Greetings from your Community Board

Highlights of our latest meeting

Our Community Board met on Monday 19 October. Some highlights of our meeting included hearing from residents as part of our Public Forum and approving Stop Control on Stevensons Steep at its intersection with St Davids Street. You can read the minutes to see what else we discussed and find out the dates, times and details of upcoming Community Board and Council meetings here.

 Diamond Harbour could get floating pontoon

A floating pontoon may be added to the Diamond Harbour wharf to make it easier for people to get on and off the passenger ferries and other boats that call into the harbour.
As well as adding a floating pontoon, the Council are proposing to upgrade the existing decking, handrails and seating on the main wharf and to improve the bike shed storage. We’re also looking at how we can provide some shade on the wharf and improve the lighting.
Before we move to the next phase of the project, we want to get the public’s feedback on our plans. People can share their views via Have Your Say until 11 November 2020.

Lyttelton's 'Great Fire' sparks interest

It was after 10pm on 24 October, 1870 when a fire started in an empty house on Lyttelton’s Oxford St between the Queen’s Hotel and a boot-maker's shop.

The flames quickly spread through nearby shops until both sides of London St were burning. The fire raged along Oxford St and Norwich Quay through wooden houses, stables, a warehouse full of wheat and two ship chandler’s (marine equipment) shops and then set most of the township ablaze despite the desperate efforts of the local brigade.

Some of the drama of that night is captured in a new exhibition called Sifting the Ashes: The Great Fire of Lyttelton which has been researched and put together by Lyttelton Library staff for the Christchurch Heritage Festival.

Some other events happening in Banks Peninsula include:

En Plein Air - Margaret Stoddart’s Diamond Harbour
Orton Bradley Park Spring Fair

Invasive weed work helps protect Whakaraupō biodiversity

A common garden plant has hopped the fence and is wreaking havoc on Whakaraupō/Lyttelton Harbour’s native vegetation.
Spur valerian, a cottage garden plant with pink, magenta or white flowers, is spreading across rocky outcrops and coastal cliffs around Banks Peninsula and Lyttelton Harbour.
The Council’s park rangers are working closely with landowners to prevent spread beyond Whakaraupō and to protect the special plants within the Whakaraupō basin.

Finish line in sight for Lyttelton Harbour wastewater project

A $53 million wastewater project to improve the health of Whakaraupō/Lyttelton Harbour is a step closer to completion. Contractors have laid more than 10 kilometres of underground wastewater pipeline, converted three old wastewater treatment plants into pump stations, built one new pump station, and installed countless valves, pipe fittings and chambers to ensure the whole system runs smoothly. The Lyttelton Harbour wastewater project will end the routine discharge of treated wastewater into the harbour, an important environmental milestone for our city. The new wastewater network will be operational in early 2021, once the entire system has been tested and commissioned. Read the latest newsletter for more information on the project.

Have your say on our draft housing strategy 

Christchurch City Council’s Draft Community Housing Strategy is now open for public feedback.
Residents can have their say on the draft strategy until 16 November 2020.

Give your feedback on the draft Community Housing Strategy.

New Waste Minimisation and Management Plan adopted

The Council has adopted a new plan focused on reducing the amount of waste being dumped at landfill and changing our ‘throw-away’ culture. The 2020 Waste Minimisation and Management Plan was approved by the Three Waters Infrastructure and Environment Committee on Wednesday. It outlines how the Council plans to tackle the city’s waste stream over the coming years and encourage waste prevention.
You can view the Newsline story and plan online.

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