Selwyn Times: May 13, 2020
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SELWYN TIMES Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Wednesday <strong>May</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2020</strong> 5<br />
News<br />
$2.7m Lincoln water<br />
project takes shape<br />
BE INTO<br />
• By Devon Bolger<br />
WATER supply upgrades<br />
for Lincoln to the tune<br />
of $2.7 million are<br />
progressing.<br />
The project includes<br />
the construction of a<br />
new water supply bore,<br />
800-kilolitre water<br />
reservoir and pump station<br />
off Vernon Drive.<br />
A water treatment<br />
building and<br />
infrastructure to supply<br />
the water to the township<br />
will also be built.<br />
Said district council<br />
water services project<br />
manager Jeffrey Schrier:<br />
“Citycare Civil, the<br />
contractor appointed by<br />
the council, is busy with<br />
foundation preparation for<br />
both the water reservoir<br />
and the pump station<br />
building. The water bore<br />
has been installed,” he said.<br />
The pipe works, water<br />
quality instrumentation<br />
and mechanical and<br />
electrical works will<br />
be installed once the<br />
buildings are completed.<br />
The facility will provide<br />
Lincoln with ultraviolet<br />
light treated water which it<br />
• By Devon Bolger<br />
WORK HAS recommenced<br />
on repurposing a gravel<br />
pit in Rolleston into a<br />
community reserve.<br />
Reids Pit is a former<br />
gravel extraction pit located<br />
near the junction of <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />
and Weedons Rds.<br />
The pit is 4ha in size<br />
and surrounded by rural<br />
farmland. It is believed<br />
that quarrying activities at<br />
the site began in the early<br />
1970s and ceased in the late<br />
1980s.<br />
A budget of $521,065 has<br />
been set aside for repurposing<br />
of the pit.<br />
Earthworks at the site<br />
were put on hold due<br />
to Covid-19 but recommenced<br />
last week.<br />
It mainly consists of stabilising<br />
and battering the<br />
slopes and filling the pit.<br />
Community planting<br />
has been undertaken on<br />
one section of the site<br />
where earthworks are not<br />
STORAGE: The Lincoln water reservoir and pump<br />
station in Kakahi St.<br />
currently does not have.<br />
It is an effective method<br />
used for disinfecting<br />
bacteria. The ultraviolet<br />
rays attack the genetic<br />
code of harmful pathogens<br />
rendering them unable to<br />
reproduce.<br />
The project will provide<br />
additional storage to<br />
meet future growth in the<br />
area, along with meeting<br />
firefighting requirements<br />
and emergency storage in<br />
case of plant outages, Mr<br />
Schrier said.<br />
“It will also improve the<br />
efficiency and reliability<br />
of the water supply by<br />
providing a booster<br />
pumping system matched<br />
to suit system demands.<br />
“In addition it will<br />
provide the community<br />
with a facility capable<br />
taking place.<br />
“Contractor Road Metals<br />
will be undertaking<br />
the final contours of the<br />
tracks for the council to<br />
undertake the development<br />
later this year,” it said in a<br />
district council report.<br />
The earthworks are<br />
expected to be completed<br />
later this year with<br />
plantings, building of<br />
of state-of-the-art water<br />
treatment.”<br />
Figures by data analyst<br />
Infometrics show Lincoln<br />
was the fastest growing<br />
township in the district<br />
2019, with its population<br />
increasing by 10 per cent<br />
to 7380.<br />
The district council is<br />
predicting the population<br />
will reach 10,<strong>13</strong>9 by 2023.<br />
Mr Schrier said there is<br />
still uncertainty due to the<br />
impacts of the pandemic,<br />
however, they are hopeful<br />
to have the work completed<br />
by the end of this year or<br />
early next year.<br />
Prebbleton, Rolleston<br />
and Leeston are also set<br />
to get a water treatment<br />
plant with ultraviolet light<br />
capabilities later this year<br />
or next.<br />
Work on reserve restarts<br />
PROGRESS: Construction has recommenced on the<br />
project to turn Reids Pit in Rolleston into a passive<br />
reserve for the community.<br />
tracks and other aspects<br />
being completed early in<br />
2021.<br />
The project includes<br />
the installation of a BMX<br />
pump track, ecological area<br />
and a car park.<br />
Restoration programmes<br />
for unused gravel reserves<br />
is a focus of the district<br />
council’s Long-Term Plan<br />
and Open Spaces Strategy.<br />
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