Sewer plan too costly

Press, 15 July 1982, Page 6

Sewer plan too costly

A sewerage scheme for The board's chief engineer, Spencerville proposed by the (Mr P. H. Hunt), told the Waimairi District Council board that the principal need would be too expensive for for sewerage in the area was ratepayers, a Canterbury the health risk. Over all the Drainage Board committee health risk was low to has decided. The committee medium, with the Spencerhas said the plan should be ville area better than the dropped for three years. lower parts of Brooklands. The board’s development . Waimairi’s proposal inand construction committee eluded the establishment of a decided yesterday to recom- special rating area charging mend that the sewering of about 4.65 c in the dollar, Spencerville be deferred un- which was 19 times the til 1985, and then to make a board’s uniform rate.

reappraisal of the sewerage “It is considered that the needs of both Brooklands and special rating charges would Spencerville. The board con-/ be unreasonably severe for siders the two areas together the local ratepayers,” Mr for, sewerage purposes. Hunt said.