Bay Harbour: July 04, 2018

Wednesday July 4 2018
News
• By Sarla Donovan
BLACK CAT Cruises will
be instructed to remove all
non-authorised structures
from outside their premises on
Akaroa wharf.
On Monday, the Banks
Peninsula Community Board
rejected a city council staff recommendation
that only signs, a
ramp and hand rails should be
removed or cut back.
Instead,
they insisted
that all nonconsented
structures
should be removed
within
three months
– including
seating, a
Andrew Turner
disability access ramp, canopies
and supporting poles.
The board felt the staff
recommendation did not go
far enough and did not reflect
community expectations.
It follows concerns from
wharf users and the community
that the structures were
encroaching on publicly-owned
land and creating issues with
wharf access – including for
emergency vehicles – and overcrowding.
Deputy Mayor Andrew
Turner said a deputation from
Akaroa Fisherman’s Association
chairman John Wright at the
meeting was well supported by
a “large contingent” of members
of the public and business owners.
“It was very clear that the
view . . . of those attending –
through the deputation and
other comments made – was
that Black Cat shouldn’t be
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Wharf structures to go
shown any favour over the
unauthorised structures. There
were consenting processes
which should have been gone
through which weren’t followed
. . . the view expressed in the
deputation to the meeting was
that all of the structures should
be removed.”
He said the board had placed
“significant” weighting on the
community’s views when making
their decision.
TAKE
DOWN: This
access ramp
outside Black
Cat Cruises
on Akaroa
wharf will
be removed
as part of
changes
the Banks
Peninsula
Community
Board
approved last
week.
PHOTO:
VICTORIA
ANDREWS ​
The board resolved to
instruct Black Cat to remove
the structures within the next
three months, so the work is
completed before cruise ships
begin to arrive in October.
Costs are to be met by Black
Cat.
Black Cat Cruises chief
executive Paul Milligan is out
of the country and did not
respond to requests for
comment.
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A record-breaking year for
Akaroa Museum has seen visitor
numbers increase by 5000 on the
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earthquakes. Cruise ship visitors
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