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PAGE 8 BAY HARBOUR Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Wednesday September 4 2019 News •HAVE YOUR SAY: What do you think of the Tactical Response Team’s efforts to help the Lyttelton community? Email your thoughts to jess.gibson@starmedia.kiwi CLEAN-UP: More than 70 per cent of the derelict buildings at the former Skellerup factory site on Garlands Rd in Woolston are being knocked down. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN Old Skellerup factory demolition under way • By Jess Gibson A LARGE portion of the remaining abandoned Skellerup factory is being demolished at its former Woolston site. The BL Family Trust own the 59,801 sq m section of land on Garlands Rd and is in the process of clearing more than 70 per cent of the earthquakedamaged, asbestos-filled buildings. Skellerup, which makes rubber goods, moved out in 2016 to a new $60 million premises in Wigram. It sold the Woolston site ‘as is where is’. BL Family Trust representative Vipan Garg said the demolition is taking place in order to clean up the “eyesore” which is derelict and attracting vandals. “It was a problem within the community. People were getting into the buildings, as they were left unattended.” National Steel, the main site occupant, processes and sorts metal on the empty land and will continue to use one building as a “hub” which has been deemed safe by an engineer. Fair Auto Dismantlers, Lowe Industries and NZ Besthome Furniture also occupy the shedlike buildings on the site, which have been assessed as safe. The BL Family Trust has applied for a proposed boundary adjustment to three main lots on the site and wants it to be processed by the city council. However, demolition project manager Jarrad Smith said there are no plans to sell or develop the area at this stage. He said the purpose of the boundary adjustment is to square off the land into three clear parcels. “Potentially, at some point, something will happen with the site. What that is and when that is hasn’t been determined. Vipan Garg There is still a year or so of work to be done,”Mr Smith said. The demolition may take up to a year and the remaining materials will be dumped at the Kate Valley landfill. Crime may be going unreported •From page 1 Lyttelton Police Sergeant Franco Lovrich said incidents may be going unreported. “If it’s not life-threatening, call 105 and report incidents so we can monitor what is going on and target it as appropriate,” he said. Residents have been taking to Facebook pages such as Lyttelton – Ain’t No Place I’d Rather Be – to post about crimes which are mainly happening outside of police presence hours. However, fewer people have been posting about crime since the patrols started. A community meeting has been set up to address residents’ concerns. It will be held on Sunday, 5pm, in the Lyttelton Arts Factory, 1 Sumner Rd. The meeting will be attended by Sergeant Lovrich, residents and community board members. Tactical Response Team operations director Shannon Mudge is a Lyttelton resident and wanted to put the concerns of fellow residents at ease with help from his colleague Shane Fuller. Said Mr Mudge: “We’re not the police, we’re just there to deter any crime. If we can stop it before it happens that’s a win for us.” “If we can manage the situation we will deal with it, but if it’s out of our control we will log it and report it to the police,” Mr Mudge said. “If there is one person breaking in and we see it, by all means, we will try and stop it.” Mr Mudge said the patrols have been quiet and they have not had to deal with anything problematic so far. Superintendent Lane Todd said police would be interested in having “further conversations with them in relation to how they are going to operate.” He said he would rather them be affiliated with one of the community patrols as they have a good working relationship with police. Community patrollers are volunteers working closely with police as extra “eyes and ears” to help build safer communities. Tactical Response Team is licensed and all of its security guards are vetted, selected, trained and equipped to attend incidents. They patrol in a vehicle and on foot in areas which are targeted by offenders, dressed in black uniforms showing the TRT logo. Mr Mudge and Mr Fuller are also offering “welfare checks.” “If someone is away for the weekend and they want us to look around their property to make sure the doors and windows are okay or if someone is sick and they need a checking up on, we will do that as well,” Mr Mudge said. Said Lyttelton Community Association Ken Maynard: “It would be better if the police were doing this, but if they can’t or won’t this is probably better than not having anything at all.” Franco Lovrich Ken Maynard Banks Peninsula Water Zone Committee We need your help – Banks Peninsula planting day The Banks Peninsula Water Zone Committee invites you to take part in the Koukourārata planting day on Saturday September 7 in Port Levy. One of the committee’s priority actions is protecting and enhancing environmental values from the mountains to the sea (ki uta ki tai). The planting will help protect the quality of the stream on the marae’s boundary, which runs from the mountain to the sea, as well as providing shelter for native species. The plan is to plant 3000 native seedlings in Port Levy from 9am at the water front by the jetty. All you need to bring is a pair of gardening gloves and a spade if you prefer your own, and yourself. Click ‘going’ on Environment Canterbury’s Facebook event to register your interest. The planting details: What: Planting 3000 native seedlings; When: Saturday September 7, from 9am; Where: Meet at the Port Levy jetty, Puari Rd, and the group will walk to Koukourārata marae. The Banks Peninsula Water Zone Committee is a community led committee supported by councils. fb.com/canterburywater
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