Pegasus Post: July 16, 2019

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New Brighton Rd repairs to start soon
• By Matt Slaughter
THE $1.2 million repair of
a damaged stretch of New
Brighton Rd is set to begin in
October.
Coastal-Burwood Community
Board chairwoman Kim Money
spoke to Pegasus Post in March
saying the community board
wanted New Brighton Rd to be
repaired before the end of 2021.
The board
has got its
wish. The most
badly damaged
section between
Wattle Drive
and Bower
Ave should be
repaired by
Kim Money
March next
year.
Said Ms
Money: “That’s definitely the
main problem area on New
Brighton Rd, so that’s the
piece that we wanted to be
done.”
Ms Money said the road had
been cracked and covered in
potholes for eight years since the
earthquakes.
It had also been prone to
flooding, she said.
City council planning and
delivery transport manager
Lynette Ellis said both of these
issues would be addressed during
the repairs.
“We are repairing and resurfacing
the existing road. If there
are drainage issues that can be
corrected, these will be done at
the same time.”
Ms Money said the damage
to the road had had a negative
impact on people’s well-being.
“Every day they’re reminded
that this road has needed to be
repaired for eight years and it
hasn’t been done yet.
“Plus, the flooding that continually
gets onto that stretch of
road, hasn’t helped the situation.
“To have that fixed, we can
finally put that behind us.”
Ms Money said if funds were
left over after the Bower Ave/
Wattle Drive section of New
Brighton Rd was fixed, these
would go towards repairing the
area between Bower Ave and
Palmers Rd.
POTHOLES:
The $1.2
million repair
of New
Brighton Rd
between
Wattle Drive
and Bower
Ave is set
to begin in
October and
be finished by
March next
year.
PHOTO:
MARTIN
HUNTER
She hoped the repair of the
rest New Brighton Rd would
be completed soon after the
first section was finished next
year.
Asked if this would happen,
Ms Ellis said: “The remainder
of the road is regularly assessed
and prioritised with other roads
in the city and any works to
be undertaken will need to be
co-ordinated with other utility
works that may be required.”
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City council staff are arranging
for the Shaw Ave public toilets
and gardens in New Brighton
to be placed on a regular
maintenance schedule. The
Coastal-Burwood Community
Board asked for this to happen
and has voiced concerns about
the state of the area in the past.
PAGES RD GARAGE LEASE
The Coastal-Burwood
Community Board has
recommended the city council
gift the dwelling and garage
situated at 266 Pages Rd to the
East Christchurch Housing
Trust and that it enters into a
lease of the land for six years. It
has also recommended the funds
earmarked for the demolition
of the dwelling and garage be
gifted to the trust to go towards
its renewal.
YOUTH GRANT
Nerissa Leigh McDowell of
Marshland has received $500
to go towards representing
New Zealand at the Canada
Cup International Softball
Championships in Surrey,
British Columbia, this month.
The grant came from the
Papanui-Innes Community
Board’s discretionary response
fund.
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