Bay Harbour: February 20, 2019

PAGE 10 Wednesday February 20 2019
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for Scott Park
PUBLIC FEEDBACK is being
sought on the draft landscape
plan for Scott Park in Ferrymead.​
The draft plan features native
trees, sealed parking areas,
an established picnic area and
improved access to the beach and
boat ramps.
It is open for public consultation
until March 11. Linwood-Central-
Heathcote Community Board
member Darrell Latham said
$145,000 will be available for the
park.
“This will not be enough to
complete the entire project. However,
it will mean that a start can
be made on the most important
aspects of the plan,” he said.
“From my perspective, I would
really like to see the access from
the Ferrymead bridge to the
jetty and planting and green space
enhancements done.”
City council head of parks
Andrew Rutledge said the plan
would regenerate and enhance the
popular park by improving water
access.
“Scott Park already meets multiple
community needs, particularly
with regard to recreational
water activities, but we want to
ensure that the area is well-placed
to meet future use,” Mr Rutledge
said.
• By Louis Day
MORE FUNDING could be
given to the Lyttelton Seafarers
Centre.
The Banks Peninsula
Community Board has asked
the city council to request
Christchurch City Holdings Ltd
and the Lyttelton Port Company
provide more funding for the
centre.
Christchurch City Holdings
Ltd is the city council’s
investment arm which runs key
infrastructure including the
port.
LPC gives $5000 to the centre
every year, while Christchurch
City Holdings Ltd does not
currently provide
the centre with any
funding.
Community board
deputy chairman Jed
O’Donoghue said the
amount of funding
to go towards the
centre has yet to be
determined.
Mr O’Donoghue
said the welfare of seafarers is a
humanitarian issue.
“I have seen all these poor
buggers in the rain outside the
library trying to talk to family
Jed
O’Donoghue
back home because of the free
wi-fi there,” he said.
The centre has had more
than 10,000 visits from
seafarers since it opened
three years ago.
The centre provides
them with assistance,
amenities, care, support
and wi-fi so they can call
their families back home.
Lyttelton Seafarers
Centre Charitable Trust
chairman, Reverend
John McLister, said shipping
companies,
cruise ships, port authorities
and the city council should all
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HELPING HAND: Reverend John McLister and three
seafarers from China at the Lyttelton Seafarers Centre on
Norwich Quay,
Seafarers centre may get a boost
be supporting seafarers. “Just as
the airport provides facilities for
aircraft crew, ships’ crews should
be receiving the same standard
of care on arrival in Lyttelton.
This is something seafarers are
guaranteed under international
maritime law,” he said.
LPC strategic engagement
manager Phil de Joux said the
Government also has a role to
play.
“LPC strongly believes a
contribution to the funding of
seafarers’ centres nationally
should be funded via the
maritime levy collected by the
Government,” he said.
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