Bay Harbour: March 03, 2021
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<strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News Wednesday <strong>March</strong> 3 <strong>2021</strong><br />
4<br />
NEWS<br />
• By Samantha Mythen<br />
THE PROPOSED streamlining<br />
of library hours could result in<br />
the closure of the service desk at<br />
Lyttelton Library.<br />
The action has been suggested<br />
as part of cost-saving measures<br />
recommended in the city council’s<br />
10-year draft budget.<br />
This comes at the same time as<br />
a recommendation to close the<br />
service desk in Akaroa.<br />
The closest service desk for<br />
those residents would be Halswell,<br />
which is over an hour away by car.<br />
City council chief executive<br />
Dawn Baxendale said the Lyttelton<br />
service desk has “minimal<br />
transactions.” It was the reasoning<br />
behind the proposed closure.<br />
She said more residents were<br />
choosing to use online or phone<br />
services to make their payments<br />
to the council.<br />
The library services would still<br />
continue.<br />
For those who do use the Lyttelton<br />
service desk the next closest<br />
would be at Eastgate Shopping<br />
Centre.<br />
Lyttelton resident Al Park often<br />
uses the service desk, combining<br />
its use with trips to the library,<br />
saving time and convenience.<br />
“It is cool to be able to<br />
walk into the library and<br />
let them know about any<br />
little community issues,”<br />
he said.<br />
“It is a way to inform<br />
the council of things<br />
they need to be doing<br />
otherwise nothing seems<br />
to happen.”<br />
Park also pays his rates there.<br />
Another Lyttelton resident,<br />
Wendy Everingham, suggested<br />
the role go back to the Lyttelton<br />
Information Centre as a “natural<br />
progression.”<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Libraries could lose<br />
their service desks<br />
PROPOSAL: The service desk at Lyttelton Library could close<br />
if the library hours are streamlined. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
Wendy<br />
Everingham<br />
“We know our place best<br />
and I envisage in the future<br />
the role will mostly be practical<br />
things like giving out<br />
keys for the pool or other<br />
council facilities plus local<br />
information.”<br />
Public consultation on<br />
the draft Long Term Plan<br />
will begin on <strong>March</strong> 12 and<br />
continue until April 18.<br />
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Tell us<br />
your views on the proposed<br />
service desk closure. Email<br />
samantha.mythen@<br />
starmedia.kiwi<br />
Council making adjustments<br />
to improve traffic flow<br />
• From page 1<br />
People say in spite of the<br />
impact the works are having<br />
on the community, businesses<br />
were not consulted, there was<br />
no community meeting to<br />
discuss the works and people<br />
were only informed of the road<br />
works via road signage and<br />
city council updates on their<br />
website.<br />
Said Carter: “We didn’t<br />
get any communication in<br />
the letter box. Usually when<br />
roadworks occur, we’d see<br />
physical communication on<br />
what is happening with a<br />
number to call if you need<br />
advice.”<br />
Said Miller: “There has been<br />
a lack of clarity about what<br />
they are actually doing.”<br />
There is now an email<br />
newsletter providing updates,<br />
but there have still been issues<br />
where it has appeared the road<br />
has closed earlier than usual.<br />
City council transport<br />
planning and delivery manager<br />
Lynette Ellis, said they are<br />
working with the contractors<br />
to resolve those issues.<br />
The city council has received<br />
numerous feedback on the<br />
road works and they are<br />
trying to make adjustments to<br />
improve safety and traffic flow<br />
where possible.<br />
One positive change, Bannock<br />
said, were the staffing<br />
of traffic lights during the<br />
morning and evenings for<br />
week drivers.<br />
Yet residents remain puzzled<br />
on whether the roadworks<br />
will solve usage problems on<br />
the road, such as competition<br />
for space between cars and<br />
cyclists, and boy racers.<br />
Said Ellis: “We acknowledge<br />
the work will not fix all issues<br />
on the road as there will still be<br />
limited road space for cyclists<br />
and drivers to share.<br />
“The work will widen the<br />
road slightly and the drainage<br />
channel has been designed so<br />
that a cyclist or driver could<br />
drop a wheel into the channel<br />
safely.”<br />
However, drains now in<br />
place are already filling up with<br />
rocks and debris.<br />
Said Miller: “I would like to<br />
see the council riding in the<br />
rock-filled drainage gutters.”<br />
In 2018, Christchurch<br />
communities were asked to<br />
provide feedback on issues<br />
with the road.<br />
A majority of submissions<br />
mentioned concerns about<br />
boy racers. However, residents<br />
do not understand how the<br />
new guard rails will solve this<br />
issue.<br />
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