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Bund favouredfor sea protection<br />
By DAVID HILL,<br />
Local Democracy Reporter<br />
A proposal to build acoastal bund to<br />
protect Amberley Beachfrom the sea has<br />
received support from the Hurunui<br />
District Council.<br />
Councillors agreedinprinciple to<br />
support aresidents’ proposal to debt<br />
fund some of the cost of building anew<br />
bund, at acouncil meeting on Tuesday.<br />
Abund is atype of embankment which<br />
protects against the sea.<br />
The proposal followed the council’s<br />
adoption of the Amberley Beach Coastal<br />
Adaptation Plan in June last year to<br />
protect the 109 properties in the beach<br />
settlement from sea level rise and coastal<br />
erosion.<br />
‘‘The adaptation plan looks at abund<br />
as the primary option in the short to<br />
mediumterm,’’ chief executiveHamish<br />
Dobbie said.<br />
‘‘By agreeing in principle to approving<br />
debt funding, it will give the community<br />
some certainty as they move forward.’’<br />
He said the residents approached the<br />
council with aproposal to increase their<br />
targeted rate from $252 to $304 ayear.<br />
Initial estimates suggested anew bund<br />
would cost between $450,000 and<br />
$650,000.<br />
The new bund was expected to have a<br />
life of 30 years and would be more<br />
durable than the existing gravel bund,<br />
which was built in 1993.<br />
‘‘The plan is to build abund with a<br />
wearablebase, which canberebuilt from<br />
the back,’’ Mr Dobbie said.<br />
Afund has been established from the<br />
existing targeted rate, which would leave<br />
ashortfall of between $120,000 to<br />
$320,000.<br />
Mr Dobbie said the proposed increase<br />
to the targeted rate was expected to pay<br />
off the loan over 10 years.<br />
He said the council will seek<br />
Government funding to offset the loan.<br />
Young faces fill <strong>May</strong>orwith hope<br />
From Page 1<br />
He thanked organisations like the RSA<br />
who care for veteransand their<br />
families and ensure that thosewho<br />
returnfrom conflicts will always have<br />
aplace they belong, with people who<br />
understand what they have been<br />
through.<br />
‘‘There wasn’t the support back in<br />
earlier conflicts that there is today,’’<br />
he said.<br />
‘‘It alsowas considerednot<br />
appropriate to discuss as openly as we<br />
do today how we are feeling, and the<br />
very mention of mental health was a<br />
taboo.<br />
‘‘I am pleased that we do live in a<br />
Retreat ... Anew relocatable bund is proposed to replace this well worn bund at<br />
Amberley Beach.<br />
‘‘There are severalnational funds we<br />
could apply for, but the beach community<br />
is not an incorporated society, so the<br />
council would need to apply on its<br />
behalf.’’<br />
South ward councillors Pauline White<br />
and Vanessa McPherson praised the<br />
Amberley Beach residents for being<br />
‘‘proactive’’incoming up with solutions.<br />
‘‘This is areally proactivecommunity<br />
which has taken it upon themselves to<br />
protect themselves,’’ Cr White said.<br />
‘‘This community has been proactive in<br />
seeking out the best engineering design<br />
and materials to make this project work.’’<br />
caring society where it is OK to talk<br />
about our struggles.’’<br />
The devastation of war in Europe<br />
and the Middle Eastwas aconstant<br />
remindertostrive for afuture where<br />
peace prevailed over violence and<br />
where the dignity and rights of all<br />
people were respected, Mr Gordon<br />
said.<br />
‘‘The path to peace is long and<br />
challenging, requiring deep<br />
discussions,diplomacy, and a<br />
commitment to addressing the root<br />
causes of conflict.<br />
‘‘It is not an easy road.’’<br />
However, he was ‘‘filled with hope’’<br />
by so manyyoung faces attending the<br />
PHOTO: FILE<br />
The targeted rate for the Amberley<br />
Beach bund was set by the council each<br />
year, based on arecommendation from<br />
the residents.<br />
The coastal adaptation plan has a<br />
clause where residents would need to<br />
consider another option, such as<br />
‘‘proactive relocation’’, if the targeted<br />
rate for the bund exceeded $750 per<br />
household per year.<br />
Areport will be presented to the<br />
council for approval, once the final cost<br />
of the new bund has been established.<br />
LDR is local body journalism cofunded<br />
by RNZ and NZ On Air.<br />
Rangiora service.<br />
‘‘Generations of young people who<br />
have grown up on the stories of past<br />
sacrifices, who acknowledge all that<br />
lays before them because of all those<br />
that laid down their lives,’’ he said.<br />
‘‘I thank you parents and grand<br />
parents for raising the next<br />
generations to continue to honour the<br />
legacy that is Anzac Day — to<br />
remember all those, especially from<br />
this District who made the ultimate<br />
sacrifice and those who returned home<br />
but still left apart of themselves on the<br />
battlefield.’’ Mr Gordon attended<br />
seven Anzac memorial services,<br />
including three on Anzac Day.<br />
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