August 19, 2008

Swanson Stream Slip

A 50 metre wide land-slip, which brought down some 1000 cubic metres of debris into the Swanson Stream, will have to be cleared at an adjoining land-owners’ cost.

The Council’s Planning and Regulatory Committee today resolved to require the owners, Gayle and Ross Britten, to clear the debris which slipped from their Church St property.

The cost of the clean up could be as high as $125,000.

The Council has engaged geo-technical engineers who state that the slip was caused by fill coming from the Britten property. It is the second slip in the vicinity in three years.

Meanwhile, the City Council is urging the Auckland Regional Council to review the appropriateness of a consent it issued in 1991 for clean fill to be brought onto the property.

The Council is also looking into options it has available to it under provisions of the Resource Management Act.

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