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NEWS<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
Council signs<br />
electric vehicle<br />
site easements<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council has<br />
formalised its arrangementwith<br />
EA Networks withregard to<br />
electric vehicle(EV) stations on<br />
council land.<br />
Right to conveyelectricity<br />
easementshave beengrantedfor<br />
EV sites at <strong>Ashburton</strong>and<br />
Methven, while alicence to<br />
occupy agreementhas been<br />
agreed for Rakaia because of the<br />
location of the chargingstation’s<br />
infrastructure.<br />
There has previously been no<br />
legaldocumentation in place for<br />
EA Networks to occupy the sites,<br />
the first of which was set up near<br />
SalmonTalesinRakaia in <strong>20</strong>17.<br />
TheMethvensite is located on<br />
the grounds of Mt Hutt Memorial<br />
Hall, while the <strong>Ashburton</strong>site is<br />
at thesouthern end ofthe West<br />
Street carpark.<br />
Thenew agreementsinclude<br />
an annualfee of $150 plusgst at<br />
eachsite,afee thatisrenewable<br />
every 10 years.<br />
EA Networks has obtaineda<br />
legalsurvey of theproposed<br />
easement in Methven and is<br />
working on agetting another for<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong>site.<br />
Speaking at last week’s<br />
council meeting,CrJohn<br />
Falloon said he believed<br />
charging $150ayear touse<br />
9<br />
Rakaia township’s electric car<br />
rapid charging station was the<br />
first in the district to be put in by<br />
EA Networks.<br />
councillandwas ‘‘toolittle’’.<br />
Cr Carolyn Cameronsaid the<br />
easements wouldmeanthe loss<br />
of flexibility over the areas.<br />
Council’s commercial<br />
manager Colin Windelbornsaid<br />
to datecouncil had supported<br />
the developmentand at the<br />
moment they werenot moneymaking<br />
forEANetworks.<br />
Council staffwill speak to EA<br />
Networksabout thecommercial<br />
nature of its EV stations andalso<br />
of its intentions for the future.<br />
Areport will be presented to<br />
thecouncil.<br />
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ht’s $<br />
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Railway parking<br />
and trade trailers<br />
If you were to look closely at the<br />
photo you may see the traffic<br />
lights on red and the stop lights<br />
on the trailer also red and so<br />
the ute and trailer are stopped<br />
–the trailer right on the railway<br />
lines and the ute on the<br />
diagonal yellow lines.<br />
My mouth fell open, as it<br />
would, then Igrabbed my phone<br />
out of my fluro bike jacket and<br />
snapped the pic from right<br />
behind the trailer.<br />
Ialso have to say, but have no<br />
photo yet to back up the<br />
statement, that there are a<br />
number of tradespeople who<br />
from timetotime tow trailers<br />
with longish loads overhanging<br />
out the back and sometimes no<br />
appropriate flag.<br />
Someone not paying attention<br />
on abike, motorbike or even a<br />
car, required to stop sharply,<br />
could easily ram themselves on<br />
to the timber/pipes.<br />
The law is for the safety of the<br />
unwary.<br />
Perhaps some of us might do<br />
better, including weekend<br />
handymen, and use acool flag!<br />
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