LYTTELTON PORT COMPANY UPDATE The Fairway leaves our shores after spending 12 weeks on our Channel Deepening Project. One of our bigger projects is the deepening of the navigation channel, which started in August when one of the world’s largest dredges, the Fairway, arrived in Lyttelton Harbour. The Fairway was a fixture in Lyttelton Harbour for 12 weeks, as she worked around the clock to widen, lengthen and deepen the navigation channel. She has dredged more than five million cubic metres of mud and silt off the sea floor. The dredging programme means larger container ships, which have virtually doubled in size during the last 10 years, will now be able to call at Lyttelton. Prior to the Channel Deepening Project some vessels had to wait for high tide before they could arrive or depart our Port – now larger vessels can access the Port at all times. We recently released our Annual Review, if you’re interested you can read it at http://www. lpc.co.nz/wp-content/ uploads/2018/09/ Annual-Review-2018.pdf Issue 12, December 2018 1 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2018 LPCupdate Mini national park trust to get award Lyttelton Port has been a hive of activity Farewell to the Fairway after a job well done over the past year with projects varying from dredging Lyttelton Harbour, commencing construction of the cruise berth, to the official opening of Te Ana Marina, and the planting of native bushes at the Port Saddle. We have plenty going on, and you can read about our projects and what we’ve been up to in this issue of LPC Update. Inside this issue: • Creating a sustainable future for the Port • Construction on the new cruise berth gets underway • Community survey gives insight into residents’ view of the Port • Helping bring tuis back to Lyttelton OUR FUTURE STARTS IN LYTTELTON ANNUAL REVIEW 2018 NATURE: Well-known botanist Hugh Wilson is a member of the Maurice White Native Forest Trust, which is set to receive a civic award from the city council today. A CONSERVATION trust which created a mini national park on Banks Peninsula will be recognised at the annual civic awards. The Maurice White Native Forest Trust is set to What’s happening in Lyttelton? See our 12-page liftout inside receive an award at a private ceremony today for services to conservation. Twelve recipients will be presented with the city council awards by Mayor Lianne Dalziel. Connecting Your Community Maurice White, who is 94, set up a fund in 1977 to purchase land on Banks Peninsula and, in 1987, the first 109ha section was bought for an ecological project named Hinewai Reserve. Following several other Page 6 www.star.kiwi Win a trip to Singapore A getaway for two worth $7000 up for grabs additions, the reserve now occupies 1250ha near Akaroa and is highly-valued for its indigenous flora and fauna, including geckos, skinks, native eels and fish. •Turn to page 4 Buy, Sell, Discover. with... Lynton Hubber A fresh approach to Real Estate thinking. M 027 433 4141 Harcourts Grenadier Ferrymead - Licensed Sales Consultant REAA 2008 Crime camera funding could be known in February • By Louis Day SUMNER RESIDENTS may know in February if ratepayers will help fund the security cameras they want. Safer Sumner has approached the Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board for a grant of $16,000 after the police were unable to fund the cameras. The board will make a decision in February when it works through the grant requests. Safer Sumner’s Kath Preston said in her submission to the board, it was in desperate need of support after the cost of the cameras skyrocketed from $4000 to $20,000. “The reason why the cost of the cameras has gone up is because we have had to align our cameras with the cameras that the police use.” The cameras would be installed at the entrance to Sumner on Main Rd, with one camera monitoring incoming traffic and one monitoring outgoing traffic. •Turn to page 8 Fo Local Team Happy Christmas Thankyou for your support this year 100% Auction Success Rate SOLD For The Past 2 Years Prier Manson Real Estate Ltd Licensed (REAA 2008) Anna & Bronny Anna Loader 027 272 7128 Bronny Clifford 021 272 7718 21 Humphreys Drive, Ferrymead HEATHCOTE VALLEY PRESCHOOL Open Days! SUNDAY 13 & 20 JAN 2019 11AM – 1PM Bring the kids and get an insight into life at Heathcote Valley Preschool Great activities planned for the whole family! Plus! Enrol on the day to receive ONE MONTH FREE childcare! MERRY CHRISTMAS! THANK YOU FOR A GREAT 2018! PH 03 384 9249 www.hvp.co.nz 108 PORT HILLS RD, HEATHCOTE VALLEY
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