Bay Harbour: October 24, 2018

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Dolphin concern with pile driving
•From page 1
“When they do pile driving,
it makes a noise into the water.
That is what concerns us
regarding the dolphins’ hearing,”
she said.
LPC chief executive Peter
Davie said the welfare of
Hector’s dolphins was a priority
during construction of the new
berth.
Marine pile driving is
expected to start next month,
while some land-based piling
started earlier this year. Mr
Davie said work needed to
begin soon in the water to have
the berth ready for the 2020/21
cruise season.
Most piles will be installed
between March and December
next year.
He said the size of the piles
for the berth was smaller than
initially planned to mitigate the
effects of the noise on dolphins.
“Modelling . . . shows
underwater sound energy per
pile will be 100 times less,” Mr
Davie said.
However, Ms Robinson did
not agree, saying the modelling
would not provide an accurate
measure of the sound generated.
Mr Davie said LPC had
undertaken recent noise
measurements, but the data was
“still being processed.”
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Mrs Robinson said using
screw piling would generate
“barely any noise” if it was used
instead.
Mr Davie said screw piling
would not be strong enough to
“create a seismically resilient
wharf” which could berth the
large cruise liners.
Otago University marine
science department head, professor
Stephen Dawson,
had conducted a study of earlier
pile-driving operations in Lyttelton
Harbour between 2014
and 2015.
Prof Dawson’s team positioned
instruments around the
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harbour which were attuned to
the frequency of the Hector’s
dolphins’ echolocation.
He said the instruments
recorded fewer dolphins during
pile driving. “It definitely denies
habitat. That is a fact.”
He said the underwater sound
of those piles being driven in was
at a similar level to a gunshot.
That could cause deafness
and change the behaviour of the
dolphins.
Prof Dawson said pile driving
could see a substantial decrease
in dolphin numbers in the
harbour, a key habitat for the
species.
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• By Matt Salmons
CONSULTATION ON the plans
for Mt Pleasant’s Scott Park has
been delayed until a decision is
made on the location of the Bays
Area Skate Park in December.
The plans were now estimated
to be out for public consultation
in late February, with a report
estimated to go to the Linwood-
Central-Heathcote Community
Board in April or May.
City council manager community
parks Al Hardy said work on
the park had been budgeted for
this financial year.
“The time line for the consultation
on the Scott Park landscape
plan will be impacted by a decision
being made on the location
of the Bays Area Skate Park at the
community board meeting on
December 3,” he said.
A site on Nayland St had been
identified as the most popular
option for the skate park during
public consultation.
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Consultation delayed
However, Mr Hardy said that
if Scott Park, another potential
location for the skate park, was
chosen then landscape plans
“would need to be amended to
accommodate.”
“This . . . would add additional
time to the delivery of [the Scott
Park] project,” Mr Hardy said.
Scott Park working group and
community board member Darrell
Latham said while it was “disappointing”
to see consultation
delayed, “it is understandable.”
“I am very keen for the community
to have the opportunity
to comment on the completed
landscape plan as soon as possible,”
Dr Latham said.
He said he thought people
would be “delighted” by the improved
beach access, boat ramps
and walkways in the plans.
The landscape plan also included
tree screening for the boat
storage area, picnic areas and
improved car parking areas.
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