The Star: April 15, 2021

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soon to be under way
The Lancaster Park Memorial
Gates will be protected during
the works.
City council staff are finalising
the design for the repair and
restoration of the gates, which is
set to begin in spring. The Star
reported in September this could
cost $500,000.
Monitors will be installed
on the gates to check for any
movement while the stadium
foundations are removed.
A spatial plan – developed in
conjunction with community
and sporting groups – will be
used as a guide for this work.
Further development will
occur as funding becomes
available.
It is anticipated there will
noise, vibrations and dust
from heavy machinery during
the preparation works and
removal of the former stadium’s
foundations.
City council staff will
attempt to minimise the
impact of this work as much as
possible.
The decision to demolish
Lancaster Park stadium
followed a status report showing
that recommissioning it as a
venue capable of hosting top
international rugby tests would
cost between about $255 to $275
million.
HISTORY: Lancaster
Park witnessed
noteworthy sporting
moments
before being demolished
in 2019,
including Crusaders
Super Rugby
championships
and the All Blacks’
1965 loss to South
Africa.
Thursday April 15 2021 The Star
NEWS 9
Self-flying
air taxi goes
on display
AN ALL-ELECTRIC, self-flying
air taxi that takes off like a
helicopter and flies like a plane
will be on display this weekend.
Aviation company, Wisk’s air
taxi will be on public display in
New Zealand for the first time at
Take Charge Christchurch at the
central library, Tūranga.
The country’s first battery
electric aircraft, operated by
ElectricAir, will also be at the
event.
Take Charge Christchurch will
be held on the ground floor of
Tūranga on Saturday and Sunday
to showcase how emerging
technologies could change the
future of aviation and mobility.
There will be two public
presentations at 11am and 1pm
on Saturday from Wisk NZ and
Christchurch-based company,
ElectricAir, about how their zero
exhaust emission aircraft could
change the way we travel.
Said city council resource
efficiency manager Kevin
Crutchley: “As well as viewing
these exciting innovative zero
exhaust emission aircraft, there
is a chance for people at the
presentations to hear first-hand
about these aircraft and the
contribution they will make
to reducing greenhouse gas
emissions.”
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