Southern View: November 17, 2022

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New walking tracks at stormwater basin
PEOPLE WILL be able to enjoy
4km of new walking track when
the city council’s award-winning
stormwater basin in Hoon Hay
opens to the public tomorrow.
The stormwater basin is part
of a 109ha network of basins and
wetlands that the city council
has been working on in the upper
catchment of the Heathcote
River. The facility as a whole
has been named Te Kuru and
includes the Eastman Wetlands.
The city council is investing
more than $50 million in the
project and last month picked up
a national award for it.
City council
head of three
waters Helen
Beaumont said
this section of
the project is
now complete
and ready for
Helen
Beaumont
the public to
use. It has 4km
of walking track
and large areas of wetland and
native planting for people to
enjoy.
It will eventually link to
three other stormwater storage
and filtration basins that will
collectively be able to store more
than one million cubic metres
of floodwater in big rain events,
reducing the risk of flooding
downstream.
In total, the area will provide
around 14km of walking tracks,
TRAILS: Te Kuru and Eastman Wetlands have been completed and will be opened tomorrow.
cycle tracks and bridges, as well
as large swathes of native plantings.
About 110,000 trees and
600,000 native plants are going
in the ground as part of the
revegetation effort.
“Improving our floodplain
and stormwater management
was obviously the catalyst for
this project but a lot of effort has
gone into ensuring this area also
delivers long-term ecological and
recreational benefits for the city,’’
Beaumont said.
“When the stormwater basins
aren’t being used to store floodwater,
we want people to be able
to enjoy this area and for it to
be habitat for birds and other
wildlife, including lizards.
“Friday’s opening of Te Kuru is
a taste of what is in store for the
rest of this area. When the other
stormwater basins are completed,
this entire area will become a
recreational and ecological asset
for the city.”
The name Te Kuru ‘the blow
with the fist’ was recommended
to the city council by Ngāi
Tūāhuriri. Mana whenua have
historically used it to reference
the area.
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• A public opening event
will be held at Te Kuru
tomorrow between 10.30am
and 12.30pm. The event is
an opportunity for people
to go along and learn more
about the area and the
wider project and to take a
walking tour of the site. The
best entry point to Te Kuru
is from the new car park
located at 600 Cashmere Rd.
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