Bay Harbour: February 01, 2017

Wednesday February 1 2017
News
Yacht club’s $1.17m shed
BAY HARBOUR
PAGE 7
• By Tom Doudney
Trevor Kite
THE Christchurch Yacht Club
is hoping it will soon get the go
ahead for a new rowing shed
to replace the one demolished
after the June 2011 earthquake.
The Moncks Bay-based club
wants to build a new $1.17
million shed in
a more seaward
position to allow
room for the
Coastal Pathway
walking and
cycle route between
it and the
road. Building
the shed further
seaward means higher costs.
The club already has resource
consent and a building permit
for the new shed. It has also
asked the city council to
contribute $327,595 towards
the extra costs associated with
providing for the Coastal Pathway,
along with an additional
$239,713 because the public
will have use of the shed’s
decks and ramps.
The club has raised $607,000
so far, and has carried out soil
testing.
It has met with both the
city council and the Coastal
Pathway group over the last
two months and expects to
get a response from the city
council soon.
Once funding has been
secured, work could begin
almost immediately and
would take about 10 months to
complete.
The new shed would be 5.5m
further seaward, enlarging the
space for a public walking and
cycle route between it and the
road from 1m to 4m.
The club’s shed and
boardwalk project convener
Trevor Kite said the proposal
was a win-win scenario for the
club and community.
“Although we have the
right to put the shed back as
it was, to have done so would
have denied the community
the chance to walk past there
except for a little track,”
he said.
“It has been identified as the
major obstacle for completing
the Coastal Pathway between
Ferrymead and Sumner.”
Mr Kite said the club would
function much better when
it could once again provide a
shed for members to store boats
in.
WRECKED: The
Christchurch Yacht
Club’s rowing shed
was demolished
following the June
2011 earthquake,
which was centred
less than 200m
away.
This would also help with
traffic and parking in the area,
as members would not have to
bring their boats with them on
trailers.
The shed had already been
damaged in the February 2011
earthquake and was deemed
unsafe following the magnitude
6.3 quake in June that year,
which was centred less than
200m away.
The clubrooms were
also damaged by the 2011
earthquakes, although they are
still able to be used and will be
rebuilt at a later date.
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