Southern View: March 24, 2020

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Community weighs in on priorities
• By Matt Slaughter
THE SPREYDON-Cashmere
Community Board’s emphasis
on improving road safety was its
most popular proposed priority
at a community meeting.
The board held a meeting
at South Library, where about
30 members of the public gave
feedback on the
priorities for
the next three
years, which
are yet to be
finalised.
These are to
promote the
installation of
Cherylan
Davies
traffic lights at
the intersection
of Cashmere,
Hoon Hay and Worsleys Rds,
remove the Barrington Mall
Barrington St entrance/exit
and improve road safety and
travel efficiency on Dyers Pass,
Hackthorne and Cashmere Rds,
particularly at intersections.
Its other priorities are to
upgrade the toilets, changing
rooms and sports storage at
Hoon Hay Park, activate Hoon
Hay Community Centre,
plan for an adult playground
somewhere in the Spreydon-
Cashmere Wards and promote
the progression of the cycle
network through these wards.
Said board chairwoman
Karolin Potter: “What they [the
public] probably discussed most
was traffic safety.”
Concerns people raised
included: “Getting across
Cashmere Rd and Centaurus
Rd, getting across Hoon Hay Rd,
getting across Lyttelton St, traffic
safety for Addington School,
traffic safety for Hoon Hay
School,” she said.
Manager of Addington community
development agency
Manuka Cottage Cherylan
Davies was at the meeting and
told the board she wants it to
prioritise the upgrade of more
toilet facilities than just the ones
at Hoon Hay Park, particularly
• HAVE YOUR SAY: Are you
happy with the Spreydon-
Cashmere Community
Board’s proposed priorities?
Email your views to matt.
slaughter@starmedia.kiwi
CONSULTATION: A
meeting has been
held for people
to give feedback
on the Spreydon-
Cashmere
Community Board’s
proposed priorities,
including speeding
up the plan to install
traffic lights at the
Hoon Hay, Worsleys
and Cashmere Rds
intersection.
PHOTO: GEOFF
SLOAN
those in Addington.
She is happy with the proposed
priorities overall but
told the board at the meeting it
would be good to see it doing
more for Addington.
“I just did a plug for Addington
and [was] just thinking, you
know, it would be good to see
some priorities for Addington
that aren’t necessarily put upon
them [the community board].”
Hoon Hay Community Association
secretary Bernie Pullinger
was also at the meeting
and is pleased people supported
the proposals to revitalise Hoon
Hay Community Centre and improve
Hoon Hay Park’s facilities.
Ms Potter said the least
popular of the board’s proposed
priorities was her own idea for
an adult playground to be built.
The board will use the feedback
received at the meeting
and 28 online responses made
through the city council’s Have
Your Say page during a consultation
period to decide on its
finalised priorities.
The online feedback given
is being considered by elected
members and will be included in
the board’s future agendas when
it adopts its priorities.
Ken Couling responds to
the letters in last week’s
Southern View about the
recent articles on the 360
Trail group’s proposal to
build a pathway beside the
Bromley oxidation ponds
and the effect this may have
on birds.
Some recent correspondents to
Southern View have completely
the wrong idea about the proposed
pathway along the east of
the oxidation ponds.
The path would meander
through the existing bush
between the oxidation ponds
bund and the estuary. It would be
invisible from the estuary, hence,
cause little or no disturbance to
birds on the estuary.
Further south between Sandy
Point and the windsurfing car
park is an existing exposed public
pathway.
The construction of a shade
cloth fence, until overgrown by
newly-planted native shrubs, will
reduce the existing disturbance
of the birds using this part of the
estuary.
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