Support called for high dam
PA Invercargill The chairman of the Clutha-Central Otago United Council (Mr T. J. Thomson) has appealed to members of Parliament to support legislation which would grant the water right needed to enable the building of a high dam on the Clutha at Clyde to proceed. "Surely nothing could be more calculated to undermine the confidence of the people in a region such as ours, than this sudden reemergence of instability in basic planning of a work of national importance and of enormous local significance." he said.
He said that locally the possibility of irrigation and other multi-purpose developments arising from hydroelectric development ' was seen as dependent on lowcost power production, which could occur only if scheme F — for a high dam — was confirmed immediately and construction continued to early completion. “If we now re-open the issues in further years of litigation, or revert to construction of low dams, the additional costs may well jeopardise the economic feasibility of many end uses the Planning Tribunal is required to consider.” said Mr Thomson.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19820618.2.107
Bibliographic details
Press, 18 June 1982, Page 18
Word Count
176Support called for high dam Press, 18 June 1982, Page 18
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in