Selwyn Times: March 25, 2020

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2 Wednesday March 25 2020 Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz SELWYN TIMES get in touch from the editor’s desk OVER THE next several weeks, maybe more, we will attempt to get the Selwyn Times delivered in your letterboxes and to the usual pick up points. As the country faces potential, if not likely lockdowns, this may not be possible. So there will be another way to read the Selwyn Times – on our website starnews.co.nz On the website we have digital editions of all Star Media publications, including Selwyn Times. Just go to starnews.co.nz, look across the top of the page and you will see digital editions. Click on that and it will bring up our newspapers and magazines. And finally, keep looking after yourselves and your families, and others who are likely to need it. Then we will get through. – Barry Clarke GENERAL INQUIRIES Ph 379 7100 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Ph 379 1100 Star Media, a division of Allied Press Ltd PO Box 1467, Christchurch starmedia.kiwi NEWS Devon Bolger Ph: 021 914 742 devon.bolger@starmedia.kiwi ADVERTISING Lynette Evans Ph: 364 7434 lynette.evans@starmedia.kiwi news Coes Ford part of nationwide study Coes Ford will play a major part of a nationwide study into the relationship between E.coli and harmful waterborne pathogens. Page 8 community events Springston Indoor Bowls Go along to the newly refurbished hall and receive expert coaching from Neville Benny who is still the leading player after 64 years. Springston Hall, Tuesday, 7.30pm. Page 11 gardening Change of seasons The beginning of the ‘changeover’ from summer to winter gardening has arrived. Pages 18-19 The best-read local newspaper, delivered to 20,622 homes, RDs and farms every Wednesday Ladbrooks, Tai Tapu, Leeston, Lincoln, Southbridge, Prebbleton, Halswell, Rolleston, Templeton, Burnham, West Melton, Darfield, Kirwee, Arthur’s Pass. Firewood & Coal Coal 20 kg bags or 500kg bulk bags Firewood Pick up or deliver (delivery charges apply) tree trouble? call us 384 9630 www.fourseasonstreecare.co.nz Free delivery to Darfield township when 3 cubic metres or more is ordered. Landscape Products Now Available! • Forest Mulch • Bark Mulch • Bark Nuggets (10/20mm) • Premium Organic Compost • Screened Soil • Landscape Rocks • Paparoa Red Rock available in 3 grades • Railway Sleepers (2.1 Lengths) • Kindling Wood • Unscreened Bark Delivery fees apply. 417 Creyke Road, Darfield Phone 03 975 4502 Eftpos now available Open Monday to Friday 6am-6pm, Saturday 8am-1pm or after hours by appointment 03 322 4548 | Easy Parking 17 Lillian Street, Halswell Open Mon-Fri 9.30am - 5.00pm Saturday 10.00am - 1.00pm LAYBUY WELCOME t h e t r e e p e o p l e f o u r s e a s o n s t r e e C a r e Hon Amy Adams MP for Selwyn I am out and around Selwyn regularly and would love to meet you and hear the things that are important to you. Monday 30 th March 11am Tai Tapu Store, Tai Tapu 1pm Coffee Culture, Lincoln CANCELLED Come up and make yourself known to me. Visit amyadams.co.nz to sign up for my newsletter. Contact me 03 344 0418 selwynoffice@parliament.govt.nz mpamyadams amyadams.co.nz Authorised by Amy Adams MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington.
SELWYN TIMES Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Wednesday March 25 2020 3 News Hororata resident helpless to stop property flooding • By Devon Bolger A HORORATA resident says he is getting no help in preventing severe flooding on his property. Robby Wilson has lived on Downs Rd for 38 years and said he has repeatedly tried to engage with the district council on finding a solution. “They won’t talk to me. I’ve talked to the mayor and staff and they’re going to do nothing for me. I’ve left messages but I’m never informed of anything,” he said. He says over half of his property will be flooded if there is more than 60mm of rain. “That is up to the floor of the house and about 250-300mm of water will get around and under my house. It has stripped the soil from the gardens, put water through my sheds and vehicles. I have had enough.” He said the district council has dug a ditch about 1km from his property but that has not helped. “They’re very nervous about doing things. They are just talking it’s all they’re doing. It’s a major inconvenience for us. “It’s the cost of it and the damage that gets done. We had a whole lot of old books and they are all ruined from the flooding during Christmas in 2018 and nobody seems to give a stuff. Nobody takes it seriously I don’t think.” DISAPPOINTED: Robby Wilson’s Hororata property suffers from severe flooding, like this incident in December 2018, and he says nothing is being done to help. A work plan for flood protection in the township includes a number of projects aimed at reducing flooding. Happy Jacks Creek is to be cleared and floodgates installed, a diversion drain will be installed on Hawkins Rd, the smaller culverts along the existing drain on the road will be upgraded and old water race culverts will be opened. A water level monitor will also be installed at the roundabout on Bealey Rd and extensive willow clearing is planned for Cordy’s Stream and the Hororata River as well as gravel removal to improve flood flows. Mr Wilson said this work could possibly help the township but it would not stop the severe flooding and his property. A district council spokesman confirmed that Mr Wilson had contacted them and said they will discuss his concerns directly with him. Mr Wilson doubts this will happen as he has tried several times to get answers from the district council before. It has only been in the last few years or so that the flooding has got this bad, he said “The council is putting an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff with what they have planned for flood protection. You have to stop the water getting into the township rather than dealing with it when it gets here,” he said. “The report that was presented to the Malvern Community Board is flawed and most of it will do nothing to stop the flooding.” Rates decision • From page 1 Councillors James Gough, Sam MacDonald, Catherine Chu, Phil Mauger, Aaron Keown and James Daniels sent a letter to Mayor Lianne Dalziel asking her to lead a conversation as to how a zero per cent rates increase could be achieved this year. Mayor Sam Broughton said the situation is continuing to develop and he wants to ensure the district is responsible with the assets it has. “There needs to be the investment that is required to ensure that our water and wastewater systems are up to scratch and we can provide good services to our community,” he said, On Monday, all of the community facilities in the district closed their doors. The closure includes all libraries and service centres, the Selwyn Aquatic Centre, Lincoln Event Centre, Rolleston Community Centre, West Melton, Tai Tapu, and Dunsdandel community centres, and all other council-owned community centres. Libraries and recreation centres will be looking at finding alternative ways of delivering programmes and classes using digital channels. Meeting Lincoln’s growth CANCELLED Work & Income NZ Work & Income NZ Superannuation is coming to Selwyn Work Superannuation & Income NZ Superannuation is coming is coming to Selwyn to Selwyn Ken Stevens, a case manager from the Ministry of Social Development, will be visiting Selwyn to answer questions on payments, entitlement, and any other is coming to Selwyn matters regarding superannuation. Ken Ken Stevens, Stevens, a case case manager manager from from the the Ministry Ministry of of Social Social Development, Development, will will be be visiting visiting Selwyn Selwyn to to answer answer questions questions on on payments, payments, entitlement, entitlement, and and any any other other matters matters regarding regarding superannuation. superannuation. Visits are by PRIOR appointment – to book an appointment please phone (03) 961 9170. Ken will be visiting these locations: Thursday 2 nd April, 10am-2.30pm - Leeston Library & Service Centre Thursday 9 th April, 10am-2.30pm - Darfield Library & Service Centre Lincoln’s population is growing fast – more than 10% last year alone. It’s not hard to see why, with its close proximity to Christchurch, established schools, and businesses sitting alongside some of the world’s leading agricultural research and learning facilities. A new supermarket is proposed for Flemington. It’s needed now and will be needed even more as Lincoln continues to grow in popularity as a great place to live and play. The Selwyn District Council has publicly notified the supermarket’s resource consent application, allowing the public to have their say on the proposal before the Council decides whether it can proceed. Find out more about what’s planned, have your questions answered and find out how you can show your support for the proposal. flemington.co.nz/supermarket/ Submissions close Wednesday 8 April 2020.
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