The Record, April 2 2014

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April 2 2014

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Flower power Mobile library keeps rolling along

She has been behind the wheel for over 12 years and by now …

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Free microchipping service proving popular P7

p Among the gerberas are the successful owners of Selwyn business K&L Nurseries whose environmentally sustainable farm practices in have seen them win three awards at the recent Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards. From left, Paul Loader and wife Lyn, with son-in-law Ian Kempthorne who is married to Paul and Lyn’s daughter Michelle (right). For the full story see page 8.

Work underway on dangerous intersections  by Kent Caddick

Remedial work has already been undertaken on some of the most dangerous intersections in Selwyn which were highlighted in a recent New Zealand Transport Authority report.

Old farm machinery gets new life Abandoned and unused since the 1970s and destined for the scrap heap …

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The report listed four Selwyn intersections in its top 100 most dangerous intersections across the country. They were the intersections at: State Highway 1 and Aylesbury Road, SH1 and Dawsons Rd, Shands Rd

and Blakes Rd and Jones Rd and Curraghs Rd, while the intersection at Shands Rd and Marshs Rd was also listed, but falls in the Christchurch City Council boundary. The crash data used by NZTA to compile the list was from the 2003-2012

period. Both Shands Rd intersections recorded 14 accidents with each having one fatality over the 10-year period. The Marshs Rd intersection had four serious crashes and Blakes Rd three, the rest were minor. continued on page 4 …

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