With the onset of colder weather the annual autumn leaf fall from deciduous trees is in full swing and we see change in the shading they provide.

It’s time to pump up those tyres and tie the shoelaces with completion of Waimakariri Districts second cycle and walkway just around the corner. Contractors are applying the finishing touches to the Rangiora Woodend Pathway over the next few weeks and an official opening is planned for mid-June.

The next step in the Long Term Plan process takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday when submissions will be heard by the Councillors in Kaiapoi and Rangiora. Nearly 70 people will speak in support of their submissions across the two days of hearings.

The Oxford-Ohoka Community Board met on Thursday, 3 May, at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting and discussed funding of various landscaping projects, all of which were approved as recommended by staff.

As part of the Ravenswood residential development, a new water main pipe is being installed at the Rangiora Woodend Road and Chinnerys Road intersection.

Making sure our roads are safe to travel on for both our local communities and visitors to our district is a high priority for Council. As areas develop the nature and use of some of our roads change. Rangiora Woodend Road is one of those roads which has seen an increase in traffic volumes over the last five years.

Dangerous or stupidity? When it comes to the recent removal of half of the Domain Road ford closure sign by a random member of the public, it’s both.

Thursday night’s meeting in Oxford will hear discussion on three potential landscaping projects that the Oxford Ohoka Community Board are considering funding through a discretionary General Landscape budget of $11,830 controlled by the Board.