Southern View: July 11, 2024

Thursday July 11 2024 3
Landfill gets extension
OPERATIONS will continue
on part of the Burwood landfill
until 2026.
The 9.62 ha section of the
Burwood Resource Recovery
Park was expected to close when
its resource consent expired on
June 30.
But a two-year extension
for operations at site C has
been granted by Environment
Canterbury.
Said city
council resource
recovery manager
Dr Alec
McNeil: “We had
anticipated we’d
need to close site
C by 2024 when
it was expected
to have reached
capacity, but soil
Alec
McNeil
volumes delivered to the site have
been lower than predicted, so
there’s enough room for another
two years of operation.”
McNeil said there are no
other soil disposal sites in the
Christchurch area that could fill
the gap in the market.
“Continuing operations here
means we don’t need to travel
outside of Christchurch to other
disposal sites, which cuts costly
transport distances and provides
time for the industry to open
new landfill sites.”
The Burwood Resource
Recovery Park was established
by Transwaste Canterbury to
SITE C: Operations at Burwood landfill will continue for
another two years after a resource consent extension was
granted.
PHOTO: NEWSLINE
process earthquake waste from
the city’s demolished buildings.
Since 2019, Burwood landfill
has been progressively closing,
with only site C remaining
open.
The small section of the landfill
is used to dispose of soils that
contain low levels of contaminants.
No hazardous material is
accepted.
“Continuing at site C until
it reaches capacity is the best
and most economical option,”
McNeil said.
“I want to assure local residents
that apart from the change to the
resource consent, all operations
will remain the same and will
not involve any new excavations
or an increase in size – we’re
adding material to the existing
site area.”
The city council will not be
seeking a further extension when
the consent expires in June 2026.
Once closed, the site will
be incorporated into the
neighbouring Bottle Lake Forest
Park.
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Playground gets
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The strong community
response has seen a partial
backdown from the city council.
It is now adding an extra
$20,000 out of existing budgets
to bolster the project.
“There’s a significantly larger
footprint. There’s a tunnel,
unfortunately there isn’t that big
double slide because once again
that would require additional
funding and we’re really proud
to have kept that within existing
budgets to ensure that our
community have a bigger and
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GEOFF
SLOAN
playground without breaking
the bank,” Hewison (above)
said.
He believes the public will be
happier with the new upgrade.
“I think anything is better
than the original design.”
Hewison said the new design
will allow more play elements to
be added on in future, subject to
funding.
The change in plans will result
in a delay, but he hopes the new
expanded playground will be
up and running for the area’s
children by the end of the year.
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