Nor'West News: January 18, 2024
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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
Rubbish, parking issues a blow<br />
BLOW: An otherwise successful Kite Day was marred by parking and rubbish issues, with 8000 people flocking to New Brighton.<br />
• By Chris Barclay<br />
WASTE DISPOSAL and parking<br />
issues are under review following<br />
New Brighton’s annual Kite Day,<br />
with Coastal Ward councillor<br />
Celeste Donovan demanding a<br />
smoother running of the next<br />
edition.<br />
While weather conditions<br />
were optimum – a peak wind<br />
gust of 46km/h and a maximum<br />
temperature of 25.6 deg C – for<br />
last Saturday, it wasn’t all<br />
smooth sailing for the<br />
popular event.<br />
An estimated 8000<br />
converged on Marine<br />
Pde, the foreshore and<br />
the pier, so rubbish bins<br />
were soon overflowing.<br />
Car space was also at<br />
premium, prompting<br />
some motorists to<br />
Celeste<br />
Donovan<br />
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park illegally.<br />
Donovan was at the<br />
beach and sought answers<br />
from council staff on<br />
Monday after receiving<br />
adverse feedback during,<br />
and after the event.<br />
Nor’West <strong>News</strong> was<br />
told 12 extra rubbish bins<br />
were placed at the event<br />
area by city council events<br />
and arts manager Lucy<br />
Blackmore, but Donovan was<br />
undeterred.<br />
“I still think there’s more than<br />
needs to be done in terms of the<br />
waste management strategy in<br />
general,” she said.<br />
Blackmore said there was no<br />
waste overflow or excess rubbish<br />
when the temporary bins were<br />
removed about 90 minutes after<br />
Kite Day.<br />
But Donovan said that was<br />
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because local business owners<br />
tidied up the area.<br />
“It shouldn’t fall on other<br />
groups to clean it up. I saw them<br />
picking up rubbish and doing<br />
some of that work themselves.<br />
They packed some of the excess<br />
rubbish themselves.”<br />
Blackmore said the council had<br />
not received any public feedback<br />
regarding illegal parking and a<br />
lack of enforcement.<br />
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