Nor'West News: November 16, 2023

Thursday November 16 2023 5
IN WITH THE NEW: Burnside Tennis Club has been awarded $15,000
towards the replacement of its astroturf courts – the fourth of which will
be completed in two weeks.
Community project
improvements able
to start in near future
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Better-off Funding is part of the Three
Waters Reform process. The central government
has set aside $2 billion nationwide
for councils to use to improve amenities
and outcomes for residents.
The city council was allocated $30.61
million in the “Better Off Funding”
tranche one, with a further $91.82 million
to be allocated in tranche two next year.
Recipients of the funding have started
to plan how and when the money will be
used.
While the restoration of the Mona Vale
Bath House has no start date as of yet,
Friends of the Christchurch Botanical Gardens
committee member Jeanette Christensen
said the director of the gardens
has already organised the rescoping of the
area in order to figure out what needs to be
done.
“We’re looking to put semi-tropical
plants in along with a water feature and
seats. It’s a beautiful heritage building, and
it will be very nice once it’s finished,” said
Christensen.
Burnside Bowling Club committee
member Alan Bryce, said the upgrades
“will be completed after the end of the
current season”, which will be around the
May/June period next year.
Said Burnside Park Tennis club committee
member Gillian Smeith: “Three of the
Burnside tennis courts have already been
resurfaced, and the fourth is to be completed
in a fortnight which will be suited to
pickleball too – apparently it’s the next big
SUNS OUT: Two shade sails will
be purchased with the $18,400
transferred to the council’s park unit
as part of the Westburn Reserve
renewal project.
thing.”
Kim Swarbrick, parks and recreation
planner, said that the construction of the
shade sails will begin mid-next year.
The Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
Community Board will spend their
funding on a patrol car.
“The board has approved $22,500 in
Better Off funding for one project –
which is to be used to help fund a patrol
car for Hornby patrol,” said chair Helen
Broughton.
“We are breaking the funding up into
equal parts for each of the three wards,
but this is the first project to be officially
gratified.”
Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central chair
Emma Norrish said: “The community
board will likely have its meeting to
decide its Better Off Funding allocations
next year.”
FULL BLOOM:
An approved
funding
amount of
$50,000 will
go towards the
Friends of the
Christchurch
Botanical
Gardens’
fundraising
campaign to
restore the
Mona Vale
bathhouse.
PHOTO:
NEWSLINE