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Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor update August 2020
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Community influences design of new bridges
Community feedback has resulted in changes being made to the plans for three new pedestrian and cycle bridges across the Ōtākaro Avon River. Work on constructing the bridges is due to start in early 2021.
New fund available for red zone community projects
The Christchurch City Council has opened a $282,000 fund to activate community projects and events in the city’s former residential red zones, including the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor, Southshore, South New Brighton, Brooklands and the Port Hills .
Students helping to turn the former red zones green
School students from throughout Christchurch are joining forces to help green the red-zone, and have received a $20,000 grant to plant 10,000 native trees in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor next year.
Riverside park campaign comes full circle
The man who led a campaign to get red-zoned areas along the Ōtākaro Avon River turned into a park has been given a promise by the Mayor of Christchurch that his dream will become a reality.
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