Bay Harbour: September 21, 2016

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Wednesday September 21 2016
News
Sumner resident Bridget Coles drove away in her new Holden Spark
on Monday thanks to Redcliffs New World. The car was one of many
to be won by lucky shoppers throughout the country in New World’s
Biggest Ever Car Giveaway. More than $2 million worth of cars were
won, which equates to one vehicle for every New World store.
WINNER: Blackwells sales consultant Lisa lynch, Bridget Coles (winner) and New World
owner/operator Julia Spence.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
SCIRT spends
less in peninsula
• By Annabelle Dick
BANKS PENINSULA has
received the least funding
for infrastructure repairs out
of any ward in the city from
the Stronger Christchurch
Infrastructure Rebuild Team.
While SCIRT only has five per
cent of its infrastructure repair
work to go, they have released
information on where the $2.2
billion has been allocated within
the city.
The Banks Peninsula Ward has
received $52m, the lowest amount
allocated to any ward, while the
Hagley-Ferrymead Ward has
received $544m – the second
highest in the city.
In Banks Peninsula, retaining
walls have eaten up $43m of the
$52m spent.
The biggest cost driver in
Hagley-Ferrymead has been
wastewater infrastructure which
has cost $350m.
SCIRT puts Banks Peninsula’s
small expenditure in comparison
to other wards down to
population.
About 8580 people live in
Banks Peninsula, compared to
49,000 in the Hagley-Ferrymead
Ward.
SCIRT said there are fewer
underground pipes in the Bank
Peninsula Ward because there are
fewer people living there than in
other city council wards.
Also, before the earthquakes,
there had been an infrastructure
renewal programme in the Banks
Peninsula Ward by the city
council.
More than half of SCIRT’s
work has been in the Burwood-
Pegasus Ward, where damage to
wastewater pipes and
pump stations was more
extensive, ultimately amounting
to $680m.
When SCIRT finishes the citywide
infrastructure repairs, the
city council and the New Zealand
Transport Agency will carry out
the remaining road work.
SCIRT is in its final three
months of work.
Restoring Port Saddle
• By Annabelle Dick
DOZENS OF school children,
volunteers and Lyttelton Port of
Christchurch staff turned their
fingers green for a restoration day
on Port Saddle.
The school pupils weeded,
mulched and planted in the newly-established
lizard habitat area,
while other volunteers helped
with gorse control and weeding
on the lower slopes.
Herpetologist Marieke Lettink
was also on-site to speak about
the lizards that live in the area
and their habitat.
The Port Saddle project covers
a 17ha area of LPC-owned land
backing onto Urumau Reserve,
above the eastern edge of Lyttelton
township.
The land has been identified
for community recreational
use, ecological protection and
enhancement of the indigenous
flora and fauna.
This long term project is being
undertaken by LPC with the
Banks Peninsula Conservation
Trust which works to protect and
enhance indigenous biodiversity
found on Banks Peninsula.
“I’m very pleased to see our
biodiversity enhancement, and in
cycle and walking tracks within
the area, will provide a great environment
and better connectivity
for Lyttelton locals – human and
fauna. This is something that the
community clearly told us they
wanted as a part of the Lyttelton
Port Recovery Plan process and
it is great that we are now underway.”
Bedworld Bay Harbour News Sept 13
Monique BPCT Karl chairman Mark Christensen
said the trust and LPC
9x8
team members, local kids and
community members MMA1065 working intend to provide the local community
with more hands on
side by side. The Port Saddle
project is a key component of opportunities to help in the
our commitment to enhance the project.
ecology and environment of the “We are thrilled to be working
harbour area for future generations,”
said LPC chief executive Saddle, and we hope to get more
in partnership with LPC on Port
Peter Davie.
Lyttelton locals along to help with
“We think that investing in the the project.”
MUCKING IN: School children, volunteers and Lyttleton Port
of Christchurch staff get their hands dirty at a restoration day
at Port Saddle. ​
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