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Erosion is eating away at Raglan clifftop properties

Several large slips between Lorenzen Bay and the wharf have taken large chunks of private property into the harbour below.

The slips occurred during stormy weather in August, and along with large amounts of clay, one has brought down debris potentially used as retaining from the property above, including bricks, corrugated iron and plastic pipe, and another has a building located close to the edge.

Waikato District Council deputy general manager service delivery Roger MacCulloch says council are following the advice of Central Government of managed retreat regarding erosion, which means moving buildings away from the slips rather than attempting repairs to the eroding areas. Keep Reading

Stormwater upgrades muddying the waters in Raglan

Recent protests at the stormwater upgrades on Wainui Road are just another example of Waikato District Council’s dereliction of duty, Whaingaroa Harbour Care stalwart and Waikato Regional councillor Fred Lichtwark says.

WDC was served a non-compliance letter by Waikato Regional Council infrastructure team leader Hugh Keane pointing out the discharges authorised by the consent are unlawful, but no formal enforcement action would be taken.

“If it were you or me doing non-compliant work on our own property we would have to stop and have to pay to rectify it,” Fred says.

Waikato Regional Council Resource Use Manager, Brent Sinclair, says the consent that authorises the discharge of stormwater from Raglan township was granted in 2008 and is subject to more than 40 consent conditions. Keep Reading

Part of Wainui Road to be closed for storm water upgrades

A portion of Raglan’s Wainui Road will be closed from Monday 20 August so that Waikato District Council can upgrade the storm water system. The existing system is inadequate and causes ponding and runoff issues across a number of private properties.

The work includes new pipework under Wainui Road, and improved drainage and swales. It will improve the capacity of the storm water system, and will reduce the severity and frequency of the ponding and runoff experienced.    Keep Reading

Housing survey: Why do we all need to fill this in?

This morning there was another desperate plea on Raglan Noticeboard for a place to rent. The house this family are in is suddenly up for sale.

They are great tenants, run their own small online business and have employers in town who would be devastated to lose them. After living in Raglan for 20 years, if they can’t find anywhere to live they will have to move out of town or split the family up leaving the Dad living in his van to carry on working and commute to see each other. Keep Reading

Parking a hot topic on the Raglan Community Board agenda

Parking at Joyce Petchell Memorial Park was the hot topic at June’s Raglan Community Board meeting.

Waikato District Council staff presented two proposed designs, including sealing a large area at Joyce Petchell Memorial Park for 14 angle and four campervan parks and another for alterations to the fire station carpark layout – the parking is part of the museum resource consent conditions. Keep Reading

Launch of Kōtui and e-collection at Waikato district libraries

Waikato district library users are in for a treat with the installation of a new library management system this month. Customers will see a much more user friendly interface and improvements to our collection.

Kōtui is a new library management system that a number of other councils around the country use and soon, Waikato district will also be able to reap these benefits. Kōtui will provide a better service for our customers and an integrated system which will mean you can access our collection from the comfort of your own home at any time of the day. Keep Reading

Public information sessions on Council’s Long Term Plan

Waikato District Council is holding 15 public information sessions around the district on its Long Term Plan to help residents and ratepayers with the issues being raised for consultation and to answer any questions.

The first of these sessions will be held in the southern part of the district at Tamahere Hall on 15 March, 6-7.30pm, and the final one will be held in the northern part of the district at Aka Aka Hall on 10 April, 6-7.30pm. Keep Reading

Waikato District Council report on weather and flooding

Last week’s severe weather event saw rain and wind lash the Waikato District with a large number of trees down and power lines also down in a number of areas.

While our Emergency Operation Centre didn’t activate, Council had a number of staff managing the situation for its residents.  Staff also worked with a number of contractors such as WEL Networks and neighbouring councils throughout the event. Keep Reading

Raglan Community Board meeting in-brief

The Raglan Community Board meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the Month. Follow RCB on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ragcombd.

August 2017 meeting in-brief:

Raglan’s one-lane Wainui Bridge is scheduled for replacement in 2024, according to works programme tabled in the community board meeting agenda.

A Waikato District Council spokesperson said the upgrade was linked to the rate of growth in the town. Keep Reading

Council looks at another water company option

Waikato District Council is talking with Watercare Services Ltd and Waikato-Tainui about potentially forming a company to improve water and wastewater services for the district.

The informal discussions began when it became clear that neither Hamilton City nor Waipa District councils supported forming a joint asset-owning CCO to manage water as independently recommended.  Waipa and Hamilton want a non-asset owning model. Keep Reading

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