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NEWS<br />
16 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>March</strong> <strong>31</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
The high road ... The realigned Lake Sumner Road.<br />
Lakes access open<br />
By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />
Lake SumnerRoad has reopened after<br />
midFebruary’sdownpour scoured out<br />
part of the road.<br />
About500 metres of the road has been<br />
realigned and moved about25metres<br />
away from the river, up the hill.<br />
The damagewas caused afterasection<br />
of the road was undermined by the south<br />
branch of the Hurunui River, after ex<br />
Cyclone Dovidumped ahuge amountof<br />
rain in the area causing the river to flood.<br />
Work duringthe past six weeks has<br />
included bulldozingatrackintothe<br />
hillside, carting stonesfrom the river to<br />
form anew roadbase, crushing,shaping,<br />
and spreading crushed material,installing<br />
new culvertstwo to three metres below the<br />
new road surface,concretecapping them,<br />
and carrying out concrete ford repairs.<br />
Hurunui District Councilroading<br />
manager KushlaTapper sayswith the new<br />
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alignment being further up the hilland<br />
away from the river, in addition to river realignment,<br />
the road should be much better<br />
protected from rivererosion in the future.<br />
“Theseworks have been asignificant<br />
team effort,”she said.<br />
Partnering agencies Waka Kotahi,<br />
Environment <strong>Canterbury</strong>,Department of<br />
Conservation, Land Information New<br />
Zealand and thepastoral leaseholdersall<br />
came togetherquickly, to agree on aplan<br />
of action to reestablish accessfor the<br />
isolated people and properties.<br />
‘‘The location of the new roadalignment<br />
was agreedtoquickly,’’she says. Aknown<br />
lizardhabitat and matagouriwere<br />
avoided.<br />
Ms Tapper said the road has been a<br />
sourceoffrustration for recreational users<br />
of LakeSumner, Lake Taylor and Loch<br />
Katrine. Major roadand reconstruction<br />
work was done in early summer, to mop<br />
after last winter’s major rain events.<br />
Events are back on<br />
track in Nth Canty<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Big eventsare set to return to <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />
With the government’s<br />
announcement lastweek of the easing<br />
of Covid19restrictions, localevent<br />
organisers are getting on with event<br />
planning.<br />
Indoorevents now havea200<br />
person limit, withnorestrictionon<br />
numbers for outdoor events and<br />
vaccine passes will no longerbe<br />
required from Monday, April 4.<br />
Rangiora Promotions chairperson<br />
Ross Ditmer says the announcement<br />
has given local businesses more<br />
certainty.<br />
He says the Rangiora Big Splash is<br />
set to return in June,while an Easter<br />
egg hunt is being planned and a<br />
springeventfor Rangiora is also in<br />
the pipeline.<br />
‘‘We were always intending to go<br />
ahead with the Big Splash, unless we<br />
couldn’t do it, so now we can.<br />
‘‘Lastyear we raised $16,000(for<br />
the Rangiora Stroke Club),sowe’re<br />
putting that together again,and it<br />
shouldbeagreat event.<br />
‘‘Weare trying everythingtokeep<br />
activity going in the community.<br />
‘‘You can tell by the lack of people<br />
down the streethow tough it is.<br />
‘‘For businesses to survive we need<br />
people.’’<br />
The Easter egg huntwill involve<br />
eggs being hiddeninshop windows<br />
for children to find.<br />
Rangiora Promotions is also<br />
running a‘‘Good in the Hood’’<br />
promotion, where shoppers receive<br />
stickers for making apurchasewith a<br />
localretailer.<br />
Acompleted sheet of 40 stickerscan<br />
go in amonthly prize draw.<br />
Rangiora business ownerKarl<br />
Horwarth, who has organised several<br />
majorfestivals in recent years,says<br />
some big events are in the pipeline<br />
and he hopestomake an<br />
announcement soon.<br />
All Together Kaiapoi coordinator<br />
LindaDunbar says her organisation<br />
is getting back to event planningnow<br />
that there is some more certainty<br />
thanks to the easing of restrictions.<br />
Meanwhile the Kaikoura<br />
Adventure Raceisontrack for Anzac<br />
Weekend and usually attracts around<br />
500 people.<br />
KaikouraDistrict Council events<br />
coordinatorJoYork saysaportable<br />
ice rink is coming to towninAugust,<br />
and is exploring optionsfor awinter<br />
festival to be held around it.<br />
‘‘It’s goodnews.<br />
‘‘It means Ican start planning for<br />
laterinthe year,’’ Ms York says.<br />
‘‘As we all know, the danger is you<br />
couldplan this and thenwehave to<br />
cancel, but hopefully with the border<br />
reopeningthe townwill be busy<br />
again.’’<br />
Laterinthe yearthe Kaikoura Hop<br />
and the KaikouraRaces are expected<br />
to bring people back to the town,<br />
whileCrayfest in November is<br />
expected to be bigger this year, Ms<br />
York says.<br />
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