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STACY SQUIRES/STUFF Police can run red lights when heading to emergencies but why do so many Christchurch drivers think they can do the same? (Video first published in January 2019) Three red light cameras will be switched on later this year to catch motorists illegally running through intersections in Christchurch. A red light camera was installed at the intersection of Bealey Ave and Madras St in 2018, but it had only been used to collect data and no infringements had been issued from it. By...

Fines will soon be handed out to drivers creeping into bus lanes on a busy Christchurch road

Controversial Christchurch CBD intersection hasn't lasted long, although "you'd expect to get a couple of decades out of a design," independent transport planner says.

“This is obviously a pressure point for our community.” Results from the unscientific poll indicated there was significant support for reinstating the 70kmh limit, with an estimated 95 to 98 per cent of the 5000 votes in favour. Harris said changing the limit back was just common sense. “I would never argue about safety, but that’s not the issue,” he said. “They should have listened to the voice of the public to begin with.” Harris met with Doocey before Christmas and a peti...

“I was absolutely overwhelmed by the number of responses to my online poll,” he said. “My offices are often barometers of how residents feel on issues ... it’s clear from the overwhelming response that people are frustrated and want some action.” Doocey said he would be meeting with some concerned residents this week to discuss the next steps. The decision was made by the Christchurch City Council after it identified Marshland, Spencerville, Kainga and Mairehau roads as high risk...

CHRIS SKELTON/Stuff The bus lane on Riccarton Rd between Mona Vale and Deans Ave, in Christchurch, racked up three quarters ($560,000) of the city’s total bus lane fines this year. One 270-metre stretch of bus lane cost Christchurch drivers more than half a million dollars in fines in just 12 months. Nearly 6000 fines worth a total of $740,250 have been dished out for driving or parking in the citys bus lanes since the end of November last year, with just one bus lane responsible for well ov...

Martin van Beynen/Stuff The Port Hills fire of February 2017. Council should instal CCTV cameras on Port Hil;ls accce4ss roads to track suspicious vehicles, argues Mike Yardley. OPINION: As a hill-dweller in Huntsbury, memories of the devastating 2017 Port Hills fires still run raw. Like most hill residents, the reports of a spate of suspicious fires being lit last Wednesday fast rekindled that shared sense of dread, fear and “not again”. Saturday morning’s dramatic scrub fire on Hillsbo...