Pegasus Post: July 16, 2019

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• By Matt Slaughter
Tuesday July 16 2019
Council hopeful finishes
clearing shingle pile
PHIL MAUGER has followed
through with his promise to
clear a pile of shingle in a car
park near The Bower.
Pegasus Post previously
reported the Maugers
Contracting Ltd boss, who
is trying to oust Burwood
Ward city councillor Glenn
Livingstone for his seat in
October’s local body elections,
got a digger and started clearing
piles of shingle last month,
which had been there since the
earthquakes.
But one pile remained and Mr
Mauger said it would be cleared
by July 5, and it was.
Mr Mauger said he was always
going to follow through and get
the job done as soon as he and
his staff were on the east side of
town.
“Our gear was in the area and
it was a bit wet on Friday, so we
said stuff it, we’ll go and do that
because we can do that in the
wet weather.
“We’ll always get around to
getting it done, it just came
down to timing because it had
to fit into what we were doing
because we were doing it for
nothing.”
Coastal-Burwood Community
Board chairwoman Kim Money
spoke to Pegasus Post last month
about the need to clean up the
shingle piles, which led Mr
Mauger to take matters into his
own hands.
Ms Money praised Mr Mauger
for finishing the job.
“I just think it’s great when
people put their hand up and are
willing to help the community,
which is awesome and saves
the council a job and it’s been
done a little bit earlier than
anticipated.”
THe city council told Pegasus
Post last moth dumping in
the car park is illegal and has
now placed signs in it saying:
“Contractors are not to stockpile
materials in this area.”
TEAMWORK: A crew from Phil Mauger’s contracting business
cleared shingle from a car park near The Bower.
Cr Livingstone told
Pegasus Post last month he
believed Mr Mauger cleaning
up the shingle piles was
“electioneering.”
Mr Mauger said others had
expressed the same opinion
online, but he had done what he
said he was going to do and was
not worried what people thought
of his actions.
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“You’re never going to please
everyone all of the time.”
He said he would use the last
of the shingle, which had been
cleared to cover muddy and wet
ground at his worksites.
Mr Mauger said his focus
was now on door-knocking
and talking to residents about
changes they wanted to see in
Burwood.
Pedestrian safety outside
hospital could be improved
Readers react to the war
of words which erupted
between Burwood Ward
city council candidates
Phil Mauger and Glenn
Livingstone over the
removal of shingle from a
car park near the Avon River
Sandy Robb – Great to see a
man like Phil Mauger standing
for Burwood. An action man is
what is needed, not a talker. He
will get my vote.
Brian Seque – As someone
who has lived in Burwood for 30
years and has seen nothing of Cr
Livingstone in all the times he
has been the councillor, I have
PEGASUS POST
CONCERNS: Hans Wouters
discussed dangers for
wheelchair users such
as Brett Ladbrook when
crossing the road outside
Burwood Hospital.
• By Matt Slaughter
IMPROVED pedestrian safety
measures outside of Burwood
Hospital could be a step closer.
New Zealand Spinal Trust
chief executive Hans Wouters
said a meeting at the Burwood
and Mairehau Rds intersection
last Tuesday between it, city
council staff, the Coastal-
Burwood Community Board,
New Zealand Transport Agency
and Canterbury District Health
Board representatives went well.
Pegasus Post reported last
month the trust wanted traffic
lights to replace the traffic
islands and roundabout at the
intersection to keep unexperienced
wheelchair users from
Burwood Spinal Unit and other
patients safe while crossing it.
Mr Wouters said the trust’s
safety concerns were heard at
the meeting and city council
staff would now report back to
those who attended with their
feedback.
City council transport operations
manager Steffan Thomas
told Pegasus Post last month
there were plans to improve the
intersection, but Mr Wouters
had been told this would be “a
couple or three years down the
track.”
Mr Wouters hoped the meeting
will lead to these improvements
happening sooner and
traffic lights would be chosen as
the best option to improve the
intersection.
“I’m confident that once the
report comes back, those people
on the inside will be saying
okay, so what’s next? Who has
the ball? Let’s get movement to
make it happen.
“I think what we’ve been able
to do is just say, look, you’ve
got it earmarked way down the
track, but really, we need to
bring it forward, because it is
an issue that’s not going to get
better.”
also seen none of his so-called
work for the community. In fact,
the last time of hearing anything
about him was his motion to city
council that QE II should be shut
for a time for the Muslim women
community to be able to swim.
Why has he not been lobbying for
the roads to be repaired? They are
still disgraceful after eight years.
He, I think, is past his use by date
and should step aside for new
blood to come through and look
after the interests of the east side.
If he is looking for the tap on the
shoulder for higher political office,
then he needs to be told that
is not going to happen. But hey,
anything is possible within this
left-leaning council.
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