Southern View: February 14, 2017
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Tuesday <strong>February</strong> <strong>14</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
News<br />
SOUTHERN VIEW<br />
Missing horse mystery a<br />
case of repeat vandalism<br />
• By Caitlin Miles<br />
JADE – the missing play horse<br />
from Charleston Reserve – is<br />
not missing, it was taken away<br />
because of vandalism.<br />
There was initially some<br />
confusion over the missing<br />
horse, which was supposed to be<br />
with its partner, Charlie, in the<br />
Waltham reserve.<br />
Charleston Residents’<br />
Association chairman John<br />
Hoskin said his wife saw it leave<br />
the reserve on the back of a city<br />
council truck and it hasn’t been<br />
seen since.<br />
However, the city council<br />
said the horse was vandalised<br />
on “more than one occasion.”<br />
Because of this, it was taken<br />
out of the reserve after a report<br />
was received stating it had been<br />
damaged again.<br />
City council neighbourhood<br />
and sports parks operation<br />
manager, Al Hardy, said because<br />
the vandals targeted the horse, it<br />
was not replaced.<br />
Mr Hoskin said he hoped<br />
Jade would be returned or<br />
replaced by the city council after<br />
asking the Linwood-Central-<br />
Heathcote Community Board<br />
LONELY: Charleston Residents’ Association chairman John<br />
Hoskin with the lonely Charlie horse. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
to look into it.<br />
Mr Hardy said the horse<br />
wouldn’t be returned, but it<br />
would look at putting something<br />
else in its place.<br />
“Given the history of<br />
vandalism with this particular<br />
piece of equipment, we are<br />
investigating an alternative<br />
piece of equipment for the<br />
horse’s replacement,” Mr Hardy<br />
said.<br />
For now, the remaining horse,<br />
Charlie, will be without its<br />
partner while the city council<br />
looks at other options.<br />
CHANGES: The city council has changed its plan to landscape<br />
Edmonds Park for flood mitigation work.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
No go for Edmonds Park path<br />
• By Caitlin Miles<br />
A PATHWAY will not be<br />
installed at Edmonds Park due<br />
to neighbours concerns that<br />
it would be hidden during the<br />
night time.<br />
As part of Bells Creek flood<br />
mitigation work, the park in<br />
Woolston is being developed to<br />
help ease flooding in the area.<br />
The city council’s Land<br />
Drainage Recovery Programme<br />
investigated options for flood<br />
mitigation in Bells Creek and<br />
recommend a package of works<br />
to reduce flooding.<br />
Stage one includes a new detention<br />
pond within the northern<br />
half of Edmonds Park where<br />
the sports fields are currently<br />
located.<br />
By realigning the creek to run<br />
through Edmonds Park, it will<br />
ease flooding in the surrounding<br />
properties. The section of park<br />
planned for the dry channel was<br />
chosen as it is currently not used.<br />
A sealed footpath on the<br />
southern side of the landscape<br />
planting was also planned to<br />
provide access from Aldwins Rd<br />
into the park.<br />
A small wooden footbridge<br />
across the realigned Bells Creek<br />
at the eastern side of the park<br />
would allow pedestrians to<br />
cross from the northern to the<br />
southern side of the creek.<br />
Councillor Yani Johanson said<br />
nearby residents were worried<br />
about safety if the path was not<br />
well lit during the night and<br />
wanted to see it changed.<br />
The Linwood-Central-<br />
Heathcote Community Board<br />
had originally signed off on the<br />
landscaping plans but the project<br />
team assigned to the work<br />
had met with nearby residents<br />
and decided not to install the<br />
pathway to ease their concerns.<br />
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