Selwyn Times: August 28, 2019

4 Wednesday August 28 2019
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Councillors front up with quarry views
As the October local
body elections approach,
Devon Bolger asks
Environment Canterbury
candidates what their
views are on the
controversial planned
Fulton Hogan quarry
between Weedons and
Templeton
IN NOVEMBER Fulton Hogan
applied to ECan and the district
council to establish a quarry
between Curraghs, Dawsons,
Maddisons and Jones Rds.
There were 329 public
submissions against the plan
and a hearing is set to start on
November 18 in which a panel of
commissioners will determine
whether the quarry will go
ahead.
Allen Lim –
Ultimately the
decision is up
to the hearing
commissioners.
If it was up to
me, I would
certainly be
considering the
environmental
impact of the operation, as
well as the impact on the
neighbouring residents, in
terms of the number of truck
movements, the noise, vibration,
dust, and any health issues this
might cause local residents.
Then weighing all this up
against possible mitigations and
economic benefits.
What I can promise is that
I will always be open to ideas,
will hear people out, and in
every case, consider the social,
cultural, environmental and
economic values.
Ian
Mackenzie –
Simple answer
is I’m against
the siting of
this quarry.
The Weedons/
Templeton/
Rolleston area
has become an
area of high residential growth
and those residents come into
the area with expectations. That
would suggest industrial sites
in this area, such as quarries,
should be restricted to areas
zoned for such activities, like
the Rolleston Izone. It appears
planning hasn’t kept up with
the changing dynamics of the
district and this is in danger of
letting down both the residents
and Fulton Hogan.
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Are you for or against Fulton Hogan’s
proposed quarry between Weedons and Templeton?
Email your views to georgia.oconnor@starmedia.kiwi
APPLICATION: Fulton Hogan wants to establish a new quarry
between Curraghs, Dawsons, Maddisons and Jones Rds.
People and businesses want
certainty. As ratepayers, we don’t
want long-running expensive
hearings and litigation. We
lose because we fund it, we
lose because the cost of doing
business goes up, and we lose
because the outcomes are
uncertain. That’s not good for
anyone.
Sarah Walters – I am
concerned that the current
planning rules don’t allow
for sufficient setback or
consideration
of the negative
impacts,
particularly on
an established
urban area. The
controls for
these activities
are set down in
the Regional Policy Statement,
so it is in setting these guidelines
that councillors and other
parties have the opportunity
to decide what is important.
The RPS is a key document,
which covers what activities
are allowed and what factors
should be considered, and is
due to be reviewed during the
next council term. Councillors’
views can vary widely in these
areas. Unfortunately, there is
no opportunity for individual
councillors to influence
outcomes of the commissioners
hearing on the quarry.
John Sunckell – What I
can promise and have some
influence over is that if the
quarry is consented, I will ensure
that all consent conditions and
mitigations are met.
ECan uses independent
hearing
commissioners
to hear consent
applications
made under
the Resource
Management
Act.
As a councillor
I have no ability
to influence the decisionmaking
process and therefore
my support or otherwise of the
Roydon Quarry is irrelevant.
Those who oppose the proposed
Roydon Quarry may not like
my answer but those are the
constraints within which we
work.
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