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Petition for removal of cycleways SARA HOLLYMAN A Queen St resident hopes that presenting a petition to council will help her and others feel heard and affect change in her neighbourhood. Maree McNabb presented a petition to Tasman District Council’s
operations committee meeting as part of the public forum asking council to halt the installation of future cycleways and reverse existing Richmond ones. She has lived in her Queen St home for more than two decades but says the installation of cycleways and the consequent remov-
al of on-street carparking has prompted her to consider selling her home. Carparks were removed from Richmond’s upper Queen St and Champion Rd – between Salisbury Rd and Hill St – in December and replaced with cycleways as Tasman District Council con-
tinues with its government-funded Streets for People programme. Upper Queen St lost 128 carparks. On average, only 19 were occupied at any one time, according to council-led surveys. Champion Rd also lost 98 carparks, of which only an average of four were occupied at any one
time. Maree says the removal of the carparks has had a big effect on the residents and on Monday the removal of more carparks on Hill St between Champion Rd and William St would exacerbate the
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Street piano keyed for Connings ANNE HARDIE Richmond’s street piano is all keyed up for its new home at Connings Food Market. Over the past few months it has tried a few different homes - moving from outside Kmart to Perky Peche to the Tasman District Council, and now Connings is giving it a three-month trial at its boutique grocery store in Appleby. It is a huge relief for the piano’s owner, Stephanie Buck, who has been searching for a business to care for the piano and put it outside every day for the community to play. The piano made its debut on Richmond’s streets 14 years ago and has been used
ASSISTING YOU WITH YOUR REAL ESTATE JOURNEY SINCE 2007 Please call to find out more NEW HOME FOR STREET PIANO: Pictured is Zinny Tuau from Van and a Man (left), Edoardo De Fede, Ajo Thomas and Nico Palermo from Connings, Geoff Polglase who made the piano cover and Ali Granger from Van and a Man, while piano owner Stephanie Buck takes centre stage. Photo: Anne Hardie.
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