The Press today has revealed that future cycleway funding has been removed from a draft of the Long Term Plan – the Council’s 10-year budget. Projects proposed to be axed include the already-consulted and approved Wheels to Wings – Papanui ki Waiwhetū cycleway along Harewood Road, as well as tens of millions of dollars of ‘local connections’ projects to better connect communities with already build cycleways.
In my last newsletter I noted my disappointment that no apology has been forthcoming from the elected Council for making decisions in March that were the Board’s responsibility to make, in relation to changes associated with the Rolleston Ave / Park Tce cycleway. Just days later, in an open meeting, the Council noted “…that pursuant to the decision-making authority delegated to Community Boards, the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board should have considered the Parking Changes on Gloucester Street & Hereford Street report than was inadvertently heard by Council at its 14 March 2023 meeting, and that Council apologise for the error”. I thank the Council for this and consider the matter closed.
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Read on for some updates on cycleways in the Christchurch area, what’s been happening with our Community Board, and some other news and updates from me.
In my May newsletter I wrote that construction of missing sections of the Northern Line cycleway could start in June, and that crossing upgrades at Harewood, Langdons, and Sawyers Arms Roads are due to commence in late 2023. Sadly, here we are in July and there’s no sign yet of action between Sturrocks and Tuckers Roads, or between Barnes & Main North Roads.
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Simon Britten 