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[ad_1] Christchurch City Council’s Cycle Safe programme has teamed up with Isaac Construction, which has sponsored 24 new bikes. The course delivers grade 1 and 2 skills training, both on court and on road, to year 6 students across Ōtautahi. “Working with Isaac Construction to get these new bikes means Cycle Safe is fully inclusive…
[ad_1] The ex-carpenter collects felled trees, pruned branches and timber that’s reached the end of its life and handmakes chairs and furniture in his home studio in Amberley. His designs use only reclaimed timber grown in New Zealand, including the sought after English Elm, which is rarely found in the UK due to the effects…
[ad_1] These works will confirm what is under the road to help plan the most efficient construction approach for several large infrastructure projects around Harewood Road, including: The Wheels to Wings Papanui ki Waiwhetū major cycle route A Harewood Road watermain renewal New traffic lights at the Langdons Road and Greers Road intersection Construction of…
[ad_1] The ribbon has been cut on the Puari ki Kahuhura Heathcote Expressway by Heathcote Ward Councillor Sara Templeton and Deputy Mayor Pauline Cotter alongside Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board Member Tim Lindley, Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board Chair Paul McMahon, Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board Chair Callum Ward, Linwood Ward Councillor Yani Johanson and pupils from Te Tihi…
[ad_1] So in time for the warmer weather, Christchurch City Council has released its updated bike map. “The Ōtautahi Christchurch Bike Map is updated every two years or so to include all the new infrastructure we’ve built. This time around we’ve added 10km of additional cycleway to the map,” Transport Operations Manager Stephen Wright says….
[ad_1] The new section of the cycleway will run from the University of Canterbury to Aorangi Road and is expected to be complete by mid-2024. Christchurch City Council Head of Transport Lynette Ellis says the cycleway will make it safer and easier for people to bike to school, the university, the local shops and Jellie…
[ad_1] A popular crossing point for mountain bike riders travelling through Victoria Park and down into the Christchurch Adventure Park has been made safer. A new section of guard rail has been installed on Dyers Pass Road opposite the Victoria Park entrance providing Christchurch Adventure Park (CAP) users a safer alternative to biking up the…
[ad_1] Christchurch City Council has approved a revised scheme design for the Wheels to Wings – Papanui ki Waiwhetū major cycle route, clearing the way for detailed design work to begin. “The scheme design we have approved is very different to the scheme design that we originally consulted on back in 2020,’’ says Mayor Lianne…
[ad_1] Christchurch City Council has approved three projects that will make it easier and safer for people to get into the central city by bike. The first project involves creating a separated cycle lane on each side of Antigua Street, from St Asaph Street to Moorhouse Avenue, where it will link into the Quarryman’s Trail…
[ad_1] A project to make a stretch of Colombo Street safer for people to bike on is about to get under way. Christchurch City Council has engaged a contractor to begin work on creating a new cycle connection between the central city and the Papanui Parallel major cycle route. Grab a copy of our new…
[ad_1] Nearly 70 design changes have been made to the plans for the Wheels to Wings – Papanui ki Waiwhetū major cycle route in response to public feedback. Christchurch City Council has done two rounds of public consultation on the planned cycle route, which is part of a network of 13 major cycleways that are…
[ad_1] The final section of the Heathcote Expressway cycleway has been given the go ahead, with construction on it expected to start early next year. This section of the Heathcote Expressway is one of the Government’s ‘shovel-ready’ projects to stimulate the economy and create jobs. The Heathcote Expressway cycleway runs from the central city to…
[ad_1] A colourful cycle link on Ferry Road is making it easier and safer for people to get into the city centre by bike. The trial cycle link has been funded through Waka Kotahi’s Innovating Streets for People pilot programme and provides a connection between the Heathcote Expressway major cycle route and the separated cycleway…
[ad_1] A cycle connection between Linwood Avenue and the Ferrymead Bridge will follow a new route after a decision from the Urban Development and Transport Committee today. The decision to alter the route of the Rapanui – Shag Rock Cycleway has been made to minimise the environmental impacts of the cycleway on the estuary edge….
[ad_1] Spectators can pump up support for New Zealand’s top cyclists as they vie for street honours in the Vantage Criterium National Championships in Christchurch on Sunday, 15 November. The street circuit around the inner city sets the scene for plenty of thrills – and maybe some spills – with the best riders tipped to…
[ad_1] Work is under way on one of the last key sections of the shared-path South Frame Greenway in central Christchurch. The section between Durham Street and Montreal Street is complete, with the new work around the Team Hutchinson Ford site. The greenway – a pedestrian and cycle-friendly shared path – will connect the One Central homes and…
[ad_1] Renowned soprano Emma Pearson is to tour with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, performing in Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin and Christchurch in October. The Australian-born singer, who made her professional operatic debut with New Zealand Opera, will perform Richard Strauss’ elegiac song cycle Four Last Songs. “As a young singer in Wiesbaden, Germany, I saw…
[ad_1] A proposed move to link the Papanui Parallel cycleway and the central city via Colombo Street is open for community feedback. The suggested standard cycle lanes – in tandem with an extended 30kmh speed limit – will cover the section between Bealey Avenue and the Avon River Bridge. Making tracks to Waimakariri Cyclists using…
[ad_1] New cycle lanes planned for Waimairi Road will help improve road safety as the number of cyclists using the Uni-Cycle route in the city’s west climbs. The Christchurch City Council today has approved the installation of the lanes on both sides of the road – between Maidstone Road and Peer Street – following a…
[ad_1] Get ready to tackle a big weekend of sport, music, sustainability and Matariki. Crusaders versus Highlanders Southern – and national – sporting supremacy is on the line on Sunday afternoon when the Crusaders host the Highlanders at Orangetheory Stadium in their Super Rugby Aotearoa clash. The Crusaders hold a seven-point lead on the competition ladder, and…
[ad_1] Biking is booming in Christchurch with the number of people pedalling around the city this year racing well ahead of last year’s total. Christchurch City Council figures show when a morning peak count was carried out in March at seven locations this year there were 2234 cycle trips recorded, compared to 1869 in 2019….
The real estate market has been rising nationally the last few years and the media went hog wild over the frenzy and everywhere you looked there was someone or something telling you that real estate was HOT HOT HOT! Prices were going through the roof and there was unprecedented growth and people were becoming multi-millionaires…