
one side of Branston St – depending
on where easements could be
obtained.
The cycleway would then join
onto the Springs Halswell Reserve
on the corner of Springs Rd and
Halswell Junction Rd before
joining up to the Christchurch
Southern Motorway.
His reasoning was the cycleway
would be safer, cheaper and could
link up to Halswell, Prebbleton
and Wigram.
He said the alternative route
would make it easy for Hornby
schools to join up to, few pedestrians
use Branston St and it would
go through all the industrial
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Christchurch.
In February the city council
went out for consultation on
the cycleway which runs from
Templeton through to the central
city, which it has received a high
volume of submissions on.
For Hornby, the city
council is proposing
the cycleway run from
the Waterloo Rd/Gilberthorpes
Rd intersection
through Waterloo
Rd and Hei Hei Rd,
Buchanans Rd and
Carmen Rd.
The route will also
travel through Sockburn, Upper
Riccarton and Riccarton.
Mr Houliston has previously
criticised the city council’s
proposal with concerns changes
to Hei Hei Rd could mean losing
car parking on the east side across
from St Bernadette’s School.
He was also concerned about
the narrowing of intersections
Tirangi and Aurora St and Keri
Keri Place with Hei Hei Rd.
City council’s transport planning
and delivery manager
Lynette Ellis said the city council
has received Mr Houliston’s alternative
route but has not had the
chance to determine if it is viable.
Former city councillor Bob
Shearing said he would support
any use of the railway corridor for
the cycleway.
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