Ashburton Courier: August 20, 2020

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www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz Display promotes hall’s usage The Mt Hutt Memorial Hall venue is being promoting as a great place for conferences and functions and has an eyecatching display in the iHub area.Itfeatures tables ‘‘dressed’’ foracelebration or party. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall functionand conference manager Sue Stewart said there was arange of options for businessmeetings, partiesand other gatherings in thehall complex. Centrally located, thevenue had abig room thatcould hold 400 for acocktail party or 200 for aweddingreception. Flexible meeting rooms could hold up to 100 people. Thevenue offered avariety of choicesforcatering and had aseminarroomwith giant screen. Mrs Stewart said the hall was regularly used for farming workshops andbirthday parties. Bookingscan be made at methvenheritagecentre.co.nz Christchurch hospital shuttle moves The Christchurch District Health Board’s popular hospital shuttle will move from Lichfield Street car park to the new, improved Deans Avenue car park. The change takes effect from Monday (August 24). The free shuttle, which has carried more than one and a quarter million passengers since it was set up in late October 2014, will return to an upgraded new Deans Ave car park. It now has 200 patient and visitor car parks and up to 150 new staff car parks. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall function and conference manager Sue Stewart with the dressed tables. It will provide clean, sealed, lit and secure car parking plus acovered stop for those waiting for the shuttle. Canterbury DHB chief executive David Meates said the move offered adedicated patient, visitor and staff parking for Christchurch Hospital. “We’re aware that it’s not always easy for our patients and visitors to get apark in the Lichfield Street car park. ‘‘With the Deans Avenue car park there will be ample parking spaces for patients and visitors with reliable and regular transport for them to and from the hospital with our shuttle service,” he said. The shuttle runs every 15 minutes, from 7.15am –8.30pm Monday to Friday and 11.00am –8.00pm weekends, with a lunch break on weekends for the driver from 2.30 pm to 3.15pm when no shuttle will operate. Anew and sophisticated ticketing system will be installed at the car park facility, similar to the one already used at Lichfield Street with slightly lower rates than those currently charged. “We are returning to a location that is already familiar –although much improved –and the Deans Avenue location means patients and visitors can avoid the city centre when travelling to their appointments. The car park will be available 24 hours aday, 7days aweek and will be well lit and secure. “The journey time on the shuttle should be the same as from Lichfield Street or slightly quicker, as there are fewer traffic lights for the shuttles to negotiate,” he said. NEWS Ashburton Courier, August 20, 2020 Masks a must at hospital 17 Peoplevisiting patients in Ashburton Hospital during Alert Level2willbeasked to wear amask or face covering. Visitorsare also being encouraged to download the NZ covid tracer appand check in at the front doorwhenentering. The changesare amongafew visitorrestrictions announced by Canterbury District Health Board chief medical officer Dr Sue Nightingale for level 2. Christchurch Hospital visiting hours havechanged to 3pm8pm with one visitor per patient; Burwood is allowing two visitors at atime, with visiting hours remaining 11am 7pm. Dr Nightingale said all visitors werebeing asked to wear amask if they can.Itcan be afabricmaskorscarf but must cover yournose and mouth. Thereisnovisiting at any Aged Residential Care Facilities operatedby Canterbury DHB. It includesTuarangi Home in Ashburton. ‘‘As always, pleasedon’t visit if you’re unwell and remember the usual publichealth precautionssuch as hand hygiene andphysical distancing wherever possible stay two metres away from peopleyou don’t know, and one metre awayfrom people you do know.’’ Peoplewithcovid symptoms (any acute respiratoryinfection with at least oneofthe following symptoms: new orworsening cough, sorethroat, shortness of breath,stuffy or runny nose,lost sense of smell –with or without afever)should contact their general practice teamorcall Healthlineon08003585453. Ashburton Rotary Club September 28 -October 3•Sports Hall Tancred Street WANTED BOOKS, MAGAZINES, CD’S, VINYL RECORDS, DVD’S, PICTURES, JIGSAWS & GAMES Once again, we need your help to make this year’s Ashburton Rotary Club BOOKARAMA project another success story. After 40 years, we are over $1 million worth of sales. We use these funds to support many worthwhile local community projects. Please phone any of the following members, if you would like donated books etc. collected. David Mead (Convenor) 308 9991 or 027 471 6661 Lindsay Holland 308 3201 or 027 452 3107 Errol Stewart (Rakaia) 308 9938 or 027 427 2220 Mike Smith 308 9201 or 020 444 8899 Book Drop off / collection points • Allenton Auto Centre • Caltex Ashburton • Community House • Mobil Service Station • Frame Co Netherby • Z Energy Tinwald • New World • Cafe Time, Tinwald • RuralCo Ashburton • Evolution Vets (was ShopCanterbury) • Methven RuralCo • Rakaia RuralCo • PGG Wrightson, Methven Cnr East &Dobson Sts, Ashburton Phone 308 9094 Bookarama has been running successfully for 41 Years 2305209
NEWS 18 Ashburton Courier, August 20, 2020 Cass Street trees gone www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz School speed signs in Arborists have been working this week to remove 11 juvenile Pin Oaks from Cass Street. The trees will be replaced as part of the Ashburton District Council’s major CBD upgrade. Some of the oaks were to have remained but arborist inspections found they would be potentially dangerous if left to grow to their full height. Council infrastructure services manager Neil McCann said the CBD streetscape project was a major overhaul and while the Pin Oaks were going, more trees and greenery would be planted. AshburtonDistrictCouncil has formally adopted a numberofspeed limit changes around thedistrict, including newspeed limits outsideschools. The speed limit changes will go to Land Information NewZealandtobe gazetted and made legal,and new signs will be erected in the coming months. There was someconfusion at last week’s full council meetingtoadopt the changes,with council roading managerBrian Fauth saying he believedthe recommendation did not include changes to school zone speed limitsatthis stage. Mr Fauth said the Government had indicated the speed limit outside of urban schools was likely to be reduced to 30kmh, rather than the40kmh limit that council was now proposing. He said thespeed limit outsideofruralschools remained unchanged from the new proposed limit of 60kmh. He suggested another report on the school speed limit changes to council at a later date. The council supported new speed limit changes on some roads and outsideofschools atits InfrastructureServices Committee meeting last monthand after community consultation andhearings. Longbeach School pupils Taylor Lamont, Freya Jemmett and Yasmin Larry, all 12, were among Mid Canterbury students to campaign for areduced road speed outside their school. Cr DianeRawlinsonsaid the council had already agreed thenew school speed limit changes. They should be included in the recommendation to full council and the project startedassoon as possible. Cr Stewart Wilson agreed, saying: ‘‘Ifyou waited for the Government to make changes, you could be waitingalongtime’’. ‘‘Get the speed changes gazetted and getthe signs in,’’ he said. Cr Carolyn Cameron said signs wereneeded now,not later, because the safety of children in this district was at stake. Ashburtoncouncil will nowspeakwith schools about the placementofsigns and the types of signs required. Signage will include more expensive active variable signs controlled by schools at peak times, and static signs. Covid sees rates penalty waived Ashburton district ratepayers experiencing financialhardship and who are late on their rates instalmentsthis financial yearcanapply for late penalty fees to be written off, evenifthey have already receivedassistance in the last two years. Ashburton District Council hasadopted changes to the Rates Remission Policy, which hadpreviously limited how often late penalty fees could be writtenoff to only onceevery 24 months. Councilagreed to waive this limit in April ahead of the last rates instalment for the 2019/20 year, however this was on aonceoff basis and did not apply to the 2020/21financialyear. After consulting on the proposed changeswith the community, councillors have now formally adopted them ahead of thisyear’s first rates instalment which is due now. Ashburton mayor Neil Brown says theamendment recognises the financial difficultiesmanyfamilies may be in as aconsequence ofCovid19. ‘‘New Zealand's closed bordersand various restrictions have left many veryuncertain of their financialsecurity. ‘‘As it stands, the Government's wage subsidy extensionschemes will finish up by Decemberand we arelikely to see people in our communityfacing hardship. ‘‘The council understands this is avery difficult time for alot of people andwantto make sure that those who are struggling or whomay strugglein the months ahead are not faced with additional fees because they were unable to paytheir rateson time.’’ The new changesonly applytothe 2020/21 year. Enter now! Entries close Friday, 25 September See malvernarts.org.nz/artweek forfurther details &entryform
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