Waimea Weekly Locally Owned and Operated
Wednesday 13 September 2023
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PM reaffirms support for Hope Bypass MAX FRETHEY
Local Democracy Reporter
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has reiterated the Government’s support for building the Hope Bypass during a visit to Rich-
mond on Monday. “It’s a long overdue project,” he says. “The Government Policy Statement identifies the Hope Bypass as a key strategic priority project, so we can expect to see progress
on that over the next three years as they do the planning.” The Hope Bypass is the name for the project that will shift State Highway 6 off Gladstone Rd onto a new purpose-built road. It is expected that the bypass
will significantly ease congestion around the intersection at Lower Queen St by shifting through traffic, especially freight, off Gladstone Rd. The bypass will essentially run along where the current Railway
Reserve cycleway runs – behind the Lower Queen St McDonald’s and Jubilee Park, parallel to Gladstone Rd – until it rejoins with Main Road Hope at some point
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Edible walk attacked with quad bike ANNE HARDIE It usually takes a lot to make Roger Jones angry, but when he found trees on Richmond’s newly-planted edible walk bowled by a quad bike he had good reason to be angry. The 74-year-old and friends only finished planting the trees a few weeks ago and already a section has been vandalised. The trees are planted along 536m of grass beside the Great Taste Trail near Three Brothers Corner as it heads toward Brightwater. He says it appears someone has driven at speed on a quad bike straight over the lines of trees, snapping wooden stakes and damaging trees. Incredibly, most of the trees have been scraped down their trunks by the bike and would have been almost flattened but seem to have survived, though some
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Roger Jones has tried taping up one of the damaged trees on the edible walk. Photo: Anne Hardie.
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