Katie Pickles
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Rolleston's rapid growth leaves car-dependent town playing catch-up (opens the original)
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Travel 25 kilometres south from Christchurch on the new 110km/h, multimillion-dollar “road of national significance” and you’ll reach New Zealand’s fastest-growing town. Situated within the country’s fastest growing district of Selwyn, Rolleston now boasts a population over 34,000 – predicted to reach 50,000 by 2050. It is already Canterbury’s second-biggest urban area, surpassing Timaru and Ashburton. Rolleston was growing fast before the 2010–11 Canterbury earthquakes. And its continued expans
NZ’s fastest growing town was once the future of urban planning. What happened? (opens the original)
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Rolleston’s boom has turned a planned ‘town of the future’ into urban sprawl. Photo / Getty Images Travel 25km south from Christchurch on the new 110km/h, multimillion-dollar “road of national significance” and you’ll reach New Zealand’s fastest growing town. Situated within the country’s fastest growing district of Selwyn, Rolleston now boasts a population of more than 34,000 that’s predicted to reach 50,000 by 2050. It is already Canterbury’s second-biggest urban area, surpassing Timaru and As
NZ’s fastest growing town was once the future of urban planning. What happened? (opens the original)
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Travel 25 kilometres south from Christchurch on the new 110 kilometre-per-hour, multi-million-dollar “road of national significance” and you’ll reach New Zealand’s fastest growing town. Situated within the country’s fastest growing district of Selwyn, Rolleston now boasts a population over 34,000 – predicted to reach 50,000 by 2050. It is already Canterbury’s second-biggest urban area, surpassing Timaru and Ashburton. Rolleston was growing fast before the 2010–11 Canterbury earthquakes. And its
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