Southern View: July 30, 2020

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Pupils tackle road safety
• By Matt Slaughter
ADDINGTON SCHOOL pupils
Jacob Wilkins-Mclay and Tessa
Cook will take matters into their
own hands to try and improve
pedestrian safety on Brougham St.
Since late last year, the school’s
board of trustees has been in
contact with the New Zealand
Transport Agency and city
council asking for ‘school’ signage
to be installed in the area
where pupils cross Brougham St,
in a bid to encourage motorists
to drive safer.
But board of trustees chairwoman
Jo Robertson said this
has not happened.
A city council spokeswoman
said Brougham St isn’t a council
road and referred questions
about it to NZTA. However, it
did not respond to questions
before publication.
Jacob and Tessa, who are
in year 6, will meet with
Wigram MP Megan Woods
and the Spreydon-Cashmere
Community Board in September
to ask for pedestrian safety
measures to be improved near
the school.
One of the school’s volunteers
has been working with the pupils
to research pedestrian safety issues
along Brougham St and help
them prepare for the meeting.
The speed limit along
Brougham St is 60km/h and
large trucks use it often.
Jacob said measures he wants
to raise as options at the meeting
include the installation of more
traffic islands.
Said Jacob: “I think this is a
good thing that should be done
because it’s very dangerous and
kids have been hurt there, so it
needs to be better.
Tessa said one of her friends
was hit by a car when crossing
Brougham St to get to school
when a motorist ran a red
light.
She wants more to be done
BUSY:
Addington
School
pupils Jacob
Wilkins-
Mclay and
Tessa Cook
will attend a
meeting in
September to
discuss safety
concerns
for pupils
who cross
Brougham
St to get to
school.
PHOTO:
GEOFF
SLOAN
to encourage motorists to stop
at the traffic lights near the
Brougham St entrance.
“People should just, instead of
rushing over the robot [traffic
lights], just stop at it because it
was put there for a reason and it
isn’t just there for show,” Tessa
said.
Elvis follows
big Kiwi
names with
top award
A HAGLEY Community College
student won the solo/duo category
at the Canterbury Smokefreerockquest.
Elvis Arthur took out the
category, and KEI (Keira Jonkers),
of Burnside High School, was
runner-up.
They are now both in the national
selection pool for the Smokefreerockquest
live national final.
Arthur, 17 (full name Elvis
Arthur Nicolls), won with his song
Orange Peel And Rubble, which was
written about being ready to move
to a different place in the world.
“It’s such a huge honour to have
been chosen for the next level in
[the Smokefreerockquest], it has
been the benchmark in my musical
journey,” Arthur said.
Entries for the band category
closed last week and the winners
announced on August 7.
Along with the top three bands,
there will be the Musicianship
Award, Rockshop Electronic
Assisted Performance, Best Vocal,
APRA Lyrics Award, ZM Best
Song, and Smokefree Tangata
Beats. Winners will be announced
tomorrow.
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