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Monday October 19 2015
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News tips? Email bridget.rutherford@starmedia.kiwi or phone 371 0778 James Abbott, left, of Hammer and Tongs offered to build a brand new ‘Sure to Rise’ gate to go at the car park entrance of the Edmonds Factory Garden after the original was stolen. Friends of the Edmonds Factory Garden spokesman John Hoskin said it was very generous for him to make a new one for free. Industrial Painters Ltd powder painted it before it was installed last week. PHOTO: TOM DOUDNEY
Street lines painted in wrong place after botch up BRIDGET RUTHERFORD
A misinterpretation of a map resulted in city council contractors painting no stopping lines in the wrong place on a Cashmere street. The city council was meant to paint yellow no stopping lines at the entrance of Cashmere View Retirement Village on Rose St to improve visibility. But the lines were accidentally painted on Rose St outside
Cashmere View St. Spreydon-Heathcote Community Board member Helene Mautner said both locations had similar names and were on the same street. She got in contact with a city council traffic engineer to have it corrected. It was a similar situation to earlier this year, when the city council was installing handrails next to the steps in Purau Reserve, and put them in the
wrong place, she said. “Luckily they are quickly resolved.” City council transport and city streets acting unit manager Paul Burden said the markings would be corrected “as soon as possible”. “The entrance to the village is wide and the position on the map was misinterpreted which resulted in the lines being painted in the wrong location.” It would cost the city council
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$50 to install new no stopping lines in the correct location, he said. The lines that have been painted at the Rose and Cashmere View Sts intersection will remain. “Traffic law states that motorists are not permitted to park within six metres from an intersection for safety reasons. Having the broken yellow no parking lines will ensure that people are not able to do this.”
NEW RESOURCE CENTRE The Rowley Resource Centre will be fully operating out of its new premises at 89 Rowley Ave on November 2. Builders, plumbers and electricians are now completing the work at the centre’s new home, and the city council has issued resource consent for it to operate in the new building. A human chain helped shift most of the centre’s furniture and belongings from its former home at 59 Rowley Ave last month. HAVE A SAY ON NO STOPPING Addington residents are being asked to have their say on a proposal to install no stopping restrictions on part of York Tong Pl. The restrictions would make it easier for rubbish trucks to get access to the end of the street, which is currently causing safety issues. The restrictions would be installed on the bend at the end of the street. Residents can have their say on the city council website. Consultation closes on October 30. DECISION DUE ON FIR TREE The Riccarton-Wigram Community Board will decide whether to remove a douglas fir tree from outside 9 Halswell Junction Rd at its meeting tomorrow. City council staff have recommended the board not remove the tree. If the board decides to keep it, the city council would place a survey on the tree and visit it annually to re-assess its condition.
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