Western News: April 09, 2019

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Quarry consent conditions review
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
A RISE in the number of heavy
vehicles using a small country
lane in Yaldhurst has led to a
quarry company’s consenting
conditions being formally
reviewed.
The city council is reviewing
the conditions which originally
allowed SOL Quarries Ltd to
establish a gravel quarry at
Guys Rd.
Yaldhurst
residents are
fed up with
quarry trucks
“roaring” down
School, Guys and
Hasketts Rds
Aaron
throughout the
day, a city council
spokesman said.
Campbell
“Council staff are aware of
community concerns regarding
heavy vehicle usage on Schools
and Hasketts Rd and are
currently involved in reviewing
the issues,” he said.
The formal review set out in
the Resource Management Act
will ultimately be considered by
a commissioner, the spokesman
said.
The conditions in the resource
consent approved in 2016
encouraged heavy trucks to use
alternative routes to School Rd/
PROBLEMATIC: Yaldhurst residents are tired of heavy trucks
using narrow roads.
Hasketts Rd. The commissioner
decision for the consent stated
none of the experts on the panel
supported the use of the route.
While the panel did not want
the route to be used, it was
decided not to make a specific
condition preventing heavy
trucks from using it. ​
SOL Quarries Ltd manager
Simon Apperley said it has
recently met with the city
council, sent it all required
information and completed a
quarry compliance audit.
He said the city council also
has the opportunity to review
the quarry conditions every 12
months and SOL Quarries Ltd
has been working with it, along
with Environment Canterbury,
on trucking and general quarry
regulations.
Mr Apperley said it has put
a lot of emphasis on School Rd
and has met with Yaldhurst
Model School representatives,
which had positive outcomes.
But Yaldhurst residents are
still unhappy with the number
of trucks using the road.
The Fendalton-Waimairi-
Harewood Community Board
has also requested an update on
the review’s progress.
Board member Aaron
Campbell said residents are
putting up with vibrations from
the heavy vehicles going past.
“The corners are quite
narrow, there is worries there
that turning heavy vehicles
move across into opposing lanes
of traffic around School Rd,” he
said.
School Rd resident Adrienne
van Rig said it is a narrow road
with no footpaths and she is
concerned about children using
the road who attend Yaldhurst
Model School.
But Yaldhurst Model
School principal Allan
Robertson said the school has
not noticed any issues with
heavy trucks.
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Are
you concerned about
the number of quarry
vehicles using School Rd
in Yaldhurst? Email your
views to georgia.oconnor@
starmedia.kiwi
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