Selwyn Times: December 18, 2019
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SELWYN TIMES Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Wednesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 3<br />
News<br />
District Plan<br />
cost may blow out<br />
• By Devon Bolger<br />
THE REVIEW of the District<br />
Plan is expected to exceed its<br />
budget and reach a cost of $1.2<br />
million for this financial year.<br />
The plan is essentially the district’s<br />
rule book on how land can<br />
be used and developed.<br />
The budget for the project<br />
for the <strong>2019</strong>/20 financial year is<br />
$805,000.<br />
A district council report said<br />
that budget is expected to be<br />
exceeded by about $400,000 in<br />
order to deliver the new proposed<br />
District Plan for notification in<br />
April.<br />
District council group manager<br />
corporate services Greg Bell said<br />
in spite of the extra cost, they will<br />
continue with their plan for the<br />
review.<br />
“Additional costs are being<br />
incurred because the dynamic<br />
nature of the project means we<br />
need to carry out additional work<br />
on certain topics that are identified<br />
during the project.”<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> asked the district<br />
council if this will affect ratepayers.<br />
Mr Bell said:<br />
“Although the<br />
final position<br />
will not be<br />
known until<br />
the end of the<br />
financial year,<br />
we do not anticipate<br />
that the<br />
Greg Bell<br />
increased cost<br />
of the project will have a direct<br />
impact on future rate levels.”<br />
The significance of the project<br />
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to the future of the district means<br />
that it is not a project they are<br />
willing to short cut, he said,<br />
The report presented at the<br />
district council meeting last week<br />
said the increase in cost is due<br />
to additional workstreams being<br />
undertaken.<br />
“These were not anticipated<br />
to be completed as part of the<br />
review but were directed to be<br />
undertaken by the District Plan<br />
committee.<br />
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The District<br />
Plan review<br />
may cost<br />
$400,000<br />
more than<br />
budgeted. <br />
“This has resulted in additional<br />
cost than what was originally<br />
planned for, in the order of $80-<br />
100k for this <strong>2019</strong>/20 financial<br />
year alone,” the report said<br />
In 2015, the district council<br />
agreed to undertake a full review of<br />
the District Plan which will lead to<br />
the development of a new one.<br />
As at October 31, $354,931<br />
has been spent on a review of it<br />
against a year to date budget of<br />
$248,831.<br />
In Brief<br />
TRUCK CAUSES OIL SPILL<br />
A mechanical fault in a truck<br />
and trailer engine caused a 500m<br />
oil spill along Main South Rd<br />
between Burnham and Rolleston<br />
on Tuesday. Rolleston chief fire<br />
officer Cam Kenyon said the<br />
vehicle’s engine blew which<br />
created the spill at about 3.30pm.<br />
The road had to be reduced to<br />
one lane until about 6pm when<br />
the oil had been cleared.<br />
NO CUTS TO POLICE<br />
Police stations in the district<br />
will not lose officers to bolster<br />
numbers in Rolleston. Mayor<br />
Sam Broughton met with<br />
Canterbury police last week to<br />
discuss their plans for staffing.<br />
He said they confirmed there<br />
would be no loss of staff from<br />
the other stations to allow<br />
Rolleston to run 24-7 across<br />
the district. “This is great<br />
news for our smaller stations.<br />
The work the police do in our<br />
community is invaluable.”<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> previously<br />
reported the district’s policing<br />
is currently being reviewed with<br />
the major emphasis on planning<br />
for a better-resourced station at<br />
Rolleston.<br />
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