St Lukes Environmental Protection Society

Freddie July 21st, 2015

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Freddie June 23rd, 2014

STEPS will be holding its AGM on

Thursday July 3, 2014, 7pm, at Alberton (100 Mt Albert Road)

After the AGM, there will be brief updates on several topical issues including: progress of the wetland planting; daylighting of Upper Meola Creek; and Watercare on the Central Interceptor and its impact on the Roy Clements Treeway. Following the updates, there will be a general panel/floor discussion with Stormwater, Local Board Member Graeme Easte, Morphum Environmental, and STEPS Deputy Chair Nick Goldwater for these issues and those raised by the audience. Come along and have your say

Please note this date and pass on the information to anyone who might be interested.

A flyer for distribution or posting can be downloaded here: AGM flyer – July 2014 Final

Hope to see you all there…

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Freddie August 25th, 2013

On Friday 2nd August STEPS presented an oral submission to the Hearing (see link below).

We are opposing the use of the Roy Clements Treeway as a site on the basis that it would fragment and diminish one of the few very small natural areas in Mt Albert.

Together with submissions by St Lukes Garden Apartments Body Corporate and MARA (see link below), we asked them to look at possible alternatives which would avoid destruction of so many trees over such a large area.

STEPS submission: STEPS Central Interceptor Hearing 2013 August

MARA submission: MARA Watercare Central Interceptor Summary of Evidence

We were followed by a very thought provoking and informed presentation by Joel Cayford which outlined some of the wider issues.

http://joelcayford.blogspot.com/2013/08/watercare-central-interceptor-oral.html

…  “The overall Central Interceptor project involves further regional consents for the CSO Collector Sewer works … and a network discharge consent…..” … One key question is why the resource consents for this large tunnel project are being considered in advance of the overall network discharge consent.

STEPS notes that according to Watercare’s coloured pictures (though no supporting data) Meola Creek overflows will be significantly reduced but will remain the largest overflow points on the Auckland isthmus after the Central Interceptor is completed. This means we have an ongoing interest and Meola Creek will form part of the sewerage network for probably the next century or more.

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