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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>June</strong> 6 <strong>2019</strong><br />
24<br />
NEWS<br />
news online at www.star.kiwi<br />
Speed limit overhaul<br />
• By Louis Day and<br />
Julia Evans<br />
SUMNER AND Woolston<br />
speed limits could be set for a<br />
complete overhaul.<br />
<strong>The</strong> city council is proposing<br />
various changes to the speed<br />
limits across Sumner and<br />
Woolston Village.<br />
Sumner’s<br />
plan proposes<br />
the speed limit<br />
be reduced<br />
in the wider<br />
residential<br />
area from<br />
50km/h to<br />
Sara<br />
Templeton<br />
40km/h as<br />
well as a drop<br />
to 30km/h at<br />
the entrance<br />
to Sumner, through the<br />
township and along the<br />
Esplanade.<br />
Heathcote Ward city<br />
councillor Sara Templeton saw<br />
the change as necessary.<br />
“I know that many people<br />
have concerns about the large<br />
trucks going back through the<br />
town on their way to Lyttelton<br />
so I think it will be well<br />
supported. <strong>The</strong>re have also been<br />
some issues with boy racers in<br />
the area,” she said.<br />
Cr Templeton thought a<br />
reduction in the speed limit<br />
would benefit local businesses.<br />
“When you have slower speeds<br />
LOWER: <strong>The</strong> speed limit on Ferry Rd may be dropped to<br />
30km/h.<br />
it makes it easier for people to<br />
have a look at the shops when<br />
they go past and are more likely<br />
to walk around when it is a<br />
pedestrian safe space.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> speed limit in the<br />
Woolston Village precinct may<br />
also be lowered.<br />
Consultation is set to begin<br />
on lowering speed along Ferry<br />
Rd from Portman St to nearly<br />
Palinurus Rd to 30km/h.<br />
Part of St Johns St, Maronan<br />
St, Oak St, Heathcote St,<br />
Portman St and Glenroy<br />
St would also be dropped<br />
to 40km/h as part of the<br />
proposal.<br />
Public feedback on the plans<br />
will open on <strong>June</strong> 17.<br />
<strong>The</strong> moves follows previous<br />
consultation on the Sumner<br />
and Ferry Rd master plans,<br />
which approved implementing a<br />
12-month trial.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Woolston area’s master<br />
plan was approved in 2014 and<br />
currently streetscape upgrades<br />
for the village are in the design<br />
phase.<br />
It features wider footpaths and<br />
cycle lanes, upgraded crossings<br />
and street lighting.<br />
A laneway linking Ferry Rd<br />
to the public car park and preschool<br />
behind the library will be<br />
upgraded for use by pedestrians<br />
and cyclists under the library<br />
development.<br />
New and upgraded bus<br />
stops and shelters will also be<br />
introduced.<br />
New Lyttelton tug<br />
soon to enter service<br />
THE LYTTELTON Port<br />
Company’s new tug Piaka arrived<br />
on Friday.<br />
Piaka was designed by<br />
Canadian tug experts Robert<br />
Allan and built in Singapore by<br />
ASL Shipyard, and will replace<br />
harbour tug Purau, which has<br />
been in service since 1986.<br />
Over the past month<br />
she has sailed from<br />
Singapore to Lyttelton<br />
and was greeted at the headlands<br />
of Lyttelton Harbour by LPC<br />
tugs Purau and Blackadder, and<br />
pilot launch Awaroa.<br />
LPC chief executive Peter Davie<br />
said the new tug will offer improved<br />
power and manoeuvrability.<br />
“It will increase our handling<br />
capability for the larger vessels<br />
that are expected to call at<br />
Lyttelton following the recent<br />
upgrade of the navigation<br />
channel. <strong>The</strong> future of shipping<br />
is seeing a trend towards<br />
NEW<br />
ARRIVAL:<br />
Lyttelton<br />
Port<br />
Company’s<br />
tug Piaka<br />
arrived<br />
from<br />
Singapore<br />
on Friday.<br />
significantly larger vessels,” he said.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> modern control systems<br />
and winch set-up of the Piaka are<br />
similar to LPC’s tug Blackadder,<br />
further modernising LPC’s harbour<br />
tug fleet,” says Mr Davie.<br />
Piaka is the Māori name for<br />
Adderley Head, and the tug<br />
is painted in Canterbury colours.<br />
Piaka has 75T bollard pull,<br />
significantly more than the Purau.<br />
Mr Davie said it was fantastic<br />
to have Piaka arrive safely at Lyttelton.<br />
“It is another vital part of our<br />
development at LPC, ensuring we<br />
can cater for the growth in container<br />
volume moving through<br />
Lyttelton, and continue to be the<br />
gateway for the goods that keep<br />
our region moving.”<br />
Piaka will undergo testing and<br />
training sessions with her new<br />
crew over the next few weeks,<br />
before being formally launched<br />
and named.<br />
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