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Wednesday <strong>July</strong> 5 <strong>2017</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.<br />
.kiwi<br />
BAY HARBOUR<br />
PAGE 3<br />
News<br />
Dirty tunnel draws criticism<br />
• By Caitlin Miles<br />
THE CLEANLINESS of the<br />
Lyttelton Tunnel is in the<br />
spotlight.<br />
Lyttelton Community Association<br />
chairman Ken Maynard<br />
said the state of the tunnel has<br />
“been a problem for a while.”<br />
“There are black<br />
streaks down the<br />
walls. It needs a<br />
general spring<br />
clean,” Mr Maynard<br />
said.<br />
Ken<br />
Maynard<br />
New Zealand<br />
Transport Agency<br />
is in charge of the<br />
tunnel’s maintenance<br />
– it receives about one<br />
complaint every month.<br />
NZTA maintenance contract<br />
manager Barry Stratton said<br />
since the February 22, 2011,<br />
earthquake things had got worse.<br />
“There are a number of reasons<br />
why the tunnel is currently, and<br />
since the earthquakes, a much<br />
dirtier environment than it used<br />
to be,” Mr Stratton said.<br />
After the tunnel was reopened<br />
following the earthquake, up to<br />
eight tonnes of dirt and dust was<br />
cleared from the tunnel every<br />
month.<br />
As a result, last year NZTA<br />
made the Covered Loads bylaw<br />
to stop loose material flying off<br />
trucks and settling in the tunnel.<br />
Since then the most recent<br />
dust count has more than<br />
halved.<br />
“The bylaw does not capture<br />
dirt on other parts of trucks for<br />
example, the wheels, but it has<br />
had a noticeable and useful effect,”<br />
he said.<br />
However, Mr Maynard said<br />
he didn’t think the bylaw had<br />
much of an impact as it was still<br />
covered in dirt.<br />
He said it was not appealing to<br />
tourists either.<br />
“If you’re a tourist and your<br />
first view of Lyttelton is the tunnel<br />
it is not a good look,” he said.<br />
The tunnel walls are washed<br />
every three weeks, but Mr Maynard<br />
said he thinks it needs to be<br />
done more often.<br />
The most recent clean was<br />
carried out last Thursday, but<br />
it was not completed due to a<br />
machinery malfunction. The<br />
remainder of the work will<br />
MAINTENANCE:<br />
The walls of<br />
the Lyttelton<br />
Tunnel are<br />
cleaned every<br />
three weeks.<br />
A Lyttelton<br />
resident thinks<br />
it needs to be<br />
more frequent.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF<br />
SLOAN<br />
be carried out before the next<br />
scheduled wall wash.<br />
Mr Stratton said while the<br />
cleaning is carried out traffic<br />
is down to one lane to keep it<br />
moving.<br />
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you<br />
think the Lyttelton tunnel<br />
looks dirty? Do you think the<br />
cleaning schedule should<br />
be more frequent? Send<br />
your views to caitlin.miles@<br />
starmedia.kiwi<br />
In Brief<br />
SKATE PARK WORKSHOP<br />
A permanent skate park is one<br />
step closer to finding a home in<br />
the Sumner/Ferrymead areas.<br />
A community workshop will<br />
be held at 6pm on <strong>July</strong> 24 at the<br />
Redcliffs Mt Pleasant Bowling<br />
Club to get input into what<br />
is important in a site. While<br />
locations were identified in 2009,<br />
the city council decided to look<br />
again due to the changes the<br />
February 22, 2011, earthquake<br />
made on land. Once sites are<br />
identified the Linwood-Central-<br />
Heathcote Community Board,<br />
would then consider the options<br />
– prior to being put out for<br />
public consultation.<br />
ROAD CLOSURE<br />
A section of Nayland St in<br />
Sumner is closed while a new<br />
car park is constructed and<br />
upgrades are made to the road.<br />
The section, between Wakefield<br />
Ave and Richmond Hill Rd will<br />
be closed until <strong>July</strong> 14.<br />
CORRECTION<br />
Last week’s <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News<br />
reported that Green Elephant<br />
donated 50 bags to Izzy Morritt<br />
and Lucy Rule for their project<br />
to ban plastic bags. This is<br />
incorrect. Ecobags donated the<br />
50 bags and Green Elephant donated<br />
a $50 voucher to support<br />
the project.<br />
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