Southern View: July 31, 2018
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SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>31</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 5<br />
News<br />
Local<br />
News<br />
Now<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
Clock tower danger warning<br />
PEOPLE attempting to<br />
break into the earthquakedamaged<br />
Scarborough clock<br />
tower are putting themselves<br />
in a potentially dangerous<br />
situation, the city council is<br />
warning.<br />
The heritage clock tower<br />
is currently surrounded by<br />
scaffolding and has fencing<br />
around it, but that has not<br />
stopped some people from<br />
trying to gain entry.<br />
“The reason why the<br />
clock tower is fenced off is<br />
because we’ve had engineers<br />
working to determine how<br />
much damage it sustained<br />
in the earthquakes and what<br />
needs to be done to fix it,’’<br />
said city council head of parks<br />
Andrew Rutledge.<br />
“The assessment shows while<br />
the clock tower is structurally<br />
sound, it requires extensive<br />
repairs. Some of the surface<br />
masonry is loose and could<br />
fall off if we got another strong<br />
quake.<br />
“It is not safe for the public<br />
to be in the clock tower which<br />
is why we have got it fenced off.<br />
Our concern is that if someone<br />
does try to break in while<br />
the repair work is under way,<br />
they could find themselves<br />
in a potentially dangerous<br />
situation,’’ Mr Rutledge<br />
said.<br />
The repairs to the clock<br />
tower are likely to take<br />
several more months to<br />
complete and will involve<br />
removing all the clock faces<br />
so they can be restored by<br />
specialists.<br />
The scaffolding on the<br />
Scarborough tower was<br />
installed in March and is<br />
costing $280 a week.<br />
It is believed to be the first<br />
time the clock faces have been<br />
restored since being built in<br />
the 1930s.<br />
People have also tried to<br />
gain entry to New Brighton’s<br />
damaged clock tower.<br />
DANGEROUS: People<br />
trying to gain entry to clock<br />
towers at Scarborough and<br />
New Brighton are putting<br />
themselves in danger, the<br />
city council is warning.<br />
In Brief<br />
TREES TO BE REMOVED<br />
The city council has scheduled<br />
to remove nine dead and<br />
decaying trees from the South<br />
Brighton estuary on August<br />
17. City council community<br />
parks manager Al Hardy said<br />
after receiving further advice<br />
it has decided to carry out<br />
additional assessments before<br />
a final decision is made on the<br />
remaining trees.<br />
NEW WETLAND BRIDGE<br />
Patients and staff at Burwood<br />
Hospital can now make the<br />
most of Travis Wetland thanks<br />
to a new footbridge leading<br />
into the nature reserve. As part<br />
of widening work on Mairehau<br />
Rd, a new access bridge has<br />
been opened which provides a<br />
wheelchair-friendly entrance<br />
into the park.<br />
EUTHANASIA TALK<br />
Selwyn MP Amy Adams will<br />
host an information evening<br />
on the euthanasia laws<br />
currently before Parliament on<br />
Monday at Rolleston College.<br />
MPs David Seymour and<br />
Maggie Barry will speak from<br />
opposing sides of the debate.<br />
Ms Adams wants to hear<br />
what residents think and take<br />
questions. The event will start<br />
at 7pm.<br />
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