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News: tagged with "cycling"

• Path paved for communities to reshape streets

  Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: transport, safety, Community, submissions, consultation, walking, cycling
  Beehive media release: 9th August 2022 Streets will soon be able to be transformed from unsafe and inaccessible corridors to vibrant places for all transport modes thanks to new legislation proposed today, announced Transport Minister Michael Wood

• Friends on Bike Newsletter: August 2022

  Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, cycling, Community Groups, event
  Rakahuri Trail Extension: Opening Ceremony and Ride Four kms have been added to the Rakahuri Trail creating a 9km loop for mountain bikers and walkers After the track is officially declared open, there will be a ride to explore the loop track on bike or o

• Speeds lowered on streets around Nor’ West Arc

  Posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: transport, cycling, safety
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 2nd August 2022 Eleven streets in Hoon Hay and Lower Cashmere are going to have their speed limit lowered from 50 to 30 kilometres per hour

• Central city cycle projects approved

  Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: cycling, transport
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 16th May 2022 Christchurch City Council has approved three projects that will make it easier and safer for people to get into the central city by bike

• Traffic signals for Rapanui/Shag Rock cycleway

  Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: cycling, safety, traffic
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 16th May 2022 Two new signalised crossings on Humphrey’s Drive will provide safe crossing points for people using the Rapanui/Shag Rock cycleway

• Friends on Bikes Newsletter: April 2022

  Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, cycling, Community Groups
  Things have changed but it’s not the end… Over the past 12 years, notwithstanding bad weather, earthquakes and plagues, Frocks/ Friends on Bikes has endeavoured to deliver at least one ride or cycling-related event every month

• Soft Plastic Recycling back in Rangiora

  Posted: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recycling
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 5th April 2022 After a three year pause in service, the team at The Packaging Forum recently confirmed that Soft Plastics Recycling Scheme will return to stores in Rangiora in early April

• Donate your old laptop to reduce e-waste and bridge the digital divide

  Posted: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 in: Resources and Information With tags: education, technology, recycling
  Recycle A Device (RAD) is an initiative which gets laptops to those who need them

• Upgrade to start on Christchurch’s recycling plant

  Posted: Thursday, March 31, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: services, waste, management, recycling
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 31st March 2022 A multi-million dollar upgrade of the plant where recyclable items collected through Christchurch’s kerbside collection are sorted and readied for sale is about to get under way

• Funding approved for completing Heathcote Expressway

  Posted: Friday, March 25, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: cycling, transport
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 24th March 2022 Christchurch City Council has approved funding for the final section of the Heathcote Expressway – the major cycleway that will link the Heathcote Valley to the city centre

• Plans for Nor’West Arc cycleway finalised

  Posted: Thursday, February 3, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: cycling, transport
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 3rd February 2022 Agreement has been reached on the route for the third and final section of the Te Ara O-Rakipaoa: Nor’West Arc cycleway

• How to recycle household batteries safely

  Posted: Thursday, February 3, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, management, recycling
  Batteries cannot be placed into any of your kerbside or wheelie bins. They can cause bin and truck fires. Truck fires result in the whole load being sent to landfill - rather than getting recycled

• Supporting global action to combat marine plastic pollution

  Posted: Thursday, February 3, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, health, waste, recycling, pollution
  Ministry for the Environment media release: 2nd February 2022 New Zealand has joined other countries in stating support for coordinated global action to combat marine plastic pollution through a new global agreement

• Need help with the Christmas clean-up?

  Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, recycling
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 15th December 2021 If the very thought of the post-Christmas clean-up has you breaking out in a sweat, we’ve got some handy tips to help make the job easier

• Friends on Bike Newsletter: December 2021

  Posted: Thursday, December 9, 2021 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, Community Groups, cycling
  Feature Ride: Bexley Reserve and BMX Pump Track We’ll ride through the red zone to Bexley, have a play on the Bexley Pump Track (unless it's too wet), check out the Bexley Reserve. There will be a refreshment stop at Level One

• Recycle A Device: Bridging the digital divide

  Posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 in: Resources and Information With tags: education, technology, recycling
  Recycle A Device - or RAD - is an Aotearoa initiative which matches those who need a laptop with a donated and refurbished device

• Medway Street bridge reinstalled

  Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: transport, repair, recovery, walking, cycling
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 23rd November 2021 The return of foot and cycle access across the Ōtākaro Avon River at Medway Street is another step closer after the new Medway Street Bridge span was successfully lifted into place by crane yesterday

• Work on Heathcote cycle connection to start next year

  Posted: Thursday, November 4, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: cycling, recreation
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 4th November 2021 The final section of the Heathcote Expressway cycleway has been given the go ahead, with construction on it expected to start early next year

• Reduce e-waste, support students and contribute to community development

  Posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 in: Resources and Information With tags: services, technology, recycling
  Recycle A Device (RAD) is an Aotearoa-based initiative aiming to close the digital divide by bringing laptops and tech engineering skills to students and young people who need them

• Friends on Bike Newsletter: Biketober 2021

  Posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 in: Newsletters With tags: transport, cycling, event, newsletter
  Biketober Friends Feature Ride Week 3: Wednesday Wheelies Rides Wednesday Wheelies are a group very similar to Friends on Bikes except that they meet on Wednesdays rather than weekends, and participants tend to be (ahem) a tad older and a tad more retired

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