Nor'West News: March 26, 2019

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Tuesday March 26 2019 5
Five days to have say on $1m toilets
THE PUBLIC has five days to
have a say on the designs for
the toilet blocks at Roto Kohatu
Reserve which are set to cost $1
million.
The plans are for two separate
toilet blocks, which would
be installed at the popular
recreation site on Sawyers Arms
Rd.
There are currently only
portaloos at the site, which has a
high number of annual visitors
who use Lake Roto Kohatu
and Lake Rua for watersports,
swimming and picnics.
Each new block would have
two cubicles and an outside
shower. The cost is estimated at
$282,806 for each building and
$440,000 to connect them up to
services.
One block would be installed
beside the main car park and the
other at the canoe polo area.
The toilet blocks would
be brought to the site fully
constructed and then be
connected to the existing
infrastructure on Greywacke Rd.
HOTSPOT: An increase in visitors to Lake Rua and
Lake Roto Kohatu has led to plans for two new toilet
blocks.
(Left) – One of the designs for the new toilet blocks,
which would each have two cubicles and an outside
shower.
In February, city councillor
Aaron Keown said the high cost
for the toilets was necessary.
“It’s so expensive because it’s not
near a road and half the money is
just getting the services like the
fresh water and the electricity in,
which have to be in two different
trenches,” said Cr Keown.
“You can’t do a half-baked job
on toilets like this,” he said.
The toilet blocks were approved
by the Fendalton-Waimairi-
Harewood Community
Board in July after the city
council discovered visitors
were defecating in the bushes
surrounding the lake.
The city council is also
proposing a new 100-space
car park. Depending on the
outcome of the consultation,
the city council aims to have the
toilet blocks completed before
December.
•To have your say, go
to www.ccc.govt.nz/thecouncil/consultations-andsubmissions/haveyoursay/
show/229
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Cost of QE II
facilities could
be slashed
Fire rages, homes at risk
• By Julia Evans
A TOILET block and changing
facility at QE II Park will not cost
ratepayers $1 million.
Instead, city council staff are
investigating ways to cut back
the cost of the planned 200 sq m
building after a request from the
hearings panel.
Burwood Ward city councillor
and hearings panel chairman
Glenn Livingstone said he was
pleased with the result.
“The whole hearings panel
was very concerned over the
proposed $1 million cost for the
changing sheds and toilets and
was very clear over that,” he said.
Cr Livingstone previously
said a house could be built for
$350,000 so he couldn’t understand
why a toilet block would
cost almost triple that.
However, city council head
of recreation, sports and events
Nigel Cox said the $1 million
budgeted for the toilet and
changing room block had been
an estimate.
The building would have four
changing rooms with showers and
toilets, a referees’ changing room,
storage, public toilets, provision of
services and landscaping, including
paving, and vegetation.
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