Nor'West News: August 04, 2022

Thursday August 4 2022 3
Third feasibility study for centre under way
• From page 1
In May last year, Dalziel, along
with Shirley residents passionate
about the rebuild of the community
centre, created a petition
advocating for it. They gained more
than 1200 signatures from the
community.
They presented the petition, along
with two letters from Christchurch
East MP Poto Williams and
Christchurch Central MP Duncan
Webb, to the city council as part
of a submission for the Long Term
Plan. It was then agreed that a
feasibility study would be carried
out for the rebuild.
That feasibility study has begun
with staff gathering information on
cost estimates for four development
options.
City council head of community
support and partnerships John
Filsell said once the information
was gathered, a discussion will be
had with the Waipapa Papanui
Innes Community Board on how
the feasibility study should proceed.
The date for this
discussion is yet to be
finalised, Filsell said.
He said operational
funding for the feasibility
study was included in the
Long Term Plan and capital
funding of approximately
$3,000,000 has been set
aside in the plan over the
years 2030/31.
Innes Ward councillor Pauline
Cotter said she can understand why
Dalziel has described the process as
Pauline
Cotter
TOGETHERNESS: The Shirley Community Centre (pictured in
2008) was a space for locals and community groups to gather.
an “injustice”.
“I can empathise with the
community for having a
community centre that was
then gone,” she said.
“I feel like this area is
kind of almost last to have
areas restored . . . Shirley, in
particular, needs the stability.”
Cotter said she fought
alongside Papanui Ward
councillor Mike Davidson to
get the money for a feasibility
study allocated to the city council’s
Long Term Plan.
She said the wheels are starting to
turn now, and hopes the feasibility
study will be presented to the
community board by the end of
the year.
Dalziel said the whole process
has been an “uphill battle against
authorities” but has hope that
the community facility will be
restored.
“They’ve [city council] agreed to
do something but what it’s going to
be, we don’t know.”
RIGHT: The skate park at
10 Shirley Rd, formerly the
community centre.
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