Pegasus Post: February 12, 2019

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Noise relief at Common Ground
• By Matt Slaughter
SOUTH NEW Brighton’s
Common Ground has become a
lot less noisy.
Six loud diesel generators were
replaced by a more sustainable
power connection box.
THe box was installed by Orion
and commissioned at a ceremony
last Thursday following concerns
from Common Ground about
the noise and fumes the
generators were creating.
Common Ground coordinator
Jane Harrison said she
wanted the space to be environmentally
and noise-friendly, but
the funds had not been available
to achieve this when it first
opened.
“We always wanted to have
electricity and we didn’t want
diesel-burning generators . . . the
cost was just going to be absolutely
prohibitive.”
Ms Harrison said Burwood
Ward city councillor Glenn Livingstone
had come together with
Orion, Safe Power and Nova
Energy to install the power box
for free.
She said this would now
ensure the surrounding environment
and residents’ ears were
looked after.
“We’ve worked really closely
with our neighbourhood and
with our immediate neighbours
SUSTAINABLE: A ceremony to commission a power connection box was attended by Common
Ground co-ordinator Jane Harrison, Orion general manager and stakeholder Paul Deavoll and
Burwood Ward city councillor Glenn Livingstone.
to make sure that everything we
do is going to just work really
positively for the community.”
The new power box will now
run the mobile food and coffee
vans, which operate on the site. ​
It has been a popular community
gathering space for residents
in the east since it was set up by
the Common Ground Collaborative.
Orion general manager
customer and stakeholder Paul
Deavoll said: “It’s great to be able
to support the South Brighton
community to create a more
sustainable hub for local people
to get together.”
City Care also donated its
time and machinery to level and
landscape the site when it was
first opened.
Burwood Ward city councillor
Glenn Livingstone said: “This
site has proven a real success for
the local community. It is great
to see the noisy generators go,
and landscaping making a real
community gathering place.
“Orion and City Care’s contributions
have made a big difference
for a community that’s been
through hard times.”
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Fire rages, homes at risk
HOUSE BUS FIRE
A house bus was destroyed by
fire on Pages Rd, near Breezes
Rd, on February 3. Fire and
Emergency New Zealand
received multiple calls about a
house fire and on arrival, three
crews found a house bus burning.
It was not treated as suspicious
and no one was inside the
bus at the time of the blaze.
CRICKET WICKET
East Shirley Cricket Club
has successfully applied to
develop a junior cricket pitch
with an artificial wicket on the
site of the former bowls club
in Burwood Park. The project
was given the go-ahead at a
Coastal-Burwood Community
Board meeting last week.
Currently, there are no junior
facilities on the park meaning
junior teams play and carry
out most of their training
elsewhere.
RUGBY CLUB LIGHTS
Parklands Rugby Football
Club has received approval
from the Coastal-Burwood
Community Board to install
and upgrade on-field lighting
at Queenspark Reserve. This
will involve the installation of
two new lighting poles and the
upgrade of two existing poles
on the field.
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