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At its April 13 meeting, the Waihoro/Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board will consider a report recommending safety improvements to the Cashmere, Centaurus, Colombo, Dyers Pass roundabout. There have been 27 crashes reported over a ten year period (2010-2021), 10 of which resulted in serious injury. Six of the 10 involved people riding bicycles and four were riding…
A plan to improve the safety of a busy Cashmere intersection at the base of the Port Hills is now open for public feedback. Under the plan, raised safety platforms with pedestrian crossing points will be installed at all four approaches to the roundabout at the intersection of Colombo St, Cashmere, Centaurus and Dyers Pass…
Construction is about to get under way on a dam that will further reduce the risk of the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River flooding downstream. Christchurch City Council has engaged GSL to build the earthdam in Cashmere Valley so that it can protect more homes from the risk of flooding. “The contractor is about to start work…
A stream restoration project in Christchurch is putting a traditional tangata whenua way of harvesting wai kōura (freshwater crayfish) to good use. Christchurch City Council, in partnership with tangata whenua are placing tau kōura in different locations in the Cashmere Stream to assess the number of wai kōura in the waterway. The Council says the…
A multi-stage project to improve the ecological health of Cashmere Stream and to create new habitats for native plants and animals is getting under way. Christchurch City Council has employed contractors to start work on enhancing Cashmere Stream downstream of Sutherlands Road. Over the next three months the contractors will re-shape the stream’s banks, place…
Cashmere Stream receives funding for water quality and biodiversity improvement Government funding has been granted to help the community improve the health of Cashmere Stream, which has water clarity issues due to supended sediment. Cashmere Stream runs along the northern base of the Port Hills and into the Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River. Its water clarity has been…
Work to improve a busy intersection along Cashmere Road will make it easier and safer for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists. Christchurch City Council Transport Planning and Delivery Manager Lynette Ellis says work on the Cashmere Road, Hoon Hay Road and Worsleys Roads intersection will start in April and run for four months. “We’re realigning the…
Local landowners and community members armed themselves with spades and smiles to help the Cashmere Stream Care Group complete the final stage of a four-year restoration and enhancement planting project. Around 2500 natives have been planted in the headwaters of Cashmere Stream thanks to the Cashmere Stream Care Group (CSCG), local landowners, community members, and…
Cashmere Stream plantings a-plenty Local landowners and community members armed themselves with spades and smiles to help the Cashmere Stream Care Group complete the final stage of a four-year restoration and enhancement planting project. Around 2,500 natives have been planted in the headwaters of Cashmere Stream thanks to the Cashmere Stream Care Group (CSCG), local…
Work is under way on the first section of Te Ara O-Rakipaoa Nor’West Arc cycleway between Cashmere Road and Annex Road while work on a further section along Hansons Lane, Suva Street and Ballantyne Avenue will start next week. The cycleway recently won ‘shovel-ready’ Government funding. The route, which starts near Princess Margaret Hospital, will…
The story of sediment in Cashmere catchment The Cashmere catchment has been a focus for the Christchurch West Melton Water Zone Committee and its sub-committee, the Cashmere and Port Hills Working Group, over the winter months. As part of an education campaign to raise awareness of sediment and erosion issues in the Cashmere Stream and…