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WESTERN NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Thursday <strong>April</strong> 1 <strong>2021</strong> 5<br />
lives<br />
“It’s rewarding to know these<br />
cats have had a second chance in<br />
life and they’ve gone to really loving<br />
homes.”<br />
But there was always a downside.<br />
Even though the league was<br />
sheltered from tending to abused<br />
or injured animals due to the<br />
statutory role the SPCA played, it<br />
was impossible to save them all.<br />
During the Covid-19 level 4<br />
lockdown, things were made<br />
worse when they were unable to<br />
rehome any cats.<br />
But rest assured, the cats that do<br />
need homes end up finding one,<br />
even if it takes a couple of years.<br />
“Cats are being surrendered to<br />
us from homes, so we don’t see<br />
the neglect and abuse – that’s the<br />
SPCA’s role,” Latham said.<br />
“The downside is knowing that<br />
you can’t save every single cat out<br />
there who don’t have homes and<br />
aren’t desexed, therefore are having<br />
kittens after kittens.<br />
“But we save what we can and<br />
focus on the ones we do save, and<br />
that’s the main thing.”<br />
Supervising the cattery did not<br />
come with many challenges most<br />
of the time, but if you had the passion,<br />
it was all one needed.<br />
“If anyone came here not liking<br />
cats, you’d really have to question<br />
why they’re there.”<br />
Removal of parking questioned<br />
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Residents were also inconvenienced<br />
as some equipment, such<br />
as barriers, road cones or signage<br />
remained on the road while<br />
the consent awaited approval.<br />
Riccarton ward councillor<br />
Catherine Chu did not respond<br />
to <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>News</strong> questions<br />
by the deadline.<br />
Said Wilson:<br />
“The council<br />
sent a letter to<br />
residents but it<br />
didn’t tell the<br />
Catherine<br />
Chu<br />
whole truth, the<br />
council was not<br />
transparent to<br />
residents about<br />
the cause of the delay and they<br />
didn’t admit it as their error.”<br />
“Residents were inconvenienced<br />
for two months, the<br />
barriers set out on the roadside<br />
adjoined their driveways and<br />
had to stay there.<br />
“How much has this incompetence<br />
by the city council cost the<br />
ratepayer?”<br />
The South Express cycleway<br />
will connect the edge of the city<br />
in Templeton to the central city,<br />
with part of it being built in Riccarton.<br />
Connecting to Ballantyne<br />
Ave from Main South Rd, the<br />
INCONVENIENT: Artist impression of the cycleway being built on Perverel St next to<br />
Harrington Park which has been a cause for concern.<br />
IMAGE: CITY COUNCIL<br />
cycleway will make its way<br />
through parts of Suva St, Middleton<br />
Rd and park, Lochee<br />
Rd, Wharenui Rd, Peverel St,<br />
Elizabeth St, Picton Ave and<br />
Blenheim Rd to Hagley Park.<br />
Along the northern side of<br />
Peverel St, on-street parking will<br />
be removed next to Harrington<br />
Park to make way for the 3m,<br />
two-way separated cycleway.<br />
Wainui St resident Stephen<br />
Kennington questioned whether<br />
the removal of parking would<br />
make access to Harrington Park<br />
unsafe for pedestrians.<br />
In the city council’s plan,<br />
raised platforms are being built<br />
at the Piko Cres, Centennial Ave<br />
and Tika St intersections to improve<br />
crossing points and slow<br />
vehicles down as they approach<br />
the road.<br />
“The park is used by families,<br />
on family fun days [there]<br />
hundreds of adults and children<br />
enjoy it,” he said.<br />
“The problem I see is that<br />
the cycleway is being placed<br />
on the Harrington Park side<br />
of Peverel St; losing the shady<br />
parking. It will entail crossing<br />
the street and a two-way cycle<br />
lane to access the park from<br />
parking on the other side of the<br />
street.<br />
“Is that a great idea?”<br />
Ellis said the north side of<br />
Peverel St was chosen to provide<br />
better access for people walking<br />
or biking to and through the<br />
park.<br />
It minimises the number<br />
of vehicle entranceways the<br />
cycleway needs to cross and<br />
reduces parking impacts on<br />
Harrington Dairy.<br />
But in terms of delays on<br />
Elizabeth St, Ellis said investigation<br />
work on-site was done to<br />
assess whether archaeological<br />
authority was needed.<br />
“It takes some time to apply<br />
for and get an archaeological<br />
authority, as there is some investigation<br />
work that needs to be<br />
done before it can be issued.”<br />
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