Pegasus Post: July 16, 2019
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PEGASUS POST Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 5<br />
Local<br />
News<br />
Now<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
Estuary edge images and info wanted<br />
• By Matt Slaughter<br />
PEOPLE HAVE been asked for<br />
their insights on the estuary edge<br />
before and immediately after the<br />
earthquakes.<br />
The city council and Coastal<br />
Futures want people to share<br />
photos of the<br />
estuary edge and<br />
its surroundings<br />
from this time<br />
period and any<br />
observations<br />
about what has<br />
changed.<br />
David<br />
Griffiths<br />
City council<br />
head of planning<br />
and strategic<br />
transport David Griffiths said<br />
the goal of this project was to use<br />
photos and people’s knowledge<br />
to help address earthquake<br />
legacy issues and develop a<br />
strategy to protect surrounding<br />
properties from flooding and<br />
erosion.<br />
Mr Griffiths said what people<br />
shared would be used to identify<br />
the needs of nearby residents and<br />
what they think should be done.<br />
“A contractor has been commissioned<br />
to undertake technical<br />
work to identify the pre and<br />
post-earthquake physical state<br />
FUTURE PROTECTION: The city council want photos of the estuary edge before and just<br />
after the earthquakes and residents’ insights on what has changed to help the surrounding<br />
area prepare for the future.<br />
of the estuary edge and changes<br />
that have occurred. Drone<br />
footage being commissioned by<br />
ECan is being shared with the<br />
council to inform this work.<br />
Community members have been<br />
asked to provide any photographs<br />
they have of the estuary<br />
edge that might support this<br />
analysis of earthquake-generated<br />
change.”<br />
Southshore Residents Association<br />
chairwoman Lynda<br />
Burdekin said much of the<br />
infrastructure in place to protect<br />
properties closest to the estuary<br />
edge from erosion had been<br />
wiped out due to the earthquakes.<br />
Very little had been done since<br />
to replace this infrastructure,<br />
Mrs Burdekin said.<br />
She was pleased the city<br />
council was finally working with<br />
residents to establish the best<br />
way to protect their properties in<br />
the future, but felt this had taken<br />
too long to happen.<br />
“It’s the first time in nearly<br />
eight years the council have<br />
agreed that there is an issue and<br />
it needs to be looked at.”<br />
Mrs Burdekin hoped the city<br />
council would listen to people’s<br />
input and the amount of protection<br />
around the estuary edge<br />
would return to pre-earthquake<br />
levels.<br />
“We’re interested in having<br />
things back to where they were<br />
because that’s not really been<br />
looked at in all these years, but<br />
also with an eye to the future,<br />
what we can do practically and<br />
sensibly to ensure that people<br />
in Southshore can live in their<br />
homes safely for a decent length<br />
of time,” she said.<br />
The photos and information<br />
collected during this project<br />
will be reported back to the city<br />
council in August.<br />
Mr Griffiths said this was<br />
part of the city council’s new<br />
role leading the Southshore and<br />
South New Brighton regeneration<br />
strategy, which it took over<br />
from Regenerate Christchurch<br />
in May.<br />
Possible delays to Oram Ave project criticised<br />
•From page 1<br />
Last week’s article was posted<br />
on the Peoples Independent Republic<br />
of New Brighton Facebook<br />
group and received 156 comments<br />
from people who shared<br />
Cr East’s disappointment.<br />
“Again, and again and again<br />
– poor old New Brighton on the<br />
backburner once more,” read one<br />
comment.<br />
Another read: “Once again, the<br />
mayor, council, and Development<br />
Christchurch Ltd are throwing<br />
the residents of New Brighton,<br />
who want to see their neighbourhood<br />
move forward with the extension<br />
of Oram Ave, under the<br />
bus regarding this much-needed<br />
improvement for the area. It<br />
would be so nice if just once they<br />
would stick to the plan and get<br />
things completed as planned.”<br />
Said another comment: “I’m<br />
prepared to start a petition about<br />
Oram Ave and progressing New<br />
Brighton development. What do<br />
you all think?”<br />
Some commentators wanted<br />
the city councillors who opposed<br />
the funding being made available<br />
sooner for the extension to<br />
be named, but Cr East said this<br />
never went to a vote.<br />
He said if it had, he felt the<br />
proposal would not have been<br />
supported and in spite of it not<br />
being his preferred option, asking<br />
for more information ensured the<br />
proposal was still on the table.<br />
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However, Cr East said he<br />
was “not surprised at all” the<br />
commenters shared his concern<br />
about the delay this could have.<br />
“When matters concerning the<br />
Coastal Ward and the Burwood<br />
Ward are considered in council,<br />
it’s never a straight forward<br />
process, there’s always more<br />
consultation required or some<br />
delay.<br />
“A similar sort of project<br />
anywhere else in the city seems<br />
to sort of go through with<br />
consummate ease.”<br />
When asked to comment on<br />
Cr East’s statements, and those<br />
on Facebook, the city council<br />
did not respond before <strong>Pegasus</strong><br />
<strong>Post</strong>’s deadline.<br />
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Brighton Facebook group has erupted with criticism over the<br />
decision not to start the Oram Ave extension as early as hoped.<br />
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