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Vicki Buck<br />
Glenn Livingstone<br />
Councillor attacks arches<br />
• By Julia Evans and Sarla<br />
Donovan<br />
CITY COUNCILLOR Glenn<br />
Livingstone has lashed out over<br />
spending on the new airport<br />
Gateway Bridge arches on social<br />
media.<br />
On Saturday, fellow councillor<br />
Vicki Buck posted a picture of<br />
the bridge’s arches at the Memorial<br />
Ave/Russley Rd intersection<br />
to her Facebook page.<br />
Cr Livingstone kicked back replying:<br />
“What a waste of money.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> arches have attracted a lot<br />
of criticism from the public due<br />
to their $4 million price tag.<br />
CONTROVERSIAL: At a cost<br />
of $4 million, the new airport<br />
arches are taking shape on<br />
Memorial Ave.<br />
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
And Cr Livingstone said<br />
the money would have been<br />
better spent on a replacement<br />
bridge for Pages Rd in New<br />
Brighton.<br />
However, he said he was simply<br />
frustrated with the prioritisation<br />
of the arches over projects<br />
residents of the city’s east have<br />
been waiting for.<br />
“I was trying to make a point<br />
over priority. Some would argue<br />
both are a priority, and the<br />
intersection (at Memorial Ave)<br />
did need addressing. It’s just<br />
frustration at different viewpoints<br />
and seeing other priorities<br />
leapfrogging what our local<br />
(Coastal-Burwood) community<br />
needs,” he said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pages Rd bridge was seen<br />
as a priority, two years ago but<br />
was pushed back to 2021 to<br />
2023, Cr Livingstone said.<br />
He also admitted all elected<br />
city council members are guilty<br />
of “letting fly” on social media<br />
from time to time.<br />
Cr Buck responded to his<br />
comment by posting a breakdown<br />
of how much funding the<br />
city council was putting into<br />
each ward.<br />
<strong>The</strong> arches are funded by the<br />
National Land Transport Fund<br />
not the city council.<br />
Man shot in face<br />
by police was<br />
also a sex offender<br />
A 24-YEAR-OLD shot in the<br />
face by police is a convicted sex<br />
offender, it can now be revealed.<br />
Murray James Allan (right)<br />
pleaded guilty to a<br />
variety of charges in the<br />
district court on Friday<br />
after the incident in<br />
Woolston earlier this<br />
year.<br />
Police fired on Allan<br />
after he aimed a blank firing<br />
pistol at officers when a patrol<br />
went to search the parked vehicle<br />
he was in.<br />
Records show in January 2013,<br />
the then 19-year-old was jailed<br />
for three years and two months<br />
for having non-consensual sex<br />
with a 14-year-old in what was<br />
described as “very close to rape”.<br />
<strong>The</strong> court was told the girl was<br />
emotionally traumatised, and<br />
had tried to commit suicide twice<br />
following it.<br />
At the time, Allan’s presentence<br />
report said he could<br />
cause a “high level of harm” if he<br />
offended again.<br />
Allan was released on parole<br />
on December 3, 2015, with<br />
conditions he would not have any<br />
unsupervised contact<br />
with under-16s, or with<br />
the victim.<br />
Allan has been<br />
remanded in custody,<br />
and will be sentenced<br />
for the February<br />
incident on August 10.<br />
Police had been on an<br />
unrelated call out at 2am when<br />
they stopped to question Allan<br />
and another man in the parked<br />
car.<br />
When officers thought they<br />
saw a cannabis pipe in the vehicle<br />
they said they were going to<br />
search it and called for back<br />
up.<br />
Allan then produced the pistol<br />
and aimed it at one of the officers,<br />
prompting police to shoot him in<br />
the side of the face.<br />
He was given first aid, before<br />
being taken to hospital in an<br />
ambulance with minor injuries.<br />
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