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The Star 7 News Local News Now ‘Don’t cut bus routes’ – Dalziel • By Bridget Rutherford Steve Lowndes MAYOR LIANNE Dalziel has a message for Environment Canterbury – don’t cut six bus routes just yet. She and the city council will ask ECan to find other ways to plug the $4 million funding shortfall, possibly through a two-year targeted rate increase. “I acknowledge that there is a funding shortfall and that ECan has no more public transport reserves to fall back on. But there is more than one way for ECan to address that,” Ms Dalziel said in her weekly column for The Star. Ms Dalziel and city councillors will finalise a submission on ECan’s draft long term plan today urging it to keep the routes for two years while the Regional Public Transport Plan is finished. The Regional Public Transport Plan, due to be finalised in November, will introduce a new bus network within two years. NO DEAL: The city council is urging Environment Canterbury not to cut six bus routes. Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi “In the short term, council strongly urges Environment Canterbury to investigate additional financial options (or increased utilisation options) while the transition to the new public transport network occurs over the next two years,” the draft submission said. ECan announced last month it was considering cutting six of its lowest performing bus routes to plug a funding shortfall, prompting outrage. It asked for feedback. The routes included the 107, 108, 135, 145, 150 and 535. Ms Dalziel said the city council would recommend ECan put a two-year targeted rate in place to manage the shortfall while the Regional Public Transport Plan is done. “Personally, I believe that NZ Transport Agency should have intervened to provide additional short term subsidies rather than allowing this piecemeal approach to what is a network of bus routes.” ECan chairman Steve Lowndes said ECan asked NZTA for an additional subsidy but got a “negative response.” “We’re bending over backwards to find a solution which doesn’t have a catastrophic effect,” he said. “We now sit down and listen and the message we’re getting is this is not a popular move. We’re stuck between a rock and a hard place because we can no longer subsidise these routes out of our own money.” He said a two-year targeted rate would increase rates to above six per cent, which they were trying to avoid. NZTA regional relationships director Jim Harland said it and ECan had a responsibility to ensure they were investing “wisely” to public transport. “Looking closely at these routes indicated they were unlikely to increase their patronage and that it would mean an increase on the local rates and the Transport Agency subsidy.” Public transport is funded from an NZTA subsidy, bus fares and ECan rates. Patronage has never recovered following the February 22, 2011, earthquake. The city council also opposed ECan’s plan to reduce the total mobility subsidy. Consultation closes on Monday. •Mayor’s column, p15 Thursday March 22 2018 • By Julia Evans Fire rages, homes at risk Orbiter patronage in decline A STEADY decline in patronage on the Orbiter has been attributed to a regenerating central city. A staff report to Environment Canterbury’s greater Christchurch public transport joint committee regarding Metro bus patronage for the last three months said the route has seen a decline since mid-2015. “This may be an effect of changes in trip-making patterns as people move back onto radial routes into the city,” the report said. With the loss of the central city following the February 22, 2011, earthquake, the Orbiter, which takes passengers through suburbs, via shopping centres, had a significant boost in passenger numbers. “In the post-earthquake years the Orbiter was the mainstay of the network, with substantial increases in patronage from the pre-earthquake base,” the report said. In November 2010 the Orbiter carried 175,000 trips while in November 2017 it carried 190,000. The route is responsible for 17 per cent of the entire network’s trips. What’s important for Christchurch over the next 10 years? 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Thursday 22 March 5.30pm–7pm, Linwood Boardroom, Gate B, 180 Smith Street 7pm–8pm, forum at Lyttelton Community Boardroom, 25 Canterbury Street Friday 23 March 10am–12 noon, drop-in at Hornby Community Care Centre, 8 Goulding Avenue Saturday 24 March 9am–11am, stall at the Christchurch Farmers’ Market, Riccarton House Thursday 29 March 11am–1pm, Bishopdale Mall (outside New World supermarket) Have your say on our draft Long Term Plan ccc.govt.nz/ltp The draft Long Term Plan is available at our libraries and service centres Wednesday 4 April 5pm–6pm Akaroa wastewater community update, Akaroa Sports Complex, Rue Lavaud, Akaroa 6pm–7pm draft Long Term Plan forum, Akaroa Sports Complex, Rue Lavaud, Akaroa Wednesday 11 April 4pm –7pm, drop-in at Level 2, Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street We will go under your house and give you peace of mind for free. Ph: 03 377 8855 | 130 Ferry Road, Christchurch E: reception@earthquakeservices.co.nz | W: www.earthquakeservices.co.nz NO WIN NO FEE
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