Nelson Weekly - 17 January 2024

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Wednesday 17 January 2024

Kitten influx for SPCA

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REGATTA WEEK

New record set at Speedway Page 21

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New Nelson-Richmond road scrapped MAX FRETHEY

Local Democracy Reporter

As a new road linking Richmond and Nelson is scrapped, stakeholders say councils need to do more planning instead of pro-

posing “piecemeal” solutions to transport issues. Mayor Nick Smith said the proposed road, linking Suffolk Road with Hill Street North, was a “no-brainer” in Nelson City Council’s last meeting of 2023.

He argued that having a third route linking the two towns would reduce the chance of gridlock when one of the two existing arterial routes – Main Road Stoke and State Highway 6/Whakatū Drive – was closed.

However, councillors voted down the proposal, citing several concerns about the road, including its estimated $37 million cost as well as the lack of data supporting the project. Deputy mayor Rohan O’Neill-Ste-

vens described transport networks as “bloody complex”. “Small changes can have significant unintended consequences, and… a project

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‘Urgent’ upgrade sought for Surf Life Saving Club facility MAX FRETHEY

Local Democracy Reporter

A major upgrade could be on the horizon for the surf lifesaving club with the worst facilities on the best beach. An independent report on the facilities at the Tāhunanui Reserve has highlighted the “deficit in meeting levels of service there” with the “most urgent need” relating to the surf lifesaving club’s poor facilities. Subsequently, Nelson City Council agreed to include a proposal for a new facility for the Nelson Surf Life Saving Club in its draft 2024-34 Long Term Plan which soon goes out for consultation.

Club president Noah Hosie says the show of support from the council is “massive”. “It’s great to see. We desperately need it,” he says. “We’ve got the best beach and the worst facilities.” The club moved off the beach in the 1960s and is now located in a tiny building, located on the opposite side of the busy carpark from the beach, with only room for eight chairs around their table. Such small facilities are a hinderance to their training sessions and the educational programmes the club provides. Only two classes from one school went through the

Club president Noah Hosie says the council’s support for a “desperately” needed upgrade of the club’s facilities was “great to see”. Photo: Max Frethey.

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