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PAGE 6 Wednesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>31</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
BAY HARBOUR<br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
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Skate park sites released<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
UNDER WAY: The foundation<br />
of Sumner’s temporary<br />
skate ramp at the corner of<br />
Nayland St and Wakefield<br />
Ave is being laid this week.<br />
Work starts<br />
on ramp<br />
for skaters<br />
CONTRACTORS yesterday<br />
started laying asphalt for<br />
Sumner’s temporary skate ramp.<br />
It will be installed at 26<br />
Nayland St, which is also one of<br />
the four short-listed sites for a<br />
permanent skate park.<br />
Sumner Green and Skate<br />
spokeswoman Liza Sparrow<br />
couldn’t say exactly when the<br />
ramp would be up-and-running<br />
as the group was dependant on<br />
volunteer labour. However, she<br />
was hoping it would be operational<br />
by the end of February.<br />
The temporary skate ramp was<br />
formerly located at 36 Wakefield<br />
Ave but was closed in February<br />
last year when it failed to comply<br />
with noise standards.<br />
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School, 26 Nayland St and next to Sumner Surf Life Saving Club. PHOTOS: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
A SKATE park between<br />
Ferrymead and Sumner is a<br />
step closer with the release of a<br />
shortlist with four suitable sites.<br />
They are Sumner beach next<br />
to the Surf Life Saving Club,<br />
Scott Park in Ferrymead, the<br />
old Redcliffs School grounds on<br />
Main Rd, and the former Marine<br />
Tavern site at 26 Nayland St,<br />
Sumner.<br />
The four were chosen from a<br />
list of 57.<br />
Public consultation on the sites<br />
will take place from <strong>January</strong> 29<br />
to February 26 with a decision<br />
from the Linwood-Central-<br />
Heathcote Community Board<br />
likely in April.<br />
Sumner Green and Skate<br />
group member Liza Sparrow said<br />
it was “really thrilled” with the<br />
sites. They all had merit, she said,<br />
but the group would continue to<br />
support a permanent site within<br />
Sumner.<br />
“It works well with the surf<br />
and skate culture, is also good<br />
for local business and it adds<br />
vibrancy to the area.”<br />
Board member Tim Lindley<br />
said he had no particular preference.<br />
“They would each offer quite<br />
a different experience. It’s a case<br />
of putting these out for consultation<br />
– they’ve all got pluses and<br />
minuses.”<br />
Board member Darrell Latham<br />
said the Sumner community had<br />
warmed to the Nayland St site.<br />
“Sumner locals have wanted<br />
centrality to the village, a place<br />
parents have easy access to. I<br />
think it’s a good site. (Redcliffs<br />
School) also has advantages<br />
being central to the <strong>Bay</strong>s area<br />
and accessible to all residents.”<br />
Matt Cockcroft lives next door<br />
to the former Redcliffs School<br />
site on Main Rd.<br />
He said he would be happy for<br />
a skate park to go there provided<br />
it was in the middle of the<br />
park, visible from the road and<br />
residents could have input into<br />
the design.<br />
People wanting to give<br />
feedback on the sites can go to<br />
the city council’s website<br />
www.ccc.govt/haveyoursay<br />
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Parish Church Hall, 4 Augusta<br />
St, Redcliffs.<br />
Ferrymead 987 Ferry Road Phone 373 6550<br />
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