Western News: November 19, 2019

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Quarry plan hearings get under way
• By Devon Bolger and Georgia
O’Connor-Harding
THE LONG-awaited
hearings on the plan to open
a contentious quarry near
Templeton were due to start
yesterday.
Residents and groups opposed
to the proposed quarry felt
“apprehensive” before the
hearings.
Fulton
Hogan’s
proposal to
open a quarry
between
Dawsons, Jones,
Maddisons and
Simon Moore
Curraghs Rds
has received
major backlash
from residents in the area.
Said quarry opponent
Simon Moore: “I am glad (the
hearings are) happening but
I’m also a little bit apprehensive
about it because it seems that
throughout the process when an
issue has been pointed out, an
expert has come in and worked
it out and that’s someone who is
being paid by Fulton Hogan.”
However, Mr Moore said he
thinks there is a reasonable
chance the hearing will go his
way.
“The problem is, this is
just the first part of it. If the
commissioners say no, Fulton
Hogan is just going to appeal it.
This is just the start, because if
they lose, they’re not going to
give it up and they have
a lot more money than
any of us,” he said.
His views have been
backed by Templeton
Residents’ Association
treasurer Jolene Eagar,
who has been waiting
for more than two years
for the hearings to start.
“Not in our wildest
dreams did we think it would
take this long or the application
would be as big and complicated
Jolene Eagar
as it turned out to be,” she said.
Mrs Eagar said it is hard to
say what the outcome will be,
but she hopes the hearings
panel will agree approving
the application would be
wrong.
“None of us would have
invested all the time and
energy into this if we
didn’t think that there
was a really good chance
for the application to be
declined,” she said.
The hearings are due to run
until Friday, and then from
December 2-13. Environment
DECISION: The
long-awaited
hearings over
Fulton Hogan’s
plan to open
a quarry near
Templeton
were due to
start yesterday.
PHOTO:
MARTIN
HUNTER
Canterbury has published
27 reports from some of the
individuals, businesses and
community groups set to
present evidence for and against
the quarry.
Due to the hearings starting
straight after New Zealand Cup
and Show Week, Mrs Eagar said
horse trainers due to submit at
the hearings will be “seriously
disadvantaged.”
“We have full-time jobs and
these people are at their busiest
with the horses . . . they don’t
have time to get ready for the
hearings,” she said.
In Brief
SUFFRAGETTE SIGNS
Clearer signs have been
requested to direct motorists and
pedestrians to the Signage for
Suffragette memorial at Denton
Park. The Greater Hornby
Residents’ Association has asked
the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
Community Board if it will
investigate placing an official
New Zealand Transport Agency
sign on Main South Rd to let
people know the memorial is at
Denton Park. The sign will be
discussed at the board meeting
on Tuesday.
GARDEN AWARDS OPEN
Entries are open for the
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
Edible and Sustainable Garden
Awards. The awards recognise
and support individuals, groups,
schools, communities and
businesses which grow their own
food. Entries close on January
20, and can be made at ccc.govt.
nz/culture-and-community/
community-awards/ediblegarden-awards.
POOL PARTY
The Templeton Residents’
Association is planning a
community pool party in
February at the Templeton
Swimming Pool. The association
said the planned party will give
the community an opportunity
to get together and have fun.
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