Capture: EQNZ Remembrance
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
I find the soldiers on corners of perfectly quiet places such an intrusion in our lives.
You still have soldiers guarding the remains from prying eyes even after they have been plundered?
That, is disgusting.
I bet it wouldn't take much to put together a series of shots to give the impression that we are now a fascist state.
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Sacha, in reply to
You've been Garfunkled...
you realise this may encourage others to drop Elton John numbers
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
Here are four of Checkpoint Charlie.
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Checkpoint Charlie 2
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Checkpoint 3
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Checkpoint 4
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Just like to say what a lot of important work the army did after the Feb 22nd earthquake: they brought and distributed supplies, de-salinated drinking water for thousands of people, did emergency repairs, provided shower trucks for residents without water, as well as securing the central city cordons for the safety of the public.
The military is experienced and effective in disaster relief, and we are glad of that.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
The military is experienced and effective in disaster relief, and we are glad of that.
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
We are now in the rebuilding phase i thought and need positive images of the city looking at the grim faced officers tells me there is more power play than safekeeping in progress. Who are you kidding CERA?
By keeping us away we are unable to represent another viewpoint and therefore give CERA Card Blanche to decide everything.I heard some overseas countries operate that way. What happened to your benevolent spirit mate?
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Had a good experience with EQC today. I think I scared them a little with telling them the year the street first appeared on a map (1914), location of waterways (drains) & boreholes and then the progressive development of the street pre-WWII. Their supervisor came around to have a chat too.
Who said excessive local historcal knowledge won't be of any practicle use? -
Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
Just as i suspected business as usual. Buildings are popping up all over the place completely disregarding what is going on underneath. A bit like our administration.
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Whose stupid idea was it to scrap the one-way system for no particular reason at a cost of 91 million dollars???
"The AA's view is simply that the one-way streets are a proven success and should be accepted as the essential inner distributor for all vehicle modes of travel in the new city plan," the submission said.
"They help the environment, reduce accidents and free up the inner-core ways and streets from needless vehicle movements."
No factual analysis or justification had been given for altering the one-way system, the AA said.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
My way or the dual carriageway...
scrap the one-way system for no particular reason at a cost of 91 million dollars
I'm hard-pressed to see how it could even cost a fraction of $91 million - how much are they paying for road signs, and painting - or is there a specialist consultant in the wings with their hand out?
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Sacha, in reply to
No factual analysis or justification had been given
business as usual all right
..the AA said .. motoring editor Dave Moore said..
ah. it probably *is* a good idea for people other than car drivers then.
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Lilith __, in reply to
I’m hard-pressed to see how it could even cost a fraction of $91 million – how much are they paying for road signs, and painting – or is there a specialist consultant in the wings with their hand out?
Expensive paint?
I'd love to know if they've consulted any town planners about this. That would be money well spent, because I think they'd find the whole idea laughable.
Creating unnecessary traffic jams is obviously key to the rebuild and revitalisation of the central city.
And they think they'll make it safer for cyclists??? For years I cycled down Barbadoes in the morning rush-hour and home down Madras in the evening. These roads were vastly safer and more predictable than any of the two-way streets, especially Manchester, which had nominal cycle lanes but would only be used by cyclists with a death-wish, because of the complexity of traffic behaviour there.
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Sacha, in reply to
I imagine it's driven by town planners, actually. One way systems are great for speeding traffic *around* an area, but not so good for feeding it into side streets within. No idea what is included in that number, but it has to be more than consents and a lick of paint. Hopefully properly separated cycle lanes?
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Hebe, in reply to
I'm hard-pressed to see how it could even cost a fraction of $91 million
Me too. What the hell are the priorities of the whoever is driving this when there are so many other things needed? Think small and cumulative is the answer, not trying to immediately fix the damage to the work of 150 years of pakeha settlement in all these big projects. The Arts Centre, the Cathedrals, the whole city weren't built overnight, they took decades and for some reason there seems to be a headlong rush to fix it all fast. It cannot happen, financially or to regain the accumulated wairua (if a place can have wairua? maybe the wrong word). Start small; if you want to change a street direction repaint the lines and the signs and see what evolves. Do I make sense? I'll elaborate when I have more time and less fury.
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Lilith __, in reply to
Yes, one-way systems are great at feeding traffic around an area. Anyone who drives to the city has to get in and out without sitting indefinitely in traffic. Otherwise they will go to a suburban mall instead.
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The boys in town.
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
Indeed you are right. There would be at least half a dozen sleazebags already making plans how to spend their 700ks or so once they got the contract. What motivates them? I suspect they want to shrink the space of the roads and streets to get more building space and therefor get more income from tenants they are going to charge.
No parking on the side of the planned routes and therefor more parking buildings where user pays.Welcome to the new Christchurch!
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
Looking forward to you ideas Hebe. We might just have to take part in a protest regarding Town planning because it seems people in office are being influenced by bureaucratic amateurs most likely not living in this city.
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Islander, in reply to
A place most certainly can have wairua-
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Lilith __, in reply to
bureaucratic amateurs
eg. Ian Athfield? Who is an architect , neither a town planner nor a traffic engineer!!! And not from Chch as far as I'm aware. I know the one-way system confuses people who aren't familiar with it, just like the Auckland motorways do, but for locals, it's how we get around.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
eg. Ian Athfield? Who is an architect , neither a town planner nor a traffic engineer!!! And not from Chch as far as I’m aware.
Ian Athfield was my Mum and Dad's best man at their wedding in Christchurch. He is from Christchurch.
Jus' sayin' {;)
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