The Star: April 06, 2023

The Star Thursday April 6 2023
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PHOTO: BARRY CLARKE
SPRAWLING: The road leading into the 170ha Roydon
Quarry on Jones Rd between Templeton and Weedons.
Above – The end of the bund on Curraghs Rd, which will
be filled in November.
Investigation finds marginal issue at
contentious Templeton quarry
• By Daniel Alvey
A “MARGINAL noncompliance”
has been found at
Roydon Quarry following an
investigation.
A complaint
was made to the
Selwyn District
Council by former
Selwyn mayor
Bill Woods in
Bill
Woods
February, who
had numerous
concerns over the
construction of
the quarry by Fulton Hogan on
Jones Rd, between Templeton
and Weedons.
On-site processing and sales
at the quarry are set to get under
way in mid-2024.
In a letter seen by The
Star, each of Woods’s concerns
are addressed by the district
council.
The first was the removal of
saleable material from the site
to the Fulton Hogan Pound
Rd facility, which the district
council found to be “inert material,”
therefore not breaching the
consent.
The second issue raised by
Woods was the incomplete construction
of the bund, with gaps
on Jones Rd and Curraghs Rd.
The gap on Jones Rd was
considered marginal non-compliance
by the district council.
The gap was left due to overhead
powerlines, with Fulton Hogan
proposing fencing and planting
to take its place, with the district
council to work with Fulton
Hogan to find a solution.
The gap on Curraghs Rd is due
to be filled once the perimeter
walkway is completed, with
the walkway and associated
viewing platform to be finished
in November.
“Fulton Hogan will continue
to constructively work with
council compliance teams and
complete works on the perimeter
bund and other site activities
to meet the consent conditions
requirements before the site
becomes fully operational in
mid-2024,” a Fulton Hogan
spokesperson said in response to
the investigation.
Woods also said the bund was
supposed to be made entirely
of topsoil, which was found to
not be the case by the district
council.
The district council said the
consent has been “actively monitored,”
since 2020, with the last
site visit taking place on March 6.
Woods has responsed to the
investigation by asking for an
affadvit from either the district
council or Fulton Hogan providing
evidence of inert material not
being sold, its composition, and
where it is being stored.
In response, Selwyn District
Council regulatory manager
Susan Atherton did not think it
necessary to provide an affidavit
to Woods.
“Council compliance staff
frequently visit the site as part of
the resource consent monitoring
process and we have investigated
the issues raised with us,”
Atherton said.
Woods has not accepted the
district council’s response and
told The Star he is now looking
for other evidence that supports
his allegations.
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