Selwyn Times: November 20, 2019

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4 Wednesday November 20 2019 Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz News •HAVE YOUR SAY: Have you had a close call at the Weedons Ross Rd and SH73 intersection? Email your views to devon.bolger@starmedia.kiwi SELWYN TIMES Speed limit under review •From page 1 “That’s what we have in hand right now but many more are set to come in from schools and businesses. We know of another 200, but expect we’ll be well in excess of 1000 paper signatures by the time it closes,” he said. The petition will close on November 29 and all of the signatures will be compiled. Retiring Selwyn Tim Schurr MP Amy Adams will then personally deliver the petition to Parliament. Mr Schurr said he hopes the petition leads to traffic lights being put in at the intersection. “You have kids crossing at that intersection every single day to get to school and with traffic lights, you’d get a crossing signal which would greatly improve safety.” The residents’ association has been campaigning for more than 10 years for something to be done about the intersection. NZTA figures show there have been 11 crashes at the intersection since 2006. One was serious and 10 were minor or didn’t cause injury. The NZTA recently announced it is reviewing the speed limit on the state highway in the West Melton area. CAMPAIGN: The West Melton Residents’ Association is wanting safety improved at the intersection of State Highway 73 and Weedons Ross Rd. The proposal would see the speed dropped from 70km/h to 60km/h. Mr Schurr said he is pleased the speed limit is being reviewed but there is more that needs to be done. It was revealed last October that safety improvements at the intersection weren’t included in the NZTA’s National Land Transport Programme for 2018-21. The improvements had been recommended for inclusion in both the 2018/21 Regional and Land Transport programmes. NZTA director regional relationships Jim Harland said the agency is aware of the community’s concerns with the intersection. “While we have proposed a project to investigate this, demand is very high for projects like this one around the country and this intersection project is yet to reach the priority requirements for funding. We are continuing to work with the district council to monitor this highway and Weedons Ross Rd intersection and collect further evidence. In the meantime, decreasing speed is one way we could improve safety in West Melton. He said while the safety upgrade project is not currently indicated for funding, if funding becomes available in the future or its relative priority increases, it could be reconsidered. • By Devon Bolger WHO IS taking the fairy doors at McHughs Forest? The doors were made by the Darfield Menzshed and placed in the forest to create a fun activity for children. Secretary Howard Anderson said 20 fairy doors have been placed since September. He said they have had several reports from people who have counted just 17 recently and therefore suspect three have been removed. Each of the doors is burnstamped with ‘DarfieldMenzShed’ on the rear. “The menzshed elves had a lot of enjoyment in creating these homes for the district council, who clearly did a good job of providing affordable accommodation for this group MISSING: Three of the fairy doors that were placed in McHughs Forest to spread joy to children appear to have been taken. Forest loses fairy doors of residents. The forest has never been so busy and interest in visiting has been high not only from children but many other interested groups who can use the facilities the council has provided,” Mr Anderson said. The project was meant to end on October 20 but the menzshed offered to look after it for the district council past that date to keep it up and running. “Any loss of the housing stock is serious so the menzshed will replace these to ensure the displaced fairy families can have their own houses again. It could be the gnomes who removed them as they have caused trouble before but if people have taken any that would just be plain annoying,” he said. •Kea sign goes missing, page 15 JOIN US NOW! See website for details BONDS 40% off storewide. Conditions apply. CANTERBURY Massive stocktake clearance. Loads of items from $10. Selected styles. While stocks last BENDON Half price sale! Selected styles. Conditions apply. Selwyn Youth Council applications are open now from 1 November – 2 December 2019. For information about who the Youth Council are, what they do and to apply visit: selwyn.govt.nz/youthcouncil STYLES MAY DIFFER TO IMAGE SHOWN JOHNNY BIGG Johnny Bigg’s 5th birthday. Spend $200 Save $50. Spend $400 Save $100. Spend $500 Save $150. 21-24 Nov only. RODD & GUNN Buy one get one half price storewide. Conditions apply. Sign up to Smart Deals & be in the monthly draw for a $100 Dress-Smart gift card! Open 10am-5pm, 7 Days 03 349 5750 CHRISTCHURCH 409 Main South Road, Hornby www.dress-smart.co.nz
SELWYN TIMES Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Wednesday November 20 2019 5 News Council committees axed • By Devon Bolger A NUMBER of committees have been axed from the district council’s new meeting schedule. The property, district road safety, water race, and district plan committees will no longer exist past December. The only one that has been spared is the audit and risk subcommittee. The new meeting schedule for Jesse Burgess next year was adopted at the latest district council meeting. It will see full district council meetings held twice a month instead of one. It was decided they would be held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. The first meeting will be to discuss things to do with the mayoral office; community services and facilities; environmental and regulatory services; and the five waters. The second will be for things such as finance; transportation; solid waste; property; major projects; commercial transactions; and the chief executive’s office. Chief executive David Ward CHANGE: The new meeting schedule will see the majority of the committees removed and district council meetings held twice a month. said the removal of the committees is due to the changes to district council meetings. “The new schedule splits the workload between the two meetings and they will include the matters covered previously by committees. This allows all councillors the opportunity to be a part of the discussion of issues on these topics,” he said. The first Wednesday of each month will also be used as a briefing day for technical matters that will be discussed at the meetings. The new schedule also includes a series of dates for meetings on the district council’s District Plan Review. The review was agreed upon at a meeting in 2015 and will lead to the development of a new District Plan which could be different from the current format. Environmental services planning manager Jesse Burgess said there are four meetings scheduled to prepare the proposed plan for public notification in April. “The proposed plan would need to go to the full council for adoption. Depending on how the meetings go this could change, but that is what is we are currently working towards,” he said. The meeting schedule also incorporates a number of dates for discussions and submission hearings associated with the district council’s 2020/21 Draft Annual Plan. Building team success THE DISTRICT council has been praised for having possibly the best process for complaints about builders in the country. THe comments come from an accreditation assessment of its building team to allow them to continue issuing consents. The accreditation assessment is conducted by International Accreditation New Zealand on behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. A district council spokesman said: “The assessors praised the council for having the best complaints process for building practitioners it had seen in the country. It also commended the team for its excellent training programme and its ‘continuous PRAISED: A recent accreditation assessment of the district council’s building team shows they are handling demand well. improvement’ system, which regularly audits the team’s work to make sure it is up to standard and suggest improvements which could be made,” he said. Building manager Vanessa Mitchell said the assessment was a huge positive for the team managing an extremely high workload. “It takes all of the staff doing their work to the highest standards to achieve that compliance level. It shows that we can have confidence in the team and that the procedures in place are ensuring we run like a well-oiled machine. “The team averages 200 consents a month and we are working in one of the fastest growing districts in the country,” she said. 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These items go into the rubbish bin: · Soft plastics (any plastic you can scrunch into a ball) · Takeaway coffee cups · Clothes and toys · Polystyrene · Pans and foils Check the sticker under the yellow bin lid – if it’s not listed, then it needs to go in the red bin. MEARES WILLIAMS LAWYERS LINCOLN OFFICE 43 Gerald Street, Lincoln Richard Gray rcg@meareswilliams.co.nz Kate Warren kcw@meareswilliams.co.nz Anita Molloy-Roberts am@meareswilliams.co.nz W: www.meareswilliams.co.nz T: (03) 374 2547 ROLLESTON OFFICE 78 Rolleston Drive, Rolleston Office also located at 225 Papanui Road, Christchurch Now more than ever we need your help to get recycling right. It’s vital that we reduce contamination in the recycling collections. Unsure about an item? Check out selwyn.govt.nz/recycling, or get in touch with our team: (03) 347 2800 or solid.waste@selwyn.govt.nz selwyn.govt.nz/recycling
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