Selwyn Times: June 19, 2019
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SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Wednesday <strong>June</strong> <strong>19</strong> 20<strong>19</strong> 3<br />
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News<br />
• By Gordana Rodden<br />
A CYCLIST on the way to<br />
work suffered a punctured lung,<br />
broken ribs and grazes when<br />
he was struck by a hit-and-run<br />
driver.<br />
Mark Mateara, 59, would have<br />
suffered life-threatening injuries<br />
if he wasn’t wearing a helmet,<br />
police say.<br />
The Lincoln resident was<br />
cycling along Springs Rd just past<br />
the Prebbleton roundabout when<br />
he was hit by the car at 6.20am on<br />
Monday, <strong>June</strong> 10.<br />
He was knocked out and when<br />
he woke he was surrounded by<br />
passersby who had called an<br />
ambulance.<br />
Senior Constable Glen<br />
Tweedie wants anyone who saw<br />
a silver four-door sedan driving<br />
erratically in the area at the time<br />
to come forward.<br />
“Police would like to remind<br />
all cyclists about the importance<br />
of wearing a helmet. This<br />
incident highlights the fact that<br />
they can be a lifesaver,” said<br />
Tweedie.<br />
Mr Mateara was wearing a<br />
hi-vis vest, had a red flashing<br />
light on his helmet and another<br />
on the back of his bicycle.<br />
“My helmet and bike are pretty<br />
munted now. I might keep them<br />
as a souvenir though,” said Mr<br />
Mateara.<br />
He had experienced several<br />
near misses before, but nothing as<br />
serious as last week’s incident.<br />
He says if the driver of the<br />
vehicle came forward he wouldn’t<br />
waste his breath on them.<br />
“It’s the easiest word in the<br />
world to say, sorry. But whether<br />
you actually mean it is another<br />
thing.”<br />
•If you saw a silver sedan<br />
driving erratically early in<br />
the morning of <strong>June</strong> 10 at<br />
Prebbleton, phone Senior<br />
Constable Tweedie on 347<br />
9248.<br />
HIT-AND-RUN: Springs Rd,<br />
just past the Prebbleton<br />
roundabout, where Mark<br />
Mateara was knocked off his<br />
bike.<br />
HYPNOTIST<br />
Hit-and-run leaves<br />
cyclist with punctured lung<br />
HYPNOTIST7.30pm SAT 22 JUNE<br />
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Road funding<br />
cuts could<br />
affect projects<br />
• By Gordana Rodden<br />
FUNDING CUTS to planned road<br />
improvements will be discussed at a<br />
meeting between the district council<br />
and the New Zealand Transport<br />
Agency this week.<br />
NZTA has chopped $11 million<br />
out of three major intersection<br />
improvements in the district.<br />
This could mean that the district<br />
council has to find the shortfall.<br />
Mayor Sam Broughton said this<br />
could impact on other projects.<br />
It comes as the district council<br />
adopted its Annual Plan last week<br />
which will mean on average a six per<br />
cent increase in rates.<br />
Mr Broughton said the NZTA cut<br />
would put “pressure on some of our<br />
roading projects and will be a key<br />
focus of future budgets.”<br />
“Following that discussion we will<br />
have a better idea of what action may<br />
need to be taken around our own<br />
council priorities,” he said.<br />
Mr Broughton said the Annual<br />
Plan had focused on providing the<br />
services and facilities the community<br />
said they wanted last year and rates<br />
reflected this.<br />
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