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October 22 2014
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Plans for community centre unveiled by Kent Caddick
Preliminary plans for West Melton’s new multi-million dollar community and recreation centre have been released.
Railway project on track
The Rolleston Railway project is going full steam ahead with stage one of the enhancement project underway. …
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Fair for diabetes awareness
A weekend long country fair to raise funds and awareness of diabetes will be held in November …
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A foundation stone for the new facility, which is now being estimated to cost around $5 million, is to be unveiled at West Melton Domain on Sunday as part of town’s 150-year anniversary celebrations. Following consultation, with community groups and domain users the Selwyn District Council released details of initial plans for the facility including floor plans and artist impressions of the new facility. Council had signalled its intention for a multi-use sports and leisure centre to be built on the West Melton Domain in its 2012–22 Long Term Plan, with initial costs put at around $3.5 million. Council’s Open Space and Property asset manager Mark Rykers said following the consultation undertaken by the project steering group a number of changes had been made to the original plan. “Among those is the re-siting of the facility closer to West Melton Road to make it more accessible and to work in with both existing
buildings and car parking,” Mr Rykers said. “The size of the building has also been increased from 1,500 to 1,800 square metres to enable the building to house a full size sports court and to ensure all groups, including scouts which were not in the original plan, have a base in the building.” Mr Rykers said the rise in cost, which is only an estimate at this stage, was due to the increased floor plan and taking into account the need to relocate the current tennis courts which had now become part of the proposed site of the new building. He said the plans will now be refined and costs detailed before being submitted to the public for comment as part of council’s next round of Long Term Plan consultation early next year. Selwyn Central Community Board member Bruce Russell, who is on the centre’s project steering group, said they were delighted at the concept plans which have come forward.
p West Melton community and recreation centre project steering group members, deputy mayor Sarah Walters and Bruce Russell, look over the concept plans for the new centre which is to be built on the tennis courts behind them continued on page 4 …
History of horse racing marked
Chrissie Dalgety, left, and Jackie Butt are collecting memorabilia …
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