Fantastic turn out at the hall tonight for our local election candidates’ meeting. Must be over 80 people.
Meet the Candidates: Local Body Elections 2019
Not sure who to vote for in the Northern Ward, or for Mayor, or Greater Wellington Regional Council? There’ll be lots of chances to meet and hear from the candidates standing for this year’s local election.
Hosted by the Pukerua Bay Residents’ Association, both Northern Ward candidates, Mayoral candidates and Greater Wellington Regional Council candidates will be present to talk with you and to answer your questions. All confirmed nominations are listed here.
7pm, Monday 16 September 2019 (ical)
Pukerua Bay Hall, Rawhiti Road, Pukerua Bay (map)
He Ara Pukerua: Beach Heritage Trail marker unveiling
The beach heritage marker, part of Pukerua Bay’s He Ara Pukerua heritage trail, will be unveiled by Porirua Mayor, His Worship Mike Tana. The marker covers a brief introduction to Pukerua Māori history, George Stubbs, John Nicol, Nobby Clark, beach houses, the 1962 Battle of the Rocks, the Rāhui and early artists.
This will be followed by the unwrapping of the bollard for the Pukerua Bay Surf Lifesaving Club at Brendan Bay, with members of the club.
All welcome!
10 am start, Saturday 3 August 2019 (ical)
Southern beach car park, at foot of Goat Track (map)
June 2019 Residents’ Association meeting minutes
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Present: Iain MacLean, June Penhey, Kate
Dreaver, Brian Sullivan, Paul FitzGerald, Mel Galletly, David Olsen,
Nikky Winchester, Dale Williams (PCC)
Community: Roger
Watkins
Apologies: Pauline Morse, Jonathan Harker, Jenny
Brash (GWRC)
Approval of previous minutes: moved Paul
FitzGerald, seconded Brian Sullivan, none opposed, carried.
Replacement retaining wall along coast road
The NZTA contractors have been busy little beavers lately, fixing the debris fence and retaining wall above Brendon Beach. Now, they’re about to start on the retaining wall on the sea side of the layby near the Three Sisters Rocks.
A new crib wall is being built on the seaward side of the lane between the two laybys to replace the one which has been almost destroyed by storms and constant strong wave action.
- From Wednesday 10 July for three weeks — weather permitting.
- Work will be conducted during the day.
- The laybys and lane will become a worksite and will be closed to traffic.
- Minimal impact on traffic — all work will be off the road but there will be trucks coming and going.
- The shared path beside the road will remain open to pedestrians and cyclists throughout the works.
Metered traffic lights at Paremata Roundabout
Metered traffic lights for northbound traffic at Paremata Roundabout will be operational from Monday 1 July.
With the creation of an extra 72 car parks at Paremata Park and Ride, expected to be completed by the end of July, additional rail customers are likely to exit the Park and Ride at peak times.
Initially the lights will be set to operate between 4pm and 6pm on weekdays, and triggered when southbound or Park and Ride queues reach a certain length. Once they are triggered, the lights will hold northbound traffic for between 15 and 30 seconds, allowing southbound and Park and Ride traffic to enter the roundabout.
When the red light switches off, northbound traffic will be able to enter the roundabout for between 45-60 seconds, before the cycle starts again. This metered traffic light will have no green light and will only operate at certain times of the day.
NZTA will be actively monitoring how well the lights are operating in the weeks following their introduction. In the event queues get too long they have the option of immediately adjust the timing,or can turn them off completely. Give way rules will still apply.
You can stay updated on this project via the project website.
The full press release can be found on the NZTA website.
May 2019 Residents’ Association meeting minutes
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Present: Iain MacLean, June Penhey, Brian Sullivan, Paul
FitzGerald, Mel Galletly, Nikky Winchester, David Olsen, Pauline
Morse, Dale Williams (PCC), Jenny Brash (GWRC)
Community:
Barry Keane, Jenny Fletcher
Apologies: Kate Dreaver,
Jonathan Harker
Approval of previous minutes: moved Brian
Sullivan, seconded Paul FitzGerald, none opposed, carried.
April 2019 Residents’ Association meeting minutes
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Present: Iain MacLean, June Penhey, Brian Sullivan, Paul FitzGerald, Mel Galletly, Nikky Winchester, David Olsen
Community: Yvonne Fletcher
Apologies: Dale Williams (PCC), Kate Dreaver, Jonathan Harker, Pauline Morse
Approval of previous minutes: moved Paul FitzGerald, seconded Brian Sullivan, none opposed, carried.
March 2019 Residents’ Association meeting minutes
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Present: Iain MacLean, June Penhey, Kate Dreaver, Brian Sullivan, Paul FitzGerald, Mel Galletly, Nikky Winchester, Jenny Brash (GWRC), David Olsen, Jonathan Harker
Community: Rob Oscroft, Renee Cowley, Frank du Toit, Jake Lawrence, Lido Harron, Kahu Wood, Jamie Kelly, Kase Lawrence, Arita Campbell, Mark du Toit, Mike Herron, Paul Kelly, Matt Johnson
Apologies: Pauline Morse, Dale Williams (PCC)
Approval of previous minutes: moved Brian Sullivan, seconded Paul FitzGerald, none opposed, carried.
Results of pedestrian safety survey
The survey into people’s views on pedestrian safety on Teihana Road and Rawhiti Road has closed and the results are here.
We will compile them and send them to Porirua City Council. Many of you included very helpful comments in your response, which will also need to be analysed. Thank you for your input. We’ll let you know what the outcome is.