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The Silt Recovery Taskforce has moved close to 900,000 cubic metres of silt around Hawke’s Bay, completing over half of the 977 logged jobs in the process. Silt Recovery Taskforce Lead Darren de Klerk says unless more money comes in by the end of October, ...
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The milestone has drawn a mixed response by affected property owners heading into buyouts.
The buyout of nearly 300 cyclone-wrecked Hawke's Bay homes that are too unsafe to live in will kick off by the end of this month.
The Hawke's Bay Regional Council says a $10 million boost to help clean up silt is still nowhere near enough.
Central Government has provided the Silt Recovery Taskforce an additional $10 million of funding which will allow sediment and debris collection and management to continue into October. Hawke’s Bay Regional Council Chair Hinewai Ormsby says that while ...