Western News: December 20, 2016

WESTERN NEWS Tuesday December 20 2016 3
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Kart club prefers McLeans Island
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
KARTING WANTS to set up
close to one of Christchurch’s
most idyllic wildlife parks.
The Christchurch Kart Club
plans to apply for resource
consent to move to a site on
McLeans Island near Peacock
Springs which is operated by the
Isaac Wildlife Trust.
It is expected the application
will be submitted before the end
of February.
Peacock Springs is a former
quarry pit restored as a wildlife
habitat established by Sir Neil
and Lady Diana Isaac.
A city council spokeswoman
said location options have
been looked at since 1995 and
McLeans Island was the most
suitable option.
The club was first established
at Carrs Rd in the 1960s and has
a lease until 2054.
It was required to move to
PROBLEMATIC:
Peacock Springs,
operated by The
Isaac Conservation
and Wildlife Trust
could get a noisy
neighbour if the
Christchurch Kart
Club moves to
McLeans Island.
make way for the full residential
development of the Awatea
Block south of Wigram.
It was reported in July last
year about 670 houses would
not be able to be built if the club
was not moved and land buffers
would have to be put in place to
reduce the noise impact on the
new houses.
At that time The Isaac Conservation
and Wildlife Trust
expressed concerns at the
proposed relocation of the kart
club to the area due to the noise
generated by the club.
But trust’s operations manager
Bruce Rule told Western News
last week they would not comment
at this stage on whether it
would make an objection.
Orana Wildlife Park’s marketing
manager Nathan Hawke
said it does not have enough
information yet to comment on
whether it would object.
He said noise is only an issue
for animals if it is a direct noise
such as a drone flying overhead,
rather than a constant noise the
kart club would make.
National Equestrian Centre
Christchurch’s centre manager
Steven Irwin said they would
most likely object if the kart club
MOVING: The Christchurch
Kart Club could move to
McLeans Island.
was placed next door, but not if
it was down the other end of the
island because the trees would
block the noise.
He said horses are a “visual
animal” and are more sensitive
to movement.
“We have got shooting clubs
and that sort of thing around
us and they never seem to get
bothered,” he said.
Both Orana Park and the
equestrian centre are located
near Christchurch Pistol Club,
Christchurch International Airport
and K.B. Contracting and
Quarries on Miners Rd.
Depending on whether the resource
consent is approved, the
city council will pay $3.5 million
for the club’s move.
The Christchurch Kart Club’s
president Kent Ramsay said he
did not wish to comment at this
stage.
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