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“Intersections also need to function around stretches of highway with median barriers to ensure safe access to side roads, hence the need to investigate these key intersections to decide the best treatments ...” The “investment proposal” document did not disclose what the funds for the intersection would be used for. CHLOE RANFORD/LDR The State Highway 6 and St Leonards Rd intersection is located east of Blenheim. The spokeswoman said if funding was approved in the next long-term plan, the intersection would be upgraded before the plan's end in 2024. But the project was “very m...

Brya Ingram It was "all-hands-to-the-pump" - for firefighters, residents and reporters - when the Wither Hills in Blenheim caught fire on Boxing Day, 2000. As a “line of orange” swept down the hill, Boxing Day plans in Blenheim shifted from family get-togethers to fighting fires. Twenty years on, Jennifer Eder looks back on a day etched on the minds of many. Boxing Day in the year 2000 was hot and windy, even by Blenheim's standards. Julia and Steve Healy had been out playing cricket with a dozen friends, who had all come back to theirs for a dip in the pool and a barbecue.