Co-owner of Miss Feaver Florist, Cynthia Chamberlain
Christchurch City Council staff have been forced to backtrack on plans to remove car parks at a popular florist after facing a public backlash.
Staff met with Miss Feaver Florist owners late last week after a Fulton Hogan manager turned up, unannounced to the corner of Hills and Edgeware Road shop to deliver bad news.
Co-owner Cynthia Chamberlain said she was told “all of the nearby car parks were being removed” and replaced with yellow lines – giving her 12 hours notice before roadworks were due to start.
Ms Chamberlain told Chris Lynch it was the first time she was made aware of the plan.
Yesterday, some better news for Ms Chamberlain and her family. Her daughter said council will now only remove one car park.
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Last week, when Chris Lynch asked for confirmation of the removal of car parks, including providing a screenshot of Cynthia’s Facebook post with the news of the removal of car parks, council’s media team provided a statement from its Transport Planning and Delivery Manager Lynette Ellis saying “the reduced parking at the Hills Road and Edgeware Road intersection is due to a pedestrian crossing island being installed to help people cross the road safely at Edgeware Road.”
In a council report from September 2019, the road upgrades were described as “minor Intersection upgrades, to include raised tables and/or build outs, to address safety concerns.”
The report says “painted on cycle lanes to be introduced on Edgeware Road between Sherborne Street and Hills Road”
