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Wednesday 6 July 2022
Modellers Pond Park delays SARA HOLLYMAN
The Modellers Pond redevelopment is more than $1 million behind budget, will not be completed on time and rising costs have forced council to scale-back the project. In a January-March 2022 quarterly report presented to Nelson City Council’s community and
recreation committee last week, the shortfall in capital expenditure of $1.1m was put down to delays due to Covid-19 and the weather. The report stated that, due to cost increases, some features of the design have been removed and others reduced. Group manager community services Andrew White says, like
many projects, the Modellers Pond Park is facing increases to material costs due to Covid-19. “Officers have made small changes to the detailed design, but the park will not be noticeably different from the scheme that was originally proposed.” The design that was put to the public was “relatively simple”, and a more detailed design had since
been developed. It was elements from this detailed design that had been downscaled or removed. When questioned on what design elements had been removed, an example was provided of an area that was originally planned to be concreted but will now be grass. To explain what had been ‘scaled back’, Andrew used an example of
some of the street furniture being scaled back to a slightly less expensive design. “When costs are increasing, it makes sense to consider where savings can be made,” Andrew says. The report also stated that the final cost of the project is expected
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Kids create kicks for good SARA HOLLYMAN An art therapy collaboration has given local youth the chance to try their hand at designing their own shoes. Brain Injury Association partnered with Whanake Youth to bring awareness of brain injury to the region’s young people through art therapy. Local multi-medium artist Ricky Douglas took charge of the workshops, which saw the Whanake group design seven pairs of shoes. “We really wanted to bring awareness about brain injury and prevention to the youth so we partnered with Whanake Youth to find us these awesome teenagers and have a bit of education around brain injury,” Brain Injury Association liason officer Emma-Jo Sanders says.
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Caitlyn Siebelink and Skyla Atkinson with the shoes they painted themselves as part of a partnership between the Brain Injury Association and Whanake Youth. Photo: Sara Hollyman.
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