Bay Harbour: March 06, 2019

Wednesday March 6 2019
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Fire rages, homes at risk
Call to replace dangerous steps
• By Louis Day
RESIDENTS ARE calling for
a pontoon at the Diamond
Harbour wharf.
The wharf currently has a set
of steps where people are picked
up from.
Diamond Harbour Community
Association chairman
Richard Suggate said these steps
were dangerous and had resulted
in people falling into the water
on several occasions.
“When the boat
docks there during
a high swell
the rear end of the
boat goes in and
Andrew
Rutledge
out leaving a gap
that people have
to jump across, if
you are elderly or
not able-bodied it can be a real
problem,” he said.
City council head of parks Andrew
Rutledge said planning for
major capital improvements to
the wharf were scheduled to start
this year which would be followed
by public and stakeholder
consultation.
Mr Suggate said it was vital a
pontoon was part of the planned
renovation.
“With a pontoon like they have
DANGER: Travellers using the wharf steps at Diamond Harbour have to jump to board boats.
in Lyttelton, the boat is hard
against the flat platform.”
Park rangers were at the wharf
last week on Wednesday and
Thursday to carry out repairs to
a loose handrail.
Mr Rutledge said further
maintenance would be done to
the wharf towards the end of this
month.
“General maintenance,
including ‘wear and tear’ occurs
on all marine structures,
particularly during higher use
summer months. A planned
maintenance work programme
is due to start on March 25,” he
said.
In Brief
SUMNER RD OPENING
The road linking Sumner to
Lyttelton will reopen on March 29.
Contractors have spent the past
two-and-a-half years working to
reinstate Sumner Rd, which has
been closed to traffic since tonnes of
rock came tumbling down onto it
from the surrounding cliffs during
the February 22, 2011, earthquake.
PUMP STATION PROJECT
Work is under way on a new
pump station at Simeon Quay as
part of a $53 million project to
upgrade wastewater services in
the Lyttelton Harbour area. The
new pump station will connect to
two under water pipelines which
have been built to carry untreated
wastewater from the Governors
Bay and Diamond Harbour to
Lyttelton.
HISTORIC PHARMACY
The old pharmacy building on
Rue Lavaud in Akaroa is unlikely
to receive city council funding
for its remediation. The owners
of the historic building applied
for funding from the social,
community development and
housing committee. However,
city council staff recommended
the application be rejected. The
committee is due to make its
decision on the funding today.
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