SELWYN TIMES
Tuesday December 20 2016
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Developers asked to leave subdivisions in good state nine bands.
By Tom Doudney DEVELOPERS leaving reserves and plantings in a tardy state before handing subdivisions over to district council management have been asked to lift their game. District council property and commercial manager Douglas Marshall confirmed that reserve management staff recently brought the issue to developers’ attention. The issue was raised by district councillor Pat McEvedy (above) at a recent audit and risk sub-committee meeting. Cr McEvedy said he wanted to make sure that ratepayers weren’t left having to cover maintenance costs when it was a developer’s responsibility. “It’s about developers getting something finished, completed and then handed over in good order,” he said. “Over the years there has been a certain amount of things perhaps not being as we would
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MESSY: Some Rolleston residents have complained about the state of gardens and plantings in their subdivisions. like around some of the subdivisions.” Mr Marshall said the issue had related to a small number of developers. “With the increasing number of reserves being developed in
the district, council is adding additional resource to monitor reserve maintenance standards while Sicon, who maintain the majority of the reserves taken over from developers, have increased their staff
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numbers,” he said. District councillor Craig Watson said some Rolleston residents had been unhappy about the conditions of new subdivisions on hand over by the developer. “We have got so much development going on and so many reserves and parks and berms and so forth to maintain, so we need developers to do their bit as much as we need to do ours,” Cr Watson said. “It’s important to our communities.” Mr Marshall said staff had been pleased with developers’ response after the matter was raised. “It should also be noted that some developers continue to maintain the reserves in their subdivisions after the standard 12-month maintenance period is complete, which is appreciated.” •HAVE YOUR SAY: Have you been upset by a lack of maintenance in your local subdivision? Send your views to tom.doudney@ starmedia.kiwi
In Brief DRINK DRIVERS Two Rolleston mothers who were recently caught drink driving with their children in the car will appear in Christchurch District Court this week. One woman, who recorded a breath alcohol reading of 696 mcg/L when stopped with her four-yearold child, will appear today. The other, who recorded a reading of 1157 mcg/L when stopped with her children aged three and nine, will appear on Thursday. SHED FIRE A three-bay shed near Kirwee was badly damaged and a tractor and car inside were completely destroyed by fire on Friday. Kirwee firefighters were called out shortly after noon and a fire communications spokesman said they found the shed “well involved” on arrival. The cause of the fire was unknown but it has not been deemed suspicious. COES FORD TOILETS Two new toilet blocks have been installed at Coes Ford, which has seen a growing number of freedom campers in recent years. There are now three blocks to service the camping area. Extra cleaning and servicing of toilets is also planned this summer at both Coes Ford and Chamberlains Ford.
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