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Behaviour and Responsibilities

Emergency training exercise at UC Rec Centre

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An emergency training exercise is scheduled to take place at the Rec Centre on UC’s Ilam campus on Tuesday 28 January from 9am-4pm. The exercise is run by UC’s Incident Management team (IMT) in collaboration with Canterbury emergency services.

What to expect:

  • An increased presence of emergency services in and around the University in Ilam.
  • You may notice Kirkwood field and the Rec Centre signage informing of a training exercise in progress.
  • Police personnel in tactical uniforms carrying training firearms are limited to the IMT exercise site at the Rec Centre. The public will have minimal visibility into the exercise area.
  • There may be some noise during the exercise. There will be no sirens or lights from emergency services vehicles or any noise involving firearms.
  • There will be no public access to the Rec Centre during the training exercise. 

  • The UC Warehouse will be closed and the logistics team will not be handling any incoming or outgoing couriers.

Impact on staff and students:

During the training exercise the following sites will be closed, 8am-6pm, on Tuesday 28 January:

  • Rec Centre (including its car park)
  • UC Print and Copy Centre
  • K1 Lecture Theatre

  • UC Logistics/UC Warehouse

Online services for the Rec Centre and UC Print and Copy Centre remain available.

Public on-street parking on Kirkwood Avenue will be available.

Please avoid the area around the Rec Centre on Tuesday 28 January so we can run an effective and safe exercise.

Why are we doing this?
We hold regular training exercises as part of UC incident management to keep our community safe by practising our emergency procedures with emergency services. We held a similar exercise in 2014 and since then we have held annual exercises with participation from emergency services.

Thanks for your understanding. There’s no cause for concern – training exercises are a vital part of making sure emergency services can respond to future incidents.  Your patience and cooperation make it possible for us to improve our incident response capabilities.

Questions?
If you have any questions about the exercise, contact UC Security on 0800 823 637

Behaviour and Responsibilities, Community notice, Our Community, The Community

Temporary Traffic Management Engineering Road Monday 21 October

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A temporary traffic management system will be in place on Engineering Road, between 0730am and 1130am on Monday 21 October, to enable Facilities Management to complete planned annual maintenance of the UC storm water network filtration system.

Traffic will be restricted to one lane, with controlled Stop/ Go points at either end.

Please watch for contractors, FM, and STMS people onsite and adhere to traffic management instructions.

Refer to the inset TMP (map) for the works and traffic management area.

Please direct any enquiries to fmassist@canterbury.ac.nz.

Thank you for your patience and consideration while we undertake this planned maintenance.

Facilities Maintenance

Behaviour and Responsibilities, The Community

Upper Riccarton Road Works

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Road works will be taking place in the Upper Riccarton area between Wednesday 7 August until mid-October. The works will be undertaken during the night between 9.00pm and 6.00am.

Christchurch City Council Contractors Fulton Hogan will be undertaking traffic management system upgrades and road safety traffic improvements.

Please take these works into consideration if you use the roads (listed below) in your commute to UC.

Works include:

  • Installing safe speed platforms on the approaches to the Riccarton Road/Hansons Lane/Waimairi Road intersection.
  • Removing the slip lane from Riccarton Road onto Waimairi Road.
  • Adding a new signalised crossing on Waimairi Road, outside the Bush Inn Centre.
  • Adding cycle lanes on Waimairi Road (between Riccarton Road and Bowen Street) and making changes to the bus stop and parking markings.
  • Installing speed humps on Angela Street, Brake Street, Leslie Street and Bowen Street.
  • Installing a pedestrian refuge island on Yaldhurst Road close to the intersection with Brake Street.
  • Removing the left turn slip lane from Main South Road into Curletts Road and providing a left turn lane at the signals.

Differing traffic management layouts will be implemented while the work is completed, including a variation of road closures, shoulder closures, lane drops and temporary on-street parking removal.

Waimari Road Closure 7 August – 30 August

A road closure will be in place on Waimari Road from 9pm to 6am nightly, between Riccarton Road and Bowen Street, from Wednesday 7 August until Friday 30 August.

Fulton Hogan will be undertaking traffic management system upgrades in this area during these hours. This includes the installation of a signalised pedestrian crossing on Waimari Road outside The Bush Inn Centre, and the upgrade of traffic signals at the Waimari Road and Riccarton Road intersection.

Footpath access around the Fulton Hogan work site will be maintained and access will be available between Leslie St and the Bush Inn entrance on Waimairi Road, as shown in green on the map.

What do you need to do?

  • Pedestrian access will be maintained at all times; you may need to be escorted so please speak to staff onsite.
  • Please follow the directions provided by the onsite traffic management team at all times.
  • Please allow time for delays and plan your trip accordingly.

Note* Please advise Fulton Hogan via the contact information below if you have any specific property requirements e.g. medical visits, home help, large vehicle deliveries, planned works.

Phone 0800 762 334, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm or email

cant.info@fultonhogan.com.

If you have any questions, please contact fmassist@canterbury.ac.nz.