Western News: May 22, 2018

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Mega centre unlikely at Denton park
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Mr Houliston hoped a new
facility could be built on Kyle
Park.
“It [Kyle Park] does have issues
with contaminated land, a fair
bit of the eastern end [of the
park] is not contaminated.
“I believe Kyle Park should be
remediated. Asbestos has also
been found on the surface so the
whole piece of ground needs to
be done up,” Mr Houliston said.
Steps should also be taken to
protect Denton Park “forever”,
he said.
The year-long battle took a
personal toll, Mr Houliston said.
“It does physically drain you.
I’ve got a box of papers probably
around four inches deep of
research that’s been done,” he
said.
Save Denton Park chairman
Mark Peters wasn’t present at
the hearing but watched a live
stream of the event.
He said the group was
“completely” in support of
having a similar facility in
Hornby. “Denton Park has never
been the right place to put it,” Mr
Peters said.
He also agreed Kyle Park was
a potential location for a new
facility but also suggested the
Sockburn School site, once the
SAVED: The cycle track at Denton Park could remain.
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER
school completed its planned
move to Wigram Skies.
Greater Hornby Residents
Association chairman Marc Duff
said a future facility was a major
“concern” for the association.
“We’re still desperate to get
that [swimming] pool in Hornby
and now it’s a matter of us
working with the residents and
the council staff and ensure we
get them,” Mr Duff said.
The hearings panel
recommendation not to use
Denton Park was made to the
Haslwell-Hornby-Riccarton
Community Board, which would
make the final decision.
The proposed facility drew
immense opposition from
residents after the city council
voted in favour of it going on
Denton Park in August last
year.
Hearings panel chairwoman,
city councillor Sara Templeton,
said going through more than
1400 submissions showed that
there was a “strong desire” from
the community to keep the park
for recreation purposes only.
“The main concerns we
have are around the traffic
issues in the area – this area of
Hornby is already at capacity,
and like many submitters,
we’re concerned that any
new development in Denton
Park would only increase the
congestion,” Ms Templeton said.
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
Community Board chairman
Mike Mora said a date is yet to
be set for a decision on the park’s
future.
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GRANT FOR ATHLETE
Sixteen year-old Hornby girl Iris
Rose Taramai is on her way to
Australia to compete with the
Southern Pride Softball Team
after receiving a $500 grant
from the Halswell-Hornby-
Riccarton Community Board.
Taramai will compete in the
2018 International Friendship
Series in Brisbane, which his
held from June 6 to July 14.
NEW VAN FOR TRUST
The Canterbury Fiji Social
Services Trust will get a new
van after being granted $10,000
from the Halswell-Hornby-
Riccarton Community Board.
City council staff commented
that the van would be an
essential service to assist the
social service to help transport
clients who were from low
socio-economic communities.
QUARRY HOUSE LEASED
Paterson House at Halswell
Quarry has been leased to
Conservation Volunteers New
Zealand. The volunteers and
staff will live at the former
quarry manager’s home while
carrying out a wide range of
biodiversity projects at council
parks and reserves and other
conservation land across the
district.
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