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First shots fired as submissions start on second bridge BY SUE NEWMAN
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The first salvos were fired yesterday in the Ashburton District Council’s battle to secure land on which to build an access road for a second bridge across the Ashburton River. To build the bridge at the end of Chalmers Avenue, the council needs to acquire a corridor of land through Tinwald from the river to Grahams Road. It lodged a notice of requirement to have this land designated for the project and was swamped with objections from more than 300 ratepayers. Over the next two days those objectors will have their opportunity to
tell independent commissioners John Milligan and Andy Carr why they think the bridge route is flawed. From the outset Mr Milligan made it clear that the hearing could have just two outcomes. “We either grant the designation with or without conditions or we decline it. We can’t go hunting for a third option,” he said. Yesterday’s war of words belonged to the council’s team of experts with solicitor Cedric Carranceja
safety and connectivity in urban Ashburton, providing roading security if the current bridge could not be used and ensuring State Highway 1 continued to take inter-district and heavy traffic. While the bridge was unlikely to be built before 2026, Mr Carranceja said the council needed to have the land designated now to ensure it was protected for the future. This would give certainty to the council that it would be able to implement the
project and it would show affected property owners that the council was happy to enter into property negotiations at any time between the present and when the bridge was built, Mr Carranceja said. It will take three days of hearings and countless hours of deliberations before the outcome of the land designation application is known. The council case will continue today with submitters speaking today and tomorrow.
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stacking up the benefits of the second bridge route and outlining the steps that would be taken to mitigate any negative impacts. “We are proposing a set of conditions that narrow the effects; we’re offering you confidence that the predominant effects can be dealt with through this process,” he said. The land acquisition was necessary to achieve the council’s objectives of improving road
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