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Truck driver Peter Griffin is one of several Nelson Square residents unbothered by large freight trucks parking nearby.
Large trucks are parking in the streets of a portside town and not in the stop built for them, and authorities want to know why. Representatives from New Zealand s two largest trucking associations says the culprit could be Port Marlborough s parking fees, but the port suspects truckies like being near their accommodation in Picton. Whatever the reason, residents in the port town are divided on whether a solution should be worked into its redevelopment project, needed to make way for KiwiRail’s new, larger Cook Strait ferries.
Biography
Andrea Hinwood (B.Sc., M.AppSc., PhD) is an environmental scientist with expertise in environmental exposures and impacts on human health. Prior to coming to UNEP, Andrea served as the first Chief Environmental Scientist at the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) in Victoria, Australia. In this role, she developed and implemented programs to enhance EPA’s role as an evidence-based scientific organisation and to prevent pollution and waste impacts on communities and the environment. She was previously an Associate Professor at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia and held appointments as a member and Deputy Chair of the Environmental Protection Authority of Western Australia and also a sessional member of the State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia. Andrea s career has included the provision of strategic advice to the government on a wide variety of environmental matters, including ozone depleting substances, air quality, fire and smoke management
Tracey Roxburgh
A long-mooted arterial route for Queenstown has been approved for a fast-tracked consent and work could start on the multimillion-dollar project before the end of the year.
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult expects work on a major roading project will begin by the end of 2021.
Photo: RNZ / Belinda McCammon
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult described the government s decision as absolutely marvellous .
Boult said consent could be granted in a couple of months and work would definitely be under way by year-end.
Last year the government announced it would contribute $50 million to the first stage of the three-stage project - providing a link from Melbourne St to, essentially, Shotover St, taking pressure off Frankton Rd.
AGL Withdraws Plan To Build Gas Terminal in Victoria
Energy giant AGL has formally withdrawn its plan to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Melbourne just weeks after the Victorian Labor government rejected the company’s proposal.
“The Victorian Minister for Planning found AGL’s proposed project to have unacceptable environmental effects,” an AGL spokeswoman said in a statement.
“As a result, AGL has taken the step of withdrawing the works approval application while it considers its options.”
Notice of AGL’s withdrawal emerged on April 15 after the company notified Victoria’s Environmental Protection Authority of its decision on April 9.