Western News: July 09, 2019

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Kyle Park reclassification
Decision
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today
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
A MAJOR step could be taken
today to get the long-awaited
Hornby mega-facility built.
The Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
Community Board will
consider approving a recommendation
made by a hearings
panel to reclassify part of Kyle
Park and update the Kyle Park
Management Plan 1993.
The changes need to be made
to enable the Hornby
Library, Service Centre
and South West Pool to
be accommodated at the
eastern end of Kyle Park.
Last month, a hearings
panel made up of
Papanui-Innes Community
Board deputy chairwoman
Emma Norrish,
city councillors Sara Templeton
and Tim Scandrett considered
181 submissions on the proposal.
DECISION TIME: The Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community
Board may give final approval today to reclassify part of Kyle
Park to allow the Hornby mega-facility to go ahead.
The city council received 163
submissions in favour and 23
in opposition following
public consultation in
March and April.
On June 17, the
hearings panel recommended
the changes go
ahead.
Other recommendations
made was for an
upgrade to the Kyle
Park underpass to be aligned
with the work on the Hornby
mega-facility, as proposed by a
Marc Duff
Crime Protection through Environmental
Design report.
It also supported the community’s
wish to enhance the
amenity of Kyle Park including
land remediation and working
with the Ministry of Education
to install a safe crossing between
Hornby Primary and Hornby
High School.
Greater Hornby Residents’
Association chairman Marc
Duff and member Mark Peters,
who will be attending the
meeting on Tuesday, are hoping
the recommendation will go
ahead to allow for the Hornby
facility to be built as soon as
possible.
Board chairman Mike Mora
agreed and said he hoped there
would be no “hold-ups” at the
meeting.
If the changes go ahead, the
city council will be asked to
confirm the site and scope of the
facility – this confirmation is
scheduled for September.
Last year extensive
geotechnical and contamination
testing undertaken on the
former landfill site by the city
council confirmed Kyle Park
could be safely built on.
Landfill gas testing also began
at the park in April and will run
for about 12 months.
City council head of
recreation sports and events
Nigel Cox said gas comes out
of landfills naturally as rubbish
decomposes.
“If the Kyle Park site is
confirmed, the landfill gas
testing will provide information
needed to mitigate any gasses
in the design of the facility. We
started the testing early so that
we would have the test results
before we start any design
process,” he said.
In Brief
RESIDENTS’ PARKING
A parking restriction exception
scheme could be installed on
two streets in Upper Riccarton
and Ilam. The Halswell-Hornby-
Riccarton Community Board
will today consider approving
the scheme on Athol Tce and
Rutherglen Ave so residents
living on the street don’t have
to comply to the P120 time
limit restrictions. The scheme
allows residents in the street to
purchase a permit for a specific
vehicle. The cost of the permit
is currently $54 per year but
is subject to change due to the
permits requiring to be renewed
annually.
WATER STRATEGY
The Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
Community Board will
meet tomorrow to make a
submission on the city council’s
Draft Integrated Water Strategy.
The aim of the strategy is
to develop a framework to
help manage the city’s water
resources, values and demands.
Consultation closes on July 21.
The meeting will be held at the
Te Hapua: Halswell Centre at
noon. To make a submission and
to find out more information go
to the city council’s have your
say page.
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