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30 June 2022  |  By Secretary (Spokes)  |  In Submissions

Waimakariri District Council – Walking And Cycling Network Plan Feedback 30June2022

WALKING AND CYCLING NETWORK PLAN FEEDBACK FORM Submission from Spokes Canterbury 30/6/22 https://letstalk.waimakariri.govt.nz/walking-and-cycling-network-plan Greetings, Waimakariri District Council This is a submission from Spokes Canterbury, submitted by email to the nominated officer, Allie Mace-Cochrane at allie.mace-cochrane@wmk.govt.nz . Spokes Canterbury (http://www.spokes.org.nz/)  is a local cycling advocacy group with approximately 1,200 members and is affiliated with the national […]

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20 June 2022  |  By Secretary (Spokes)  |  In Submissions

Ashburton District Council Play, Active Recreation and Sport Strategy

Spokes Canterbury (Inc.) Oral Submission on the Draft Ashburton District Council Play, Active Recreation and Sport Strategy. As presented by video conference by our Chair, Don Babe on 8 June 2022   Good morning Mayor, Councillors and Staff. Spokes written submission was centred around the transport to and from particularly organised play, active recreation and […]

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4 June 2022  |  By Secretary (Spokes)  |  In Submissions

Centaurus Road roundabout – pedestrian safety improvements

Notes: 1. Formatting on this web page does not exactly match the submitted email – but the wording and intent are the same. 2. Sam Sharland is CCC’s Engagement Advisor for this change. Kind regards, Chris Abbott. https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/haveyoursay/show/510 From: secretary@spokes.org.nz <secretary@spokes.org.nz> Sent: Friday, 3 June 2022 12:22 p.m. To: Sam Sharland (samantha.sharland@ccc.govt.nz) <samantha.sharland@ccc.govt.nz> Subject: Centaurus […]

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20 May 2022  |  By Secretary (Spokes)  |  In Submissions

Ashburton District Council – Play, Active Recreation and Sport (PARS) Strategy Consultation

The attached PDF contains the bulk of the submission, as submitted to Ashburton District Council before 1159am on 20/5/2022 by Chris Abbott for Spokes Canterbury. Draft Play, Active Recreation and Sport (PARS) Strategy – Spokes submission (part 1 of 2) The specific details not captured from the submission follow: Ashburton District Council Draft Play, Active Recreation […]

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14 May 2022  |  By Secretary (Spokes)  |  In Submissions

Selwyn District Council (Draft) Annual Plan 2022/23

Reference: https://yoursay.selwyn.govt.nz/annualplan22 Thank you for the opportunity to make comments about the proposed annual plan. The four projects that are being specifically consulted on have very little to do with biking so no preference is declared. However, it has been observed that the Trices Road Plan Change has been approved and the Lincoln Plan Change […]

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8 May 2022  |  By Secretary (Spokes)  |  In Submissions

Slow speeds neighbourhood – Papanui (CCC – 503)

From: secretary@spokes.org.nz <secretary@spokes.org.nz> Sent: Tuesday, 3 May 2022 11:45 a.m. To: ‘hannah.ballantyne@ccc.govt.nz’ <hannah.ballantyne@ccc.govt.nz> Subject: Submission on Slow speeds neighbourhood – Papanui / 503 https://www.ccc.govt.nz/the-council/haveyoursay/show/503 Slow speeds neighbourhood – Papanui Spokes Canterbury fully supports: Slow Speed Neighbourhoods as a concept, but speed limits need to be 30 km/h on local roads and 40 km/h on arterial […]

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8 May 2022  |  By Secretary (Spokes)  |  In Submissions

Opawa neighbourhood safety improvements (CCC – 501)

From: secretary@spokes.org.nz <secretary@spokes.org.nz> Sent: Tuesday, 3 May 2022 12:25 p.m. To: ‘hannah.ballantyne@ccc.govt.nz’ <hannah.ballantyne@ccc.govt.nz> Subject: Submission on Opawa neighbourhood safety improvements / 501 Hi Hannah Here is Spokes Canterbury’s submission on Opawa neighbourhood safety improvements. Ref: https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/haveyoursay/show/501 Spokes Canterbury supports the proposed Opawa neighbourhood safety improvements in principle. Spokes questions why the speed limit is set […]

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16 March 2022  |  By Secretary (Spokes)  |  In Blog, Submissions

Worcester Street cycleway connection (CCC – 488)

Spokes Submission to CCC on Worcester Street cycleway connection https://ccc.govt.nz/the–council/haveyoursay/show/488 Introduction Spokes Canterbury (http://www.spokes.org.nz/) is a local cycling advocacy group with approximately 1,200 members and is affiliated with the national Cycling Action Network (CAN – https://can.org.nz/).  Spokes is dedicated to including cycling as an everyday form of transport in the greater Christchurch area. We would […]

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16 March 2022  |  By Secretary (Spokes)  |  In Blog, Submissions, Uncategorised

Antigua Street cycle improvements (CCC – 487)

Ref: https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/haveyoursay/show/487 Introduction Spokes Canterbury (http://www.spokes.org.nz/) is a local cycling advocacy group with approximately 1,200 members and is affiliated with the national Cycling Action Network (CAN – https://can.org.nz/). Spokes is dedicated to including cycling as an everyday form of transport in the greater Christchurch area. We would like the opportunity to appear at any public […]

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6 March 2022  |  By Secretary (Spokes)  |  In Blog, Submissions

Linwood Village streetscape plan (CCC – 486)

(Re: https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/haveyoursay/show/486) Fri 4/03/2022 11:00 a.m. Hi Hannah and CCC team As discussed here is our late but acceptable submission in terms of timeliness. On balance Spokes really likes this set of changes and is excited to see these changes and further changes mooted for Worcester St per https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/haveyoursay/show/488. For cyclists Worcester St offers a […]

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