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Bay Harbour News Wednesday March 30 2022 8 NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Repairs under way on storm-ravaged road EXEMPLARY: Ross Gillespie (left) and Roger France were awarded certificates by president Paul Goodman, in recognition of their contribution to Sumner Ferrymead Probus. Life members inducted THE SUMNER Ferrymead Probus Club has made life members of two of its longeststanding participants. Ross Gillespie joined the old Sumner Probus Club in 2000 and from 2005 served as secretary and later treasurer, and newsletter editor for nine years. Ross worked in his family’s timber business and has assisted with the Meals on Wheels program. He represented New Zealand at two Hockey World Cups and four Olympic Games, coaching the 1976 gold-medal-winning team in Montreal that was later inducted into the NZ Sports Hall of Fame. In 1976, Ross was awarded an MBE for services to hockey. Roger France has been a Probus member since 2006, and has served the Sumner and Ferrymead club as co-ordinator of its speaker programme, vice president and then president. During his tenure the membership grew to 97 and has remained at about that level since. Roger was a senior aeronautical engineer with Air New Zealand and trained engineers around the world. He has been a member of Round Table and served as commodore of the Christchurch Yacht Club. REPAIRS ARE under way on storm-damaged Goughs Bay Rd, near Akaroa. With a clear plan and design now in place, work has begun on the realignment and repair of the badly damaged road. The damage occurred after significant rainfall in December. City council contractors have been working to complete dropout repairs, remove slips and install road metal over the past three weeks. “A priority for our contractors is to ensure the work is able to be completed safely,” said city council head of Lynette Ellis transport Lynette Ellis. “There are two areas where water was found to be flowing through the hillside and under the main dropout. This has now been fixed with subsoil drains, allowing the water to exit the hillside without compromising the stability of the repair work.” Contractors have completed the repair of the main road dropout and rock scaling above the main slip. ACCESS: Work is being carried out on Goughs Bay Rd, near Akaroa, following the December storm event. The 4WD track between Paua Bay and Goughs Bay is now complete, allowing residents to enter and exit the bay safely. The new alignment is expected to take six-to-eight weeks to complete. “This timeframe will be subject to the weather and general site difficulties, as well as the potential impacts of Covid-19 on the workforce,” Ellis said. The road remains closed to all non-residents and landowners. We’re sticking to our game plan ADVERTISING With consultation now open on the Draft Annual Plan 2022/23, Christchurch City Council is encouraging people to share their views on whether its budget strikes the right chord. The Draft Annual Plan outlines what the Council plans to spend on projects and day-to-day services over the coming financial year and how the work will be financed. Since our Long Term Plan (LTP) 2021–31 was confirmed last year, the economic environment in Ōtautahi Christchurch has been affected by the same factors the whole world is navigating as we live with COVID-19 – inflation, supply chain issues, productivity challenges and more. We also have significant Government reforms on the horizon. Striking the right balance Our books are balanced and we’re committed to doing the basics and doing them well whilst keeping costs as low as possible for ratepayers. In line with residents’ feedback we’ve prioritised spending on our water supply network, our transport network including roads and footpaths and our facilities. All this has been considered through the lens of climate change. We’re in a changing environment and being realistic about what we can deliver has been key to this budget. We’ve reviewed the whole capital programme with a focus on deliverability and affordability – if we’re not likely to be able to complete the work in 2022/23, there’s no need to charge the ratepayer right now. The main proposals in the Draft Annual Plan 2022/23 • An average proposed rates increase for a typical household of 4.86%. A typical house is one with a capital value of $508,608. • An overall average rate increase across all ratepayers of 4.96% – slightly less than the 4.97% indicated in the LTP. • Operational expenditure of $527.5 million and capital expenditure of $615.5 million. • Borrowing for the capital programme is $54 million less than planned. We’re also consulting on other matters which affect our budget, including a proposed rate increase on vacant central city land, and some proposed changes to our kerbside collection service. Finding the right balance together Creating a budget for a growing city like Christchurch is always a balancing act – we think we have that balance right, but before we can say that, we need to know what the community thinks. Visit ccc.govt.nz/annualplan for all the details, and to have your say by 18 April. All the feedback will be considered by councillors before we finalise the budget in June.
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