Community notices

Speed Limits

Consultation begins today on the DCC Speed Limit Bylaw Amendment 9 and runs until 20 November 2018.

The speed limit bylaw amendment notes the following proposed changes for consultation:

· Establish 40km/h variable speed limits around the five schools in the central city school area (Arthur Street School, Kavanagh College, Otago Boys’ High School, Otago Girls’ High School and St Joseph’s Cathedral School).

· Establish 40km/h variable speed limits for another six school areas (Bayfield High School, East Taieri School, Fairfield School, George Street Normal School, Dunedin North Intermediate/Sacred Heart School Dunedin and Waitati School).

· Extend two existing school areas (Kaikorai Valley College and Wakari School).

· Establish a 40km/h permanent speed limit (Logan Park High School /Butts Road).

· Make changes for six additional road sections (Three Mile Hill Road, Main Road, Main South Road, Brighton Road, Gladstone Road North and Puddle Alley). 

Click here to check out Dunedin City Council's current consultations. 

Heritage Matters

The latest Heritage Matters programme features the replay of a story prepared by Ann Barrowclough on the extent and horror of the 1918 flu pandemic which killed between eight and nine thousand New Zealanders. A century after the devastating event, a memorial is to be erected in Wellington. Our story includes reports from eye witnesses, including a nurse aboard the RMS Niagara which was blamed for bringing the flu to New Zealand.

The programme previews the Oamaru Victorian Festival next month and we also learn about the life and work of early Port Chalmers Doctor William Henry Borrie.

The programme will be broadcast on Monday 29th October at 12 noon on Otago Access Radio (105.4FM) and repeated the following Sunday at 7pm. It can also be heard on a podcast at www.oar.org.nz