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Wednesday <strong>April</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2023</strong> <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
SAFER: West Melton School pupils<br />
(from left) Sophie Neville, Clark<br />
Emmanuel and Finn Sorenson, all<br />
<strong>12</strong>, and Mayor Sam Broughton use<br />
the new pedestrian crossing at the<br />
upgraded SH73/Weedons Ross Rd<br />
intersection.<br />
• By Daniel Alvey<br />
“IT’S REALLY fixed our town.”<br />
That was the reaction from<br />
West Melton District Residents<br />
Association chair Tim Schurr to<br />
the completion of the new traffic<br />
lights at the township’s major<br />
intersection.<br />
Schurr was thrilled to see<br />
the State Highway 73/Weedons<br />
Ross Rd intersection upgrade<br />
officially opened last week after<br />
the association petitioned for it<br />
to be completed.<br />
“It was such a barrier having<br />
the state highway through our<br />
town – it has reconnected West<br />
Melton,” Schurr said.<br />
“It’s a major win for road<br />
safety.”<br />
The association delivered 2333<br />
signatures on the petition to<br />
Parliament in 2020.<br />
“There was a lot of<br />
work in those early<br />
days to raise its profile,”<br />
Schurr said.<br />
The upgrades also<br />
improve pedestrian<br />
safety in the area, with<br />
West Melton School<br />
pupils now able to cross<br />
the intersection safely.<br />
Schurr has already noticed<br />
how much safer it is since<br />
the lights were first switched on<br />
last month.<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Intersection upgrade ‘major win’<br />
“What we are seeing is more<br />
kids walking, cycling or scootering<br />
to school now because it is<br />
much safer for them,” he said.<br />
Since 2006 there have<br />
been 13 crashes at the<br />
intersection, of which<br />
one was serious, four<br />
were minor, and eight<br />
caused no injuries.<br />
Schurr was hoping<br />
to see a drop in the<br />
number of crashes with<br />
the addition of the<br />
traffic lights.<br />
He joined Waka<br />
Kotahi New Zealand Transport<br />
Agency regional relationships<br />
director James Caygill,<br />
Tim Schurr<br />
PHOTO: DANIEL ALVEY<br />
Mayor Sam Broughton and<br />
representatives from the<br />
community, district council,<br />
and Fulton Hogan to celebrate<br />
the project’s completion.<br />
The ceremony included a<br />
performance from the West<br />
Melton School kapa haka group.<br />
The upgrade project also<br />
blocked off West Melton Rd<br />
at the intersection with SH73,<br />
created a new road connecting<br />
West Melton and Weedons Ross<br />
Rds and widened the cycleway<br />
along West Melton Rd.<br />
Landscaping for the project<br />
will be completed over winter.<br />
•Fight to stop intersection<br />
closing, page 8<br />
NEWS 3<br />
Fire caused<br />
by faulty<br />
heat unit<br />
• By Susan Sandys<br />
A HOUSE fire in Lincoln was<br />
caused by the motor in a faulty<br />
heat transfer unit that was<br />
recalled nine years ago.<br />
The Lincoln Volunteer Fire<br />
Brigade responded to a call about<br />
smoke at a house in Ryelands<br />
Drive on March 30.<br />
An electrician confirmed the<br />
smoke was from the unit, which<br />
transferred excess heat from one<br />
room to another. The resident<br />
posted to social media about the<br />
smoke, saying they did not know<br />
where it was coming from.<br />
“I am pleased I was working at<br />
home, was there to act quick, and<br />
feel so lucky it did not happen<br />
while we were asleep. It could<br />
have been horrific,” she said.<br />
Smoke filled the bedrooms,<br />
where there were no smoke<br />
alarms. She later discovered<br />
the unit was one of four models<br />
voluntarily recalled by Weiss<br />
Ltd in 2014. The recall was<br />
for model numbers FV652,<br />
FV653, FV 602 and FV 603,<br />
manufactured between 2007 and<br />
2009. The units caused several<br />
fires and overheating incidents.<br />
The resident said Weiss will<br />
replace it but she warned other<br />
homeowners to check their heat<br />
transfer unit’s model number.<br />
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