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PEGASUS POST Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>July</strong> 2 <strong>2019</strong> 3<br />
News<br />
Pools’ fence may ruin ocean view<br />
• By Louis Day<br />
PEOPLE USING the hot water<br />
pools in New Brighton will have<br />
to peer through timber slats to<br />
see the ocean.<br />
The $11.2 million pool complex<br />
is currently under construction<br />
and is expected<br />
to be open early<br />
next year.<br />
Development<br />
Christchurch Ltd<br />
chief executive<br />
Rob Hall said<br />
timber slats from<br />
Martha<br />
Baxendell<br />
Rebecca<br />
Tavete<br />
80cm to 1.3m<br />
tall would be<br />
installed on the<br />
beach side of the<br />
pools to protect<br />
users from<br />
easterly winds.<br />
Mr Hall said<br />
people would<br />
still be able to<br />
see the ocean<br />
through the 5cm<br />
gaps between the<br />
timber slats.<br />
“A solid glass<br />
IN THE WAY: The timber slat fence around the planned New Brighton hot water pools could<br />
obscure the ocean views.<br />
fence was considered, however,<br />
we know that sea spray quickly<br />
turns glass opaque and unsightly,<br />
and a solid glass fence would also<br />
cause unpleasant downdrafts for<br />
pool users,” he said.<br />
New Brighton Project coordinator<br />
Martha Baxendell<br />
was concerned the slats would<br />
obscure the view.<br />
“I think the biggest thing was<br />
that we wanted to know that we<br />
were still in New Brighton, I just<br />
hope it is not this big old fence<br />
that we can hardly see through, “<br />
she said.<br />
Ms Baxendell’s partner<br />
Robbie Baigent, who got a lot<br />
of feedback after posting the<br />
hot pools plan on The People’s<br />
Independent Republic of New<br />
Brighton Facebook page, felt the<br />
community had been sold one<br />
thing and given another.<br />
“All the early imagery showed<br />
a fence but with a series of glass<br />
panels which I would have had<br />
no problem with,” he said.<br />
“It’s just a real shame, we have<br />
got one of the most amazing<br />
vistas across the city.”<br />
New Brighton Business<br />
and Landowners Association<br />
chairwoman Rebecca Tavete is<br />
confident the hot pools will still<br />
be a success.<br />
“I don’t think many people will<br />
be going to the pool to look at<br />
the ocean anyway. If you look at<br />
Hanmer and the hot pools there<br />
you are either sitting around<br />
gazing into your partner’s eyes or<br />
you are sitting around with some<br />
friends chatting away,” she said.<br />
Coastal Ward city councillor<br />
David East labelled the slats a<br />
“win-win” situation.<br />
“From the point of view of<br />
breaking wind, it makes sense.<br />
I also think it is possible to have<br />
a more than adequate view with<br />
the slats,” he said.<br />
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BROAD PARK FLYING FOX<br />
A new flying fox will be<br />
installed and operational by<br />
the end of the month in Broad<br />
Park, Waimairi Beach. City<br />
council staff have been working<br />
with a local contractor to make<br />
modifications to the existing<br />
playground structure to ensure<br />
the flying fox platform meets<br />
required standards.<br />
TRAVIS RD REPAIRS<br />
Repairs to the northern side of<br />
Travis Rd have been completed.<br />
The Coastal-Burwood<br />
Community Board asked city<br />
council staff in April to fix the<br />
patch of road, which is east of<br />
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Frost Rd roundabout and runs<br />
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