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SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Christchurch news at www. .kiwi<br />
Tuesday May 9 2017 3<br />
News<br />
Protection planned for cyclists<br />
• By Noah Graham<br />
FLEXIBLE POSTS will be<br />
added along the edge of the<br />
Grove Rd, Addington, cycleway<br />
to prevent people driving onto<br />
it.<br />
City council planning and<br />
delivery transport manager<br />
Lynette Ellis said the posts will<br />
be installed in the ‘next few<br />
weeks’ to prevent people from<br />
driving onto it and ensuring<br />
user safety.<br />
Manuka<br />
Cottage manager<br />
Cherylan<br />
Davies (left)<br />
was delighted to<br />
hear city council<br />
were installing<br />
the posts after she was worried<br />
cyclists could be injured.<br />
She said it was only a matter<br />
of time before someone was hurt<br />
on the narrow road as, when<br />
passing each other, cars would<br />
often swerve into available gaps<br />
and that would often be the<br />
cycleway.<br />
“Anything that makes it safer<br />
for pedestrians and cyclists is a<br />
good idea,” she said.<br />
However, Mrs Davies said city<br />
council needed to monitor the<br />
road properly and make sure<br />
IMPEDING: Grove Rd residents will be penalised if they continue to park on berms and pathways<br />
along the road once the cycle way is complete.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
people were following the road<br />
rules down the street.<br />
On one side of Grove Rd parking<br />
was removed to install the<br />
cycleway, which is part of the<br />
Little River Link, one of the 13<br />
major cycle routes which aim to<br />
connect the city.<br />
With less parking, a small<br />
number of people have<br />
started parking on the berms<br />
and the cycleway during its<br />
construction, Ms Ellis<br />
said.<br />
“Construction contractors<br />
have reminded residents not to<br />
do this, which has worked in<br />
most cases.<br />
“[City] council will use<br />
enforcement measures if<br />
necessary once the cycleway is<br />
open.”<br />
The cycleway is expected to be<br />
completed in a few weeks.<br />
In Brief<br />
SIGNS PLEASE RESIDENTS<br />
Somerfield residents are delighted<br />
to see the new school speed zones<br />
installed on Studholme and<br />
Somerfield Sts. The 40km/h signs<br />
were installed late last month.<br />
Somerfield Residents Association<br />
chairwoman Julie Tobbell said<br />
she was pleased to see the signs up<br />
making the area safer for children.<br />
SPARKS RD CONSULTATION<br />
Consultation on the Sparks Rd<br />
footpath opened yesterday. City<br />
council is proposing improvements<br />
on 381 Sparks Rd, outside the old<br />
Halswell Library, and the installation<br />
of a zebra pedestrian crossing<br />
over the left turning lane from<br />
Halswell Rd onto Sparks Rd. The<br />
consultation will close on May 29.<br />
COFFEE CART AT QUARRY<br />
A coffee cart has been granted a<br />
spot at the Halswell Quarry, following<br />
a city council idea to get<br />
small businesses to set up in the<br />
space. The city council asked for<br />
expressions on interest in spring<br />
last year and Coffee Vice won a<br />
temporary lease to set up shop<br />
near the Singleman’s House. The<br />
decision to allow a vendor into the<br />
park was made after plans to convert<br />
the Singlemen’s House into a<br />
cafe were turned down. The cart is<br />
currently operating from Tuesday<br />
to Friday, 8.30am-2pm and Saturday<br />
to Sunday, 8.30am-4pm.<br />
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