Pegasus Post: August 28, 2018

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Lease granted for sports centre
COMING SOON: Eastern Community Sport and Recreation Inc has secured its lease to part of
Rāwhiti Domain. ​
• By Matt Salmons
THE LEASE is secured, now
onto consents and funding say
Eastern Community Sports and
Recreation Inc organisers.
Plans for a $2.2 million sports
facility in New Brighton started
coming to fruition last week
when the group’s lease of two
spaces in Rāwhiti Domain totalling
4325m 2 was granted.
A recommendation had been
sent to the Burwood-Coastal
Community Board from a hearings
panel, giving the board the
authority to grant the lease at its
meeting last week.
The area leased included the
tennis and netball courts, which
the group planned to relay and
cover with a Canadian built $1.3
million kit-set canopy. The first
of its kind in New Zealand.
Group chairman Peter Burley
said the focus now would shift
to resource and building consents
and applying for Lotteries
Commission funding. He said
the group still planned on work
beginning early next year.
“We’re quite excited about
the next step. It’s a recreational
reserve and it means we can go
in there and increase the utilisation
of it.”
The majority of public submissions
during consultation in May
were in support of the idea, only
seven out of 62 being against.
Five submissions supported the
idea but expressed concern about
reduced public access to the tennis
courts.
Mr Burley said that while it
would have a small impact in the
availability for casual users, it
would significantly increase and
improve the use of the area for its
intended purpose.
“It’s the way of the future really.
What it loses in occasional use
by residents, it gains in giving
them a much higher experience,”
Mr Burley said.
The group planned for the
court outside the canopy to be
available as much as possible
for general use. Only using it
if trainings or tournaments attracted
too many people.
Local
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In Brief
Fire rages, homes at risk
BIRD RESCUE
A black gull was rescued by a fire
crew on Hawke St last Sunday. The
bird, which was stuck in a ladder
cage on Hawke St near Shaw Ave
was freed around 2.30pm. Also
on Sunday, around 2.30am, police
attended a fire on Marshland Rd.
When the two crews arrived, a
double garage was “well involved”
in fire. The cause of the fire
is not yet know, but is being
treated as suspicious. Fire risk
management officer Bruce Irvine
is investigating.
NEW EQUIPMENT
A new MRI scanner has be
installed at Burwood Hospital
to help reduce the pressure at
Christchurch Hospital. The
machine will be used by the
radiology service. The first patient
is expected to be scanned at
Burwood on September 10.
DONATIONS NEEDED
The Dogwatch Variety Shop on
Beresford St, New Brighton, needs
stock. All proceeds from shop’s
sales go towards caring for rescued
dogs. It is asking for quality used
household items, clothes, bric-abrac,
toys and books. You can drop
off goods at the store from 10am
to 3pm Monday to Friday or to the
Dogwatch centre at 230 Dyers Rd,
Bromley anytime.
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