Cut ‘may be necessary’
'.' The Woolston Cut “may be necessary’’ fas - an integral paj-t. of "any'catchment control. scheme.. the North Canterbury ■ < -Catchment tee has' agreed. . :. However, the committee has recommended/ advising the Drainage Board that a totdl 'catctaient .control scheme needs-to be.adopted before any more significant discharges of. storm wateror land drainage water^id. the Heathcote'■■ River and its tributaries are. approved. ; This-would,-among other things, require a review of the .present. general authorisation, members agreed yes- . terday, Their v recommendations will now go’ to Friday’s full Catchment Board meeting for ratification. The-Drainage :Board had
<»;■ . -.‘r. - ■_ / > 5 asked the Catchment Board K to comment on its $3 rriillion channel proposal, (which is i... the first stage of a flood irelief scheme for/the lower . Heathcote catchment area. - Uncertainty. about - the scheme report led Catchment ; Board; members-.to take part [ in ia site iitspection meeting i. with Drainage Board’ mem-' I bers and staff. A further meeting has been set for the i two bodies on Monday. „. i. In his report to the’operaj tions committee, the Catch- ’ -ment Board’s operations ( manager, Mr B. P. Dwyer, r .said that there was no reason why the board: should want ‘ to withhold its approval of the scheme’s first stage, on purely technical aspects. On preliminary assessments and principles, the various options put forward to be considered by the
I Drainage Board to help solve i catchment problems over all, ; were technically J sound. I There did »not appear to be • any other alternative which could be recommended for > investigation and consideration at this stage, Mr Dwyer ;(: said. ■ < . ‘ . The chairman, ‘of the • Catchment Board, Mr M, J. O. Dixon, said technical staff agreed that the Woolston Cut was an integral part of any flood alleviation proposal. ‘T do not think we have sufficient reason to' place any objection. But I do think . riiuch more will have to be done in clarifying the Drainage Board’s upper catchment proposals,” he said. t Mr R. D. Grant said he was prepared to.accept that the Woolston Cut was probably essential for drainage of
the’ lower catchment "area. But he was disappointed that the Drainage Board had not accepted any option for the - upper catchment area:' : Another committee member, Mr M.' P. J. Knox, said that a lot more investigation was. heeded on the scheme. . Mr T. N. D. Anderson said that the Drainage Board should get on with the upper catchment area as soon as possible. It was time. the Drainage Board did something more than “jdst drain” water. Rivers shquld receive a lot more care and attention than they, did, Mr Anderson said that low-lying land, in the area should have been turned into reserves. The Woolston Cut scheme would then have died “a natural and - seemly death.” ■
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