Selwyn Times: October 09, 2019

10 Wednesday October 9 2019
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SELWYN TIMES
News
In Brief
E-SCOOTER TRIAL VOTE
A report into Lime and local
company Lava’s e-scooter
proposals will be tabled at
a district council meeting
this week. In May, district
councillors voted to give
Lime Scooters a trial once
it has worked with council
staff on safety concerns. The
concerns were around speed,
safety, geo-fencing, costs, and
bylaw implications. In the
report, regulatory manager
Billy Charlton said all of the
concerns have been addressed
to a point where a trial can be
considered. At the meeting,
district councillors will vote on
allowing both companies a sixmonth
trial.
PLANTING EVENT
Around 120 volunteers were
in Hororata for the Te Kakariki
Greenway Canterbury Trust’s
second planting event for the
year. More than 3000 natives
were planted on four properties
including the Thwaits family
farm where 15 species of
trees such as manuka, toe
toe and ribbonwood were
planted. The trust has opened
applications on their website
for new planting sites until
mid-October at www.kakariki.
org.nz
West Melton speed
indicators on the move
• By Devon Bolger
SPEED INDICATOR devices
will be rotated between different
locations in West Melton in a bid
to improve road safety.
The West Melton Residents
Association owns two of the
devices and has decided to move
them more often than initially
planned.
Chairman Tim Schurr said the
decision was made by the association
to try to improve safety.
“The old locations were based
around all of the construction
happening on the main road
with the new community centre
and now that it’s opened we
think the best practice is moving
the signs around.
“We wanted to put them in
places children would be present
and it would have more of an
impact for them,” he said.
The devices were originally
stationed on West Coast Rd but
have now been moved to
Weedons Ross Rd, one at the
northern approach to West
Melton School, and one at the
southern approach to the West
Melton Domain.
ROVING: one of the speed indicator signs, owned by the West
Melton Residents Association, that will be rotated between
different sites to improve road safety. ​
West Melton residents have
had concerns around road safety
in the township for years.
Last October, safety improvements
at the Weedons Ross Rd
and State Highway 73 intersection
were put on hold by the
NZTA due to funding shortfalls.
NZTA figures show there have
been 11 crashes at the intersection
since 2006.
One was serious and 10 were
minor or did not cause injury.
NZTA director regional
relationships Jim Harland said
the intersection did not meet
the new threshold for funding
under the investment assessment
framework.
A petition has been started in
a bid to have the safety upgrades
brought forward.
It currently has nearly 800
signatures and will be presented
to Parliament by retiring Selwyn
MP Amy Adams.
Budding
business
bosses
TWO TEENAGERS have been
given the opportunity to put their
business knowledge into practice
at their school’s market day.
Rolleston’s Kyra Clarkson and
West Melton’s Ruby Lundy are
year 10 students at Villa Maria
College and were challenged to
create a product and food item to
sell to the college community.
“We had to choose products to
sell, identify the unique selling
point, develop a business plan,
make prototypes and work on
our marketing skills,” said Kyra,
whose group is called Super Mugs.
“We decided to sell reusable
coffee cups, filled with a ready- tobake
cake mix and cookie dough.”
Ruby said: “It was tricky to
come up with a product that was
unique and special so that we
could attract lots of customers,
but we’re really happy with our
end product.”
Commerce is an optional subject
for year 10 students at Villa
Maria College and is a combination
of accounting, economics
and business studies.
The students will decide on a
charity to donate a portion of
their profits to after the market.
School
Holiday Activities
Entertain your kids with cool events and fun activities these holidays.
From creating your own herb garden, to faerie parties, scavenger
hunts, Ozobots coding, Storytimes, lego Brick Attack and more!
Find out more at selwynlibraries.co.nz
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