Bay Harbour: August 28, 2019

PAGE 10 Wednesday <strong>August</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />

BAY HARBOUR<br />

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Trees to stabilise slopes<br />

HELICOPTERS WILL drop<br />

thousands of plants onto the<br />

steep slopes above Sumner Rd.<br />

The final stages of a planting<br />

project to transform the stretch<br />

between Evans Pass Rd and Lyttelton<br />

gets under way this week.<br />

Several thousand plants have<br />

already been planted on the<br />

slopes above the reconstructed<br />

road that links Sumner and Lyttelton,<br />

but another 15,000 still<br />

need to go in.<br />

Some of those 15,000 plants<br />

will go in over the next few<br />

weeks. The remainder will be<br />

planted in May and June next<br />

year when nursery stocks have<br />

replenished.<br />

Several tonnes of plants – a<br />

mix of native shrubs, trees, flaxes<br />

and tussocks – are being airlifted<br />

onto the slopes because the terrain<br />

where they will be planted<br />

is too steep to be accessed by<br />

vehicles.<br />

“Teams will go in by foot to<br />

plant the plants. They’ll be digging<br />

in tricky terrain among the<br />

Crater Rim Bluffs above Sumner<br />

Rd and using rope access in some<br />

areas. Their experience of the site,<br />

and techniques during previous<br />

work will be invaluable in managing<br />

the risks of this challenging<br />

job,’’ said city council senior<br />

project manager Peter Bawden.<br />

STABILISATION: A massive planting effort is set to transform<br />

the slopes above Sumner Rd.<br />

The plants will help to stabilise<br />

the slopes above Sumner Rd as<br />

well as mitigate the impacts of<br />

the geotechnical work done to<br />

reduce the risk of rocks falling<br />

onto the road.<br />

Sumner Rd was badly damaged<br />

when tonnes of rock from the<br />

surrounding cliffs came tumbling<br />

down onto it in the February 22,<br />

2011, earthquake.<br />

It took two and a half years to<br />

rebuild the road, but before the<br />

reconstruction work could begin,<br />

the city council and the NZ<br />

Transport Agency had to address<br />

the risk of further rocks falls.<br />

Contractors blasted about<br />

100,000 cu m of rock from the<br />

cliffs above the road. They also<br />

built a 407m catch bench to intercept<br />

falling rocks and a 50m x 7m<br />

rock interception bund.<br />

“The planting work will go<br />

some way towards restoring the<br />

ecological balance in the area and<br />

represents the final stage of this<br />

massive project,’’ Mr Bawden said<br />

Landscaping set to start<br />

on Heathcote River banks<br />

• By Claire Booker<br />

HEATHCOTE River<br />

landscaping is set to begin next<br />

month after completion of<br />

dredging along Opawa Rd and<br />

Radley St.<br />

Sediment removal along this<br />

section of the river is about<br />

half-way complete, and work<br />

will continue for the next two<br />

months.<br />

The work on this section of<br />

the river will be done four days a<br />

week and sediment curtains and<br />

other in-river controls will not<br />

be used.<br />

This is to reduce the duration<br />

of work and overall impacts on<br />

migrating fish.<br />

Linwood Ward city councillor<br />

Yani Johanson said he is pleased<br />

to see this work taking place.<br />

“It has been neglected for a<br />

long time and current maintenance<br />

has left a lot to be desired.<br />

Coupled with the dredging to<br />

alleviate some of the flooding<br />

risks, putting in some decent<br />

landscaping that can be better<br />

maintained is great improvement<br />

for the better which I<br />

welcome,” Cr Johanson said.<br />

The dredging has been carried<br />

out with an amphibious excavator.<br />

The landscaping that is<br />

planned for next month will<br />

start with native shrubs and<br />

trees to replace the greenery<br />

which was removed due to poor<br />

health.<br />

About one-third of the trees<br />

and shrubbery will be planted<br />

this year, and the remainder<br />

will be completed in the coming<br />

years to spread the impact on<br />

river wildlife.<br />

The next sections of work on<br />

the river (stages three and four)<br />

between Beckford and Wilsons<br />

Rds is planned for later this year,<br />

through to 2020.<br />

Work in these areas will mainly<br />

be sediment removal, bank<br />

stabilisation and replanting.<br />

In some areas, the city council<br />

plans to remove a small number<br />

of trees that are in poor condition<br />

to allow for bank regrading<br />

and stabilisation.<br />

The city council will work<br />

with river care groups and<br />

schools in the area to involve the<br />

community in the replanting<br />

stage of the project.<br />

Trees which are removed will<br />

be replaced in future landscaping<br />

plans.<br />

THe landscape plans can be<br />

viewed at the drop-in session at<br />

the Opawa Community Church<br />

on September 3.<br />

Lyttelton Port<br />

Development<br />

Update<br />

Come and talk to us about the proposed Port activities on the Te<br />

Awaparahi <strong>Bay</strong> Reclamation.<br />

Governors <strong>Bay</strong>, Wednesday 4th September 6pm-7.30pm, Community<br />

Centre,<br />

Diamond <strong>Harbour</strong>, Thursday 5th September 5.30pm-7pm, The Green<br />

Room at the Community Hall,<br />

Lyttelton, Saturday 7th September 9am-12pm, Port Talk, Corner<br />

London & Oxford Streets<br />

Te Awaparahi <strong>Bay</strong> Reclamation<br />

Lyttelton Port Company has<br />

consents to reclaim land and build<br />

wharves within a 34ha footprint in<br />

Te Awaparahi <strong>Bay</strong>.<br />

Reclamation works are underway<br />

and the first half of the<br />

reclamation is expected to be<br />

completed by 2021.<br />

You can find out more about the<br />

reclamation at<br />

www.lpcharbourwatch.co.nz<br />

lpc Lyttelton<br />

Port<br />

Company<br />

Port Activities<br />

In order to use the reclaimed land,<br />

LPC needs a 'land use consent'<br />

from the Christchurch City Council.<br />

This consent has recently been<br />

publicly notified.<br />

If you have questions about the<br />

project or consent, come and have<br />

a chat with us at one of the<br />

sessions outlined above.<br />

For more information:<br />

questions@lpc.co.nz [03] 3<strong>28</strong>8198<br />

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