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Crash prompts calls for speed drop 270a Queen St, Richmond
Simon Bloomberg
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latest in a long list of accidents that includes two fatal crashes on the busy stretch of road and the residents say the best way to make it safer is reduce the speed limit from 70kmh to 50kmh. “There are so many cars and trucks on this road and they are going too fast, especially with all the pedestrians,” Rebecca Gibbs says .”It’s pretty much a residential area and they are still allowed to drive at
A group of Lower Queen St residents want the 50kmh speed limit extended to McShane Rd to make their street safer, after another accident on the Richmond black spot last week. Two people suffered minor to moderate injuries after their vehicles collided on Lower Queen St last Wednesday. It is the
Crash at Lower Queen St last week. 70kmh - it’s a little scary.” Rebecca says that Lower Queen St also has
a school and church within the 70kmh. A turn off into the Lower Queen Street Health Centre can also cause traffic to back-up and create problems, she says. Another resident, Peter Field, who has lived on Lower Queen St for 19 years, says he can recall at least six serious accidents near his house. He says it has always been
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Grape harvest small ‘but good’ The size of this year’s vintage may be well down but winemakers around the Nelson region are hoping it will be high on quality after they completed harvesting this week. A cold December and dry summer has resulted in poor flowering and low yields throughout the region, with most growers reporting decreases of 30 to 50 per cent on last year. However, the low yields could well result in excellent wines with Waimea Estates general manager Ben Bolitho saying the vintage “is small, but it is great”. “The weather for the whole of spring was not optimal for wind-pollinated fruit,” Ben says. “It was cold, especially during early December when the vines were flowering, so this year we harvested just under 1350 tonnes compared with 2437 last year. “But the thing about a smaller yield is that the quality is really good with a high fruit concentration. On the back of a gold medal winning sauvignon blanc of 2014, we’re really looking forward to what this vintage will bring us.” Neudorf ’s viticulturalist Richard Flatman says their sauvignon blanc yields were down on average, with pinot noir and chardonnay also down.
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Te Mania Vineyard owner John Harrey inspects some cabernet franc grapes at Te Mania’s vineyard on McShane’s Rd last week. Photo: Simon Bloomberg.
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