Selwyn Times: October 23, 2019
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4 Wednesday <strong>October</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
News<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
Evidence for quarry hearings released<br />
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />
EXPERT evidence supporting<br />
submitters’ views on the<br />
hotly-debated plan to open a<br />
quarry near Weedons has been<br />
released ahead of next month’s<br />
hearings.<br />
Environment Canterbury<br />
has published 27 reports<br />
from some of the individuals,<br />
businesses and community<br />
groups set to present evidence for<br />
and against<br />
the proposed<br />
quarry.<br />
Evidence<br />
has been<br />
provided by<br />
submitters<br />
including the<br />
city council,<br />
Christchurch<br />
Jolene Eagar<br />
Airport,<br />
New Zealand<br />
Transport<br />
Agency, Templeton Residents’<br />
Association and Yaldhurst Rural<br />
Residents’ Association.<br />
The hearings on Fulton<br />
Hogan’s application to<br />
open a quarry on Dawsons,<br />
Jones, Maddisons and<br />
Curraghs Rd will start on<br />
November 18.<br />
Evidence has been released<br />
from groups in support of<br />
the quarry, including Aggregate<br />
and Quarry Association of<br />
New Zealand and Allied<br />
Concrete.<br />
Templeton Residents’<br />
Association treasurer Jolene<br />
Eagar is due to speak at the<br />
hearings on behalf of the<br />
association’s ‘no quarry subcommittee’.<br />
The committee’s<br />
evidence says if the quarry<br />
application is approved, it will set<br />
a “dangerous” precedent for the<br />
future.<br />
“The TRA received a very<br />
strong message from residents<br />
and businesses of Templeton and<br />
its surrounding area, they were<br />
here first and they have worked<br />
hard to build happy, peaceful<br />
lives. They do not want the proposed<br />
quarry.”<br />
The committee’s evidence<br />
highlighted several concerns,<br />
including the quarry’s potential<br />
impact on water quality and<br />
property values, as well as traffic<br />
and noise.<br />
However, evidence provided<br />
by Aggregate and Quarrying<br />
Association of New Zealand<br />
The expert<br />
evidence can<br />
be viewed<br />
on the ECan<br />
website at<br />
https://bit.<br />
ly/2MOAUCK<br />
chief executive Wayne Scott<br />
said the quarry will benefit<br />
Canterbury.<br />
“Fulton Hogan is proposing<br />
the best practice mitigation<br />
measures for the site and has<br />
developed a detailed quarry<br />
rehabilitation plan. AQA is<br />
supportive of Fulton Hogan’s<br />
commitment to going beyond<br />
compliance.”<br />
Fulton Hogan has already<br />
made a number of changes to its<br />
plan before the hearings start.<br />
They include no processing of<br />
aggregates before 7am or after<br />
8pm and there will be a limit of<br />
800 truck movements per day.<br />
The NZTA evidence covered a<br />
range of issues, including traffic<br />
congestion in the Dawsons Rd<br />
area. It suggested installing electronic<br />
signs warning motorists<br />
not to use certain roads.<br />
On behalf of the Canterbury<br />
District Health Board, Stephen<br />
Gordon Chiles’ evidence said<br />
the proposed conditions do not<br />
adequately<br />
manage<br />
noise from<br />
off-site<br />
trucks. He<br />
made recommendations<br />
including<br />
imposing<br />
a consent<br />
condition<br />
prohibiting Wayne Scott<br />
trucks with<br />
audible engine brakes from<br />
entering the site.<br />
Meanwhile, the number of<br />
people speaking at the hearings<br />
is still to be finalised. An ECan<br />
spokeswoman said a schedule<br />
will be available a week before<br />
the hearings.<br />
The hearings are due to take<br />
place on November 18-22,<br />
December 2- 6 and December<br />
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