Bay Harbour: October 26, 2016

Wednesday October 26 2016
News
BAY HARBOUR
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From grocer to deputy mayor HISTORIC
• By Bridget Rutherford
IN 2009, a group of Lyttelton
business owners were fighting
against a plan to upgrade the
main street during summer –
their biggest trading period.
Back then, the cruise ships
were still visiting Lyttelton, and
business owners wanted the
work on London St to be done
in the winter so it would not
disrupt their trading.
They won the battle. Fastforward
six years and Andrew
Turner is facing a bigger challenge
– the role of deputy mayor.
“I guess if there was one thing
I would say marked my foray
into local politics, it probably
was that,” he said.
Mr Turner said there had been
“conversations” since the election
that led to Mayor Lianne
Dalziel announcing him as her
deputy at last week’s inaugural
meeting.
“I’m very pleased to have the
role. There’s a compliment there
that Lianne has asked me to
perform this role.”
Originally from Yorkshire,
United Kingdom, Mr Turner’s
background has always been in
business development.
He moved to Lyttelton in
2003, and he and his partner
SWORN IN: Deputy mayor Andrew Turner and Mayor Lianne
Dalziel at the inaugural city council meeting last Thursday.
PHOTO: CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL ​
bought the Empire Hotel and
“brought it back to life”.
Although they sold it in 2009,
Mr Turner said he was sad to see
it come down after the February
2011 earthquake.
Following that, he was coowner
of London St Dairy, and
Harris and Turner Fresh Foods.
That led him to become chairman
of Lyttelton Harbour Business
Association – a role he held
for four years.
Mr Turner was elected as
councillor for Banks Peninsula
in 2013, winning by five votes
over now National MP Nuk
Korako.
Previously he served on the
Lyttelton-Mt Herbert Community
Board for a term, and was
involved in the Lyttelton Master
Plan process and earthquake
recovery.
He said the past three years
had been full of challenges and
was “foundation-laying.”
“Last term was really getting
to grips with what we’d inherited.
It was dealing with those
big issues of finance, insurance,
infrastructure, housing, earthquake
settlements and so on.”
But this term posed a different
type of challenge – finishing off
the work the last council started.
He wanted to see community
boards getting more power, and
the completion of city council
projects such as the town hall,
Central Library and cycleways
completed.
Mr Turner said as part of his
supporting role to Ms Dalziel, he
would need to be more open to
talking to the media.
“I’m going to need to be approachable
and I’m going to
need to be responding quickly to
those kind of queries.”
So is he keen for the top job in
three years?
“Three years is a long time and
a lot can happen. I think that’s a
conversation we’d be wanting to
have closer to the time.”
In Brief
WALL REPAIR
Lyttelton’s 149-year-old Sutton
Quay retaining wall will be saved
as contractors work to fix it.
The parapet of the wall is being
restored after sustaining major
damage during the February
22, 2011, earthquake. The wall
originally supported a ramp that
gave access to the port and was
built of stones fashioned from
Port Hills trachyte. It will have a
double skin of the removed stones
and steel reinforcing bars in
between. The project is scheduled
to be completed in December.
PROTECTION FROM ROCKS
Heberden Ave will be closed as a
rock protection wall is installed.
Fulton Hogan will be modifying
existing services and building a
1.5m rock protection wall on the
edge of the existing footpath for
the length of the site. Pedestrians
will be affected and there will
be detours in place. Work is
expected to continue until
November 30.
ROAD CLOSURE
Cannon Hill Cres will be closed
at the intersection of Bridle Path
Rd for about two weeks from
today. Downer is repairing the
road. Stage two will begin in the
northbound lane of Bridle Path
Rd and traffic lights will be in
place.
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