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• By Samantha Mythen BANKS PENINSULA residents want better communication from the city council about Dyers Pass Rd safety upgrades. The road has been reduced to a single lane during the day and is closed between 7pm and 6am as roadworks occur, estimated to finish in June. Those who live and work in Governors Bay are frustrated with irregular communication from the council about what is happening. Resident, John Bannock said: “The council engagement with the community has been woeful and almost non-existent.” Reuben Miller, who also lives in Governors Bay, said the roadworks have added an extra 20 minutes to his journey to work in Christchurch. Sue Carter has lived in Governors Bay for more than 10 years. She works near the airport, starting at 5am and has to leave much earlier, detouring through Lyttelton Tunnel with Dyers Pass Rd closed in the early morning hours. Said Governors Bay Harbour House owner Nic Graham: “Covid and now these roadworks are wreaking havoc on the community-focused cafe.’’ SLOW PACE: Motorists negotiate roadworks and heavy trucks on Dyers Pass Rd during an upgrade on the hill link to Governors Bay. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN People say in spite of the impact the works are having on the community, businesses were not consulted, there was no community meeting to discuss the works and people were only informed of the roadworks via road signage and city council updates on their website. Said Carter: “We didn’t get any communication in the letter Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz box. Usually when roadworks occur, we’d see physical communication on what is happening with a number to call if you need advice.” Said Miller: “There has been a lack of clarity about what they are actually doing.” There is now an email newsletter providing updates, but there have still been issues where it has appeared the road has closed earlier than usual. City council transport planning and delivery manager Lynette Ellis, said they are working with the contractors to resolve those issues. The city council has received numerous feedback on the roadworks and they are trying to make adjustments to improve NEWS 17 Roadworks frustrate peninsula residents safety and traffic flow where possible. One positive change, Bannock said, were the staffing of traffic lights during the morning and evenings for week drivers. Yet residents remain puzzled on whether the roadworks will solve usage problems on the road, such as competition for space between cars and cyclists, and boy racers. Said Ellis: “We acknowledge the work will not fix all issues on the road as there will still be limited road space for cyclists and drivers to share. “The work will widen the road slightly and the drainage channel has been designed so that a cyclist or driver could drop a wheel into the channel safely.” However, drains now in place are already filling up with rocks and debris. Said Miller: “I would like to see the council riding in the rock-filled drainage gutters.” In 2018, Christchurch communities were asked to provide feedback on issues with the road. A majority of submissions mentioned concerns about boy racers. However, residents do not understand how the new guard rails will solve this issue. Progress under way on track upgrade after three years • By Samantha Mythen WORK IS happening behind the scenes on mountain bike track upgrades in Urumau Reserve. Lyttelton Mountain Bike Club member Joshua Merriam asked the Banks Peninsula Community Board at its meeting on Monday to approve the track upgrades at the reserve’s entrance. The track is a component of the 2018 Urumau Development Plan. He presented a petition to the board with more than 100 signatures during the meeting. Community board chairwoman Tori Peden said the board is waiting for a final report from city council regional parks manager Paul Devlin, as there is now funding available for improvements on the track. Said Mt Herbert subdivision board member Scott Winter: “Everyone is in agreement that this should be approved.” Merriam said the community board’s response was frustrating as it has been the same response they have been receiving for several years. “I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and trust that movement is actually happening in the background,” Merriam said. The campaign began in August 2018 after the board approved the development plan, including the entrance track. However, no progress has been made since then to actually approve the access track into the reserve. Instead the track is still classified as a “proposed track,” in spite of being used by both mountain bikers and walkers alike to access the track. “It’s roadblock terminology,” said Merriam. Inaction from discussions with the Urumau Reserve Management Committee, prompted Merriam to take this campaign to the board. Thursday March 4 2021 The Star STEP CLOSER: Lyttelton Mountain Bike Club is hoping the entrance track to Urumau Reserve will be approved after almost three years of inaction. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN Approving the track would allow for increased engagement with the reserve and it would complete the entrance connection from Foster Tce to the Urumau traverse track, allowing for appreciation of the native planting through which the area traverses, Merriam said. 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