North Canterbury News: April 14, 2022

What’s happening inyour
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further informantion.
Council Services Over Easter
The Council wishes you and your whānua avery
Happy Easter. There are some changes to services
over the Easter weekend as follows:
All libraries will be closed for Easter weekend,
reopening onTuesday 19 April.
All service centres will be closed, reopening on
Tuesday 19 April. Email messages and Snap Send
Solve requests will not be responded to during the
Easter break, please call aer hours 0800 965 468
for urgent issues.
Aquatic Centres will be open between 10am–7pm
on Friday 15 April and Monday 18April, with
normal opening hours on Saturday and Sunday.
Please see the advert below for changes to
kerbside collections and transfer stations.
E-scooters to Remain Riding in the District
E-scooters are staying in the Waimakariri District
with the Council granting aone year permit to
e-scooter operator Flamingo Scooters, following
asuccessful trial that has seen more than 20,000
rides across the District.
Flamingo can operate between 200 and 300
commercial e-scooters in Rangiora, Woodend,
Kaiapoi and Pegasus. Itwill also be responsible
for covering all infrastructure and operational
costs, and will contribute apermit fee tocover
any necessary maintenance –asaresult of any
scooter misuse or vandalism.
“We’ve been closely monitoring the operation and
usage of scooters in the District over the last
five months,” says Vanessa Thompson, Council
Business and Centres Advisor.
“The trial has provided us with alarge amount of
data and community feedback to help our Council
make aconsidered decision about the future of
commercial e-scooters in Waimakariri.”
During the trial, 2,500 riders havehopped on ascooter
–travellingaround37,000km across the District.
The Council asked the community for their
feedback, with close to 60 percent in favour
of commercial scooters continuing to be an
alternative transport solution in the District.
“With on-going parking limitations and aneed to
reduce our environmental impact, e-scooters are
aviable alternative for some in our community to
get where they need to go without relying on a
car,” says Vanessa.
There were some complaints received during the
trial, such as scooters being parked incorrectly
and blocking footpaths or driveways. Flamingo
contacted riders to educate them on correct
parking and arranged the immediate relocation
of nuisance scooters, or disabled user accounts
where necessary.
Councilstaffhaveworked with Flamingo to putmore
safety measuresinplace, including more education
forridersaroundcorrect parking andsafety,the
continued useofgeo-fencing restrictions,and
additional no-riding zones in some areaslike parks
andreserves.
So Plastic Recycling Back in Rangiora
Aer athree year pause in service, the team at
The Packaging Forum recently confirmed that So
Plastics Recycling Scheme will return to stores in
Rangiora in early April.
So plastic recycling will be available at three
participating stores in Rangiora -Countdown,
New World and The Warehouse.
CouncillorRobbie Brine, WaimakaririDistrict Council’s
Solid WastePortfolioHolder, hailedthe scheme as an
excellentexampleoflocal businesses collaboratingto
reducetheir impact on theenvironment.
“This is great news for the stores and local
residents who have continued to ask when So
Plastics Recycling would be coming back to the
Waimakariri District -especially since the scheme
returned to stores innearby Christchurch City.”
The bins have arrived in-store and are available to
take clean, dry so plastics. Kilmarnock Enterprises
are ready to start collecting the bags of packaging
from Rangiora stores from 11 April, and will bale
and palletise the plastics which are then transferred
on to Auckland for processing. The so plastics will
be manufactured into posts for farms, vineyards
and gardens byFuture Post.
Easter Kerbside
Collections
Bins and bags collected
on Good Friday move to
Saturday 16 April.
The Kaiapoi CBD Friday collection will be moved
to Thursday 14 April.
There are no changes for Easter Monday collections.
Bins and bags should be out for collection by 7am.
Transfer Stations
Good Friday –the Southbrook Resource Recovery
Park and Oxford Transfer Station are closed.
Easter Sunday -ReSale Store closed, and the
rest of the Southbrook Resource Recovery Park
is open.
Transfer stations will be open as usual for the
remainder of Easter weekend.
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School Holidays
Photoand Video
Competition
Be atourist in your town.
What makes your town special?Take avideo
or photosofsomething or someonethat
makesyour towngreat and youcouldwin a
bluetoothspeaker or familymovie pass to
RangioraTownHallCinemas.
Entries close by 1May (end of
school holidays).
Find Out More
libraries.waimakariri.govt.nz
ON TRACK WITH
YOUR FUNDING
REQUESTS?
Learn the elements of asuccessful funding request.
How to get started, information needed and where
—
Thursday 5May 9am –11.30am
Woodend Community Centre
$20 per person
For more details visit waimakariri.govt.nz/ontrack
or contact Wendy Howe 021 432 028
Registration essential