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Thursday December 16 2021 Growing number of issues reported going unresolved Council approves stormwater plans 5 MORE THAN 30 per cent of the issues the public reached out to the city council about have not been resolved, a report shows. This number has risen, according to a monthly ticket report for the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board. In the most recent breakdown from October 20 to November 19, 2684 tickets – or jobs for the city council to attend to – were reported by those who lived in the community board area. Of these, 1860 were completed, leaving 824 unresolved. In the ticket report from September 20 to October 19, 2270 tickets were completed but 761 were left unresolved, a total of 25.11 per cent. In the most recent report, tickets fell in a range of categories, including wheelie bins, transport, three waters council assets and property information. Bins continue to be a big issue for the area. Uncollected bins were the top reason for a resident to contact the city council, with 266 tickets, and damaged bins came second with 239 tickets. In the report from a month earlier, damaged bins came out on top with 240 tickets, while missed bin collections placed second with 189 tickets. BINS: Uncollected and damaged bins continue to be a big issue for the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton area. However, in the most recent report the third most common issue was road litter, with 186 tickets, an issue which placed fifth a month earlier with 133 tickets. A total 1689 tickets remain open for the area, with the average unresolved ticket open for 85 days, the latest report shows. Fifty per cent of open tickets are less than 17 days old, but 25 per cent are more than 94 days old. Number of tickets (issues) reported in the Halswell-Hornby- Riccarton Community Board area between October 20 and November 19: 1. Bin not collected: 266 2. Damaged bin: 239 3. Litter (road): 184 4. Residential LIM: 178 5. Leak (water supply): 171 6. Residential water connection: 136 7. Residential property files: 89 8. Graffiti: 88 9. Missing bin: 85 10. Road asset (footpath, road, furniture, etc): 71. The city council has approved the Halswell River and Heathcote River stormwater management plans. These are the first of seven plans being prepared between 2020 and 2023 for the district’s stormwater catchments as the council plans to improve the way it manages the city’s stormwater. Public consultation on the two plans ran from July 5 until August 30. A combined 32 submissions were received – 15 from individuals and 17 from organisations, including the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board. Head of three waters and waste Helen Beaumont said the final plans will play an important role in improving the city’s stormwater discharges and waterways over time. “Stormwater affects everybody because it’s literally any water that falls onto roads, paths and other hard surfaces,” Beaumont said. “The water picks up pollution from these surfaces and then flows via drains and channels into local waterways, which affects the water quality and health of local streams and rivers.” “That’s why it’s important our stormwater network is continually maintained and improved over time – to make the city a safer and healthier place to live.” The stormwater management plans set out the ways in which the city council will meet the requirements of its 25-year comprehensive stormwater network discharge consent, which was granted by Environment Canterbury in 2019. They were developed in consultation with parties specified in the conditions of the consent: Te Ngai Tūahuriri Rūnanga, local community boards, Christchurch-West Melton and Selwyn-Waihora zone committees, the department of conservation, the Canterbury regional council regional engineer, and Halswell River rating district representatives. In approving the final plans, the city council also requested advice on further work to address surface water quality improvement for consideration during its annual and long-term planning processes. Mayor Lianne Dalziel will also write to the minister for the environment Hon David Parker about reducing surface water contaminants from building materials and vehicles. Introducing Alana Powell Alana lives and works locally, she is passionate about working with West Christchurch and Canterbury businesses offering print and digital media solutions to help promote their companies products and services in the local Western News and Star Media publications. 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