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8 Thursday June 9 2016 follow us on facebook.com/riseupchristchurch The Star News In Brief QUARRY HEARINGS Hearings will begin on Monday to listen to arguments for and against allowing quarries to dig below Christchurch’s groundwater table. Currently quarries are only able to dig down to 1m above the highest groundwater level, because of the risk of the water being polluted. But a group of 10 quarries have banded together to try to get the rules changed. A decision is expected in July. RED ZONE REPLANTING The Avon-Otakaro Network is running a crowd funding campaign to raise enough money to replant 680m of wetlands at Anzac Drive Reserve. Currently it is sitting on $5120.50, which covers about 200m. The group will be running the crowd funding campaign until June 30. WORLD CHAMPION Coming up with a solution for a hypothetical future energy crisis has made one Cashmere High School student a world champion. Hannah Hudson, 16, won the senior individual world title in the global issues section at the Future Problem Solving International Conference at Michigan State University. $28m set aside for car park • By Gabrielle Stuart THE CITY council has promised millions of dollars to help build the privately-owned The Crossing car park, but it is keeping all the details of the deal secret. The Star has learned $28 million has been set aside for The Crossing car park project, as part of the $70 million the city council has allocated to central city parking. The rest is allocated to replace the Lichfield St car parking building, and build a parking building in the north of the city. The details of the deal are set to be kept secret until The Crossing project is completed, which is expected in October. City council head of transport Chris Gregory (above) said money had been allocated to The Crossing parking building. But he refused to say how much, or answer questions about what the city council expected to get back from the deal. “Details of this contract are DEAL: Construction is under way at The Crossing. still confidential and I’m unable said he could not talk about to reply on this,” he said. any details of the deal, because Mayor Lianne Dalziel said she he was also bound by the contract. did not believe she was going against ratepayers’ right to know But he was against it being how public money was spent, kept secret, saying the public because the details would be had a right to know how public released eventually. money was being spent. “There is no intention to keep He said investing in car it confidential, the public will parking in the central city was know. But in the meantime, due vital. to commercial reasons, it is not “Off-street parking is going being released.” to be like the new gold, because City councillor Yani Johanson there’s going to be such a chronic PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN shortage of on-street parking, and it’s absolutely in my view a council strategic asset to own parking buildings.” If parking was left up to private companies there was a risk they would hike the prices right up, he said. “All that’s going to do is kill the central city long term, especially when you get all the new offices coming in and the new retail and the government departments too.” Are You Feeling Cold & Uncomfortable? Do you have a leaky home? The Financial Assistance Package, which helps people with a contribution to repair leaky homes, is closing to new claims on 23 July 2016. To give time for an assessment to be undertaken, applications should be with MBIE by 27 June 2016. Go to building.govt.nz/FAP for more information or to apply for financial assistance. Be warm and comfortable on a Dreamwool Bed, with 100% natural fillings. Free from hot foams, polyester and glue, enjoy the year round superior comfort of our Latex or Pocketspring mattresses. For the very best investment you can make in a mattress... for under $2000!! FAP001CS 22 Kennaway Rd • www.dreamwool.com • Ph 343-5105
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