Southern View: December 11, 2018

8 Tuesday December 11 2018
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Fire rages, homes at risk
COMMUNITY SITE: Investigation taking place at Kyle Park
in October. The park is recommended for a new south-west
leisure centre.
Mixed views over Kyle Park
•From page 1
“If we chose [to investigate
site options], we go back to
council – who . . . asked us to
expedite the work on Kyle Park
– and say I’m really sorry but we
need another month or year’s
consultation . . . I am certainly
not prepared to do that,” Cr
Buck said.
Board member Ross
McFarlane voted to investigate
other possible sites and
investigate possible cost
savings.
He said: “Essentially all we are
trying to do is to spend the best
amount of money to get the best
facility possible.”
“$5.8 million goes into the
ground [to remediate the Kyle
Park landfill].”
Mr McFarlane asked what
the best option was for the ratepayer,
and to take out the “rush”
in the process.
How board members
voted:
For: Mike Mora, Natalie
Bryden, Vicki Buck, Jimmy
Chen and Anne Galloway
Against: Helen Broughton,
Catherine Chu, Ross
McFarlane and Debbie
Mora
Marc Duff Mark Peters Garry Kilday
GREATER Hornby Residents’
Association chairman Marc
Duff said choosing Kyle Park
would help move the leisure
centre project forward.
“We are many years overdue
for this. We’ve been consulted
until we never want to hear
that word again,” Mr Duff
said.
“To hear that people want
to go out for more views absolutely
amazes me,” he said.
But Save Denton Park chairman
Mark Peters believed
more consultation was needed.
“To me it feels like it [the
process] has been rushed. It
feels like an agenda to get this
through before Christmas,” he
said.
“Take a breath through the
Christmas break, have the
council staff do more homework
for you,” Mr Peters said.
Templeton Residents’ Association
chairman Garry Kilday
slammed the decision, for
being put on a former landfill
site.
Mr Kilday said Templeton
residents have a strong interest
in the mega centre as it is
designed for the south west.
“I just found the whole thing
absolutely reprehensible. I
can’t understand why anyone
would condone opening that
dump,” he said.
Mr Kilday was also concerned
about the community
board supporting Templeton
residents’ fear of quarry dust,
while at also opening a former
landfill at Kyle Park.
He also believed the board
should have investigated an
option to build the mega
centre at Waterloo Business
Park.
“We [Templeton residents]
have a vested interest in this,
people kept on calling it the
Hornby leisure centre. Well it
isn’t, it’s the south-west leisure
centre,” Mr Kilday said.
BMX facility
to benefit
• By Anan Zaki
THE NEW leisure centre is set to
be built next to the Christchurch
BMX Club at Kyle Park.
Track manager Michael
Stronach says the new facility at
Kyle Park will be a boost for the
BMX Club.
The club recently upgraded their
track, which was designed with the
help of Olympic BMX rider Trent
Jones.
“It’s got potential to [benefit] for
sure. With a bit of car parking,
lighting and security it gives them
[city council] the incentive to tidy
up,” Mr Stronach said.
“It could be a good thing for
everyone,” he said.
Work on upgrading the track
started on November 30 and finished
last Tuesday. The cost of the
upgrade would have been $35,000
but it was paid for by businesses
across the city.
“The support from local businesses
has been amazing,” Mr
Stronach said.
The track’s upgrades were
designed and built by BMX rider
Jones, who is also a qualified digger
operator.
The track now has new straights
and jumps.
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