Bay Harbour: March 07, 2018

PAGE 12 Wednesday <strong>March</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong><br />

BAY HARBOUR<br />

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Your Local Views<br />

We said:<br />

Too many beachside<br />

warning signs could lessen<br />

their impact, according<br />

to Surf Life Saving New<br />

Zealand<br />

You said:<br />

Melissa<br />

Paintin – Put<br />

the signs up.<br />

Not a lot of<br />

people knew<br />

about those rips; if it prevents<br />

another tragedy, it’s worth it. It’s<br />

a no-brainer.<br />

Stephen Graham – What<br />

will signs do for the people most<br />

likely to take the biggest risks<br />

with seawater? They’re also the<br />

people most unlikely to read the<br />

signs.<br />

Cathryn Lucy – Just put up<br />

one that is damn clear from a<br />

distance and not cluttered with<br />

other information. One message.<br />

I very clearly remember the one<br />

about quick sand and I don’t even<br />

know if that’s there anymore.<br />

I couldn’t tell anyone what the<br />

signs with tiny writing and many<br />

messages on them are about.<br />

Trish Heyward – Anything’s<br />

better than nothing. Get talking<br />

signs that give basic tips on spotting<br />

dangers in the water.<br />

•More readers’ views, page 18<br />

Long Term Plan: Have your say<br />

Consultation<br />

on the city<br />

council’s<br />

Long Term<br />

Plan opens<br />

on Friday.<br />

Heathcote<br />

Ward city<br />

councillor Sara Templeton<br />

explains what the plan is<br />

and why you should care<br />

EVERY THREE years the<br />

city council drafts a 10-year<br />

budget for consultation with the<br />

community, known as the Long<br />

Term Plan.<br />

There’s a 40-page consultation<br />

document, a capital programme,<br />

the financial strategy, the<br />

levels of service, and a 30-year<br />

infrastructure plan which<br />

sets the planned expenditure,<br />

borrowing and rates.<br />

While it’s a big document, it’s<br />

not as daunting as you’d think to<br />

get involved and have your say.<br />

It’s all available online with<br />

searchable pdfs and consultation<br />

is open from Friday to April 13.<br />

Paper copies are also available at<br />

service centres and libraries<br />

It’s your money and your<br />

city. Everyone has an opinion<br />

about what’s happening in<br />

their community and across<br />

Christchurch and now is the<br />

time to influence the city council<br />

budget.<br />

Yes – yes, you can. Time and<br />

time again changes are made<br />

(including big ones) based on the<br />

consultation.<br />

Writing submissions and<br />

speaking at the hearings does<br />

count. And make sure that you<br />

STUCK: There is no money<br />

allocated for the Moncks<br />

<strong>Bay</strong> section of the coastal<br />

pathway in the city council’s<br />

Long Term Plan.<br />

say what you want to stay in the<br />

draft, not just what you want<br />

to add or cut. Projects that are<br />

there could also be cut if there’s<br />

not enough support.<br />

There will be Linwood-<br />

Central-Heathcote Community<br />

Board-run drop-in sessions and<br />

local community groups are also<br />

putting together information for<br />

their communities.<br />

Here’s a list of key local issues<br />

that I hear about from the<br />

community and where they are<br />

currently in the draft Long Term<br />

Plan:<br />

•<strong>Bay</strong>s area skate park – most<br />

of the funding budgeted in<br />

2020/21.<br />

•Coastal pathway – currently<br />

no money budgeted for the<br />

Moncks <strong>Bay</strong> section.<br />

•Sumner Village Master Plan<br />

– various stages funded.<br />

•Scarborough playground –<br />

funded <strong>2018</strong>/19.<br />

•Main Rd Master Plan –<br />

Redcliffs Village streetscape and<br />

Beachville Rd streetscape funded<br />

<strong>2018</strong>/19.<br />

•Beachville Rd steps – currently<br />

no money on budget to<br />

replace them.<br />

•Heathcote Expressway Major<br />

Cycle Route – Tannery to Heathcote<br />

delayed until 2025/6.<br />

•Rapanui Shag Rock MCR<br />

– the last section, Humphreys<br />

Drive, is funded in 2019/20/21.<br />

•Cobb Cottage – funded<br />

<strong>2018</strong>/19. Maintenance issues are<br />

a ‘level of service’ that could be<br />

increased.<br />

The city council’s job is to balance<br />

service provision with rates<br />

affordability, and current needs<br />

with those of future generations.<br />

It’s not easy, but we do listen – so<br />

please have your say.<br />

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