Pegasus Post: August 22, 2017

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Still no solution over midge problem
• By Sophie Cornish
ashion
A SOLUTION has still not been
found to eradicate Bromley’s
midge plague.
A meeting was held on August
7 between city council staff and
Coastal-Burwood Community
Board members aimed at finding
a solution.
The city council has spent
$800,000 over two years
unsuccessfully trying to fix
Gardening
the midge problem from the
Waitakiri School bake sale collars $607 for SPCA
PARENTS AND children at
Waitakiri School raised more than
$600 for abused and neglected
animals.
otoring
The annual SPCA cupcake day
took place on August 14.
An enormous $2 million has been
raised since the day first came about
in 2009.
People are encouraged to fundraise
by baking and selling cupcakes in
their schools and workplaces.
Pupils from Waitakiri School got
involved this year by selling and buy-
asty Bites
ing baked goods during morning tea
and lunchtime.
Along with a bed and food collection,
$607 was collected and donated
to the SPCA.
wastewater plant.
Nearby residents say they have
had enough of putting up with
midges over the years.
But a veil of silence remains
from the city council about what
has emerged from the August 7
meeting.
Community board member
Linda Stewart said her solution
– adding UV protection – was
discussed but won’t elaborate on
other possibilities.
City councillor Glenn Livingstone
refused to discuss the matter
with Pegasus Post, saying:
“It’s a complex matter and
not easily resolved and it’s
better if we assemble as much
information as possible before
putting it out there.”
Ms Stewart said her solution
would work.
“This should’ve been put in
place 20 years ago.”
She said in the late 1990s, the
South New Brighton Residents’
Association fought hard for UV
protection. But city council staff
said it would only be added if
needed.
The cost has now increased
from less than $5 million in the
late 1990s to an estimated $23
million, she said.
But Ms Stewart said UV
protection takes time, time
residents don’t have with warmer
weather around the corner.
Bus stops
at Palms
to double
• By Julia Evans
BUS STOPS outside The Palms
Shopping Centre are set to double
in size to accommodate the
number of passengers in the area.
The city council is seeking
feedback on the plan that will
see a suburban bus interchange
be put in outside the mall –
similar to the mega stop outside
Northlands Shopping Centre.
Although not to the same scale.
Two bus stops are set to be
upgraded, one on Shirley Rd
adjacent to Shirley Intermediate
School.
The second is on New Brighton
Rd outside the south end of the
mall.
The proposal is to extend the
painted on road bus stops to
accommodate two buses at the
same time.
City council staff said the
bus routes that service the area
are high frequency which often
results in two buses attending the
stop simultaneously.
“As each stop currently only
caters for one bus when a second
bus arrives it may overhang the
bus stop and can obstruct traffic,”
they said.
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