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Tuesday March 21 2017
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PANELS: Woolston Community Centre coordinator Carol Brown is pleased the new protection panels around the Woolston Borough Monument have done their job.
Panels protect monument By Noah Graham IT HAS taken less than three weeks for protective panelling installed on the Woolston Borough Monument to be tested. The monument, on the corner of Ferry Rd and Richardson Tce, is no stranger to graffiti, and the city council’s plan seemed to have worked. The $23,000 project to install panels was completed earlier
this month in an effort to deter taggers from spray painting the monument. The panels are clear with a film over top of them, which can be replaced if they are defaced, keeping the monuments clean. The panels can be removed entirely during ceremonies. Woolston Community Centre co-ordinator Carol Brown said it was so disappointing that the panelling had been tagged so
soon after its installation. However, she said she was glad the monument had not been tagged and the panelling had done its job. “All the money spent has been worth it.” The monument commemorates when Woolston became a borough on July 27, 1893, and is made of Oamaru stone. City council could not respond before Southern View’s deadline.
LIBRARY WORK CONTINUES Work is continuing on a new Woolston Library and Community Facility. Consultation is open until March 30 to gain community feedback over the draft concept designs for the new Woolston Village facility which will replace the earthquake damaged Woolston Volunteer Library on 689 Ferry Rd. RESIDENTS’ MEETING THe Cashmere Residents’ Association will be holding a meeting next month to discuss with community members and city council staff the hazards hillside residents face. Chairperson Rik Tindall said
after the Port Hills fire, residents were wanting to know what other potential hazards hillside residents could face and how they could be better prepared for them. LANDSCAPING PLAN THe Linwood-CentralHeathcote Community Board approved the proposed landscape plan for the Linwood Lower Fields flood mitigation basin. The basin will store flood water in heavy rainfall and slowly release it back to Bells Creek all to reduce the risk of flooding. Linwood-CentralHeathcote Community Board member Sara Templeton said it was a fantastic step for the area.
Cycleway plans frustrate •From page 1 Said Mr Carey: “Nobody is in favour of this plan at all because it still removes too much parking and could negatively impact businesses. “It feels like the council are trying to put people out of business.” He said businesses relied on people being able to park on the roadside as not all of them have on-site parking.
“We are going to fight this as hard as we can,” Mr Carey said. Ingear owner Ashok Ganda said he liked the idea of the cycleway along Ferry Rd but said the city council need better options around parking. “It would be like having a mall without a car park,” Mr Ganda said. Consultation on the plan closes April 14.
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