PAUATAHANUI RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER June/July 2015
Pauatahanui Residents Association Newsletter
June/July 2015
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PRA Committee meetings – June
& July 2015 PRA Member Profile Topics covered in the June and July PCC has approved $40,000 under the – Maria McDonald meetings of the PRA Committee included Village Programme Budget for 2015-16 The dedicated history book website is to for Pauatahanui for “entry signage and be closed with the book, Pauatahanui – A landscaping”. Jo Cross is commencing Local History, now going to be sold work on a proposal for a “welcome to through TradeMe. It will also continue to Pauatahanui sign”. If you have any be available at Pataka and PaperPlus thoughts on this PRA would love to hear stores in Porirua and Lower Hutt from you. Work is continuing to progress on the In May, PRA submitted on PCC’s Long History Trail in the village. The history Term Plan. Key points that were included signboard is soon to be erected near the in PRA’s submission were entrance to the Wildlife Reserve and 10 - support for the Village Planning plinths have been ordered which will programme,
display photos and text relating to sites - the importance of funding a Maria McDonald is a new member of the within the Village programme for maintaining and PRA committee. Maria lives in Judgeford The safety barrier on the intersection of upgrading the rural roads, with her husband Dean Owens and their 7 SH58 and Joseph Banks Drive has now - clarification of PCC’s policy on rural year old daughter and 5 year old son. been completed, making this corner rates postponement for farm land, much safer for pedestrians going Maria is a cross cultural psychologist and - support for the Te Awarua-o- criminologist. She has been a probation between Whitby and the Village. Porirua Harbour and Catchment officer, led the introduction of GPS Work, carried out by PCC and Rotary, has Strategy and Action Plan 2015 and commenced at the start of Te Ara Piko monitoring of offenders in NZ, worked in - registering an ongoing interest in the Corrections Minister’s office and has pathway on the corner of Grays Road, working with PCC over the future held various senior management and tidying up and providing a safer area for of the Lanes Flat area governance roles. parking. Anna Dellow has prepared a traffic safety Maria is particularly interested in safety in For a full copy of the June and July minutes report for the Village. This has been the community - from roading to child please refer to the PRA website circulated to key stakeholders and a safety to crime prevention - ensuring the www.pauatahanui.org.nz. meeting will be set up shortly to consider community is a great one for everyone. the issues raised. A copy of the report is The next meeting of the PRA Committee is on the PRA website scheduled for 20 August 2015.
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State Highway 58 “There’s no point trying to carry on with The following link to the NZTA web page sealing work in this weather – it’s too cold provides an update on progress with the first Update and wet for the seal to work properly and stage of improvements. The NZ Transport Agency is advising we’ll end up having to do it again. We want http://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/sh58- motorists that sealing works on State to do it once and do it well, so we’ll wait until improvements/ Highway 58 have been ‘paused’ for the things warm up and dry out a bit, and we’ll be winter, with cold and wet weather making it back into it as soon as the weather improves, The realignment is the first stage in a wider impractical to continue with sealing and lane hopefully from about September.” $30m package of improvements scheduled marking work. for SH58 between SH2 and Transmission The first stage of the project has involved Gully, which includes further curve Colder temperatures and more rain over the cutting eight metres into the southern side of realignment, a reduction in the speed limit winter months would prevent the final seal the hill to straighten the curve and the (from 100 to 80km/hr), the installation of a on the $2.5m realignment of the curve removal of the passing lanes. It will be wire rope barrier and a roundabout at between Harris and Mt Cecil Roads from completed with the installation of a 700m Moonshine Road. binding properly, and the works will be wire rope safety barrier, and improvements concluded in spring. to the drainage systems to maintain the Further engagement on the broader road’s integrity. Mr Owen says the road is improvements plan will take place at a time Temporary speed limits have been lifted also being made safer for cyclists, with a full yet to be confirmed. from 30 to 50km/hr through the site, and will 1.5m shoulder being provided. remain in place over the winter. Construction of a grade-separated “State Highway 58 is a challenging piece of interchange at the intersection of SH58 and SH2 is expected to start in 2015. Regional Performance Manager Mark Owen road, with multiple hazards including sharp says the project remains on track and like all curves, roadside drop-offs and gradient Wellingtonians, the Transport Agency and its changes. This project will make the road contractors are looking forward to the safer and more forgiving, so simple mistakes weather improving. don’t result in serious injuries or fatalities.”
Onsite wastewater update systems for. A licence is granted for a certain date unless there is evidence to show this has period depending on the age, type, treatment been completed and/or not required until a from Porirua City Council stages and maintenance of the specific later date.” This means that, if on inspecting the wastewater system. During the initial stages tank, the authorised person does not believe Following discussions with the Pauatahanui of licensing, PCC predominantly used the that it needs to be emptied they can note on Residents Association, PCC officers have Australia/New Zealand Standard for Onsite the renewal application the date on which they reviewed the process for renewing onsite wastewater management (AS/NZS 1547:2012) believe it should be done and this date will be wastewater licences. recommendation of three years. However, as included on the new licence.
more information is gained on how individual Properties with licences that are due to wastewater systems are functioning, the Finally, PCC have made changes to the expire at the end of March in the up-coming relicensing time frames will reflect this. A website, including updating the Frequently year will be sent renewal applications in licence will usually be granted for a period of 3 Asked Questions (FAQs). Also, you can now December, just over three months before the years to 5 years, depending on the authorised search for the information on ‘onsite licence expires. This is so property owners person’s recommendation. In a few cases a wastewater systems’ with the commonly can organise an authorised person to system may be licensed for less than the used term ‘septic tank’ which will direct you complete the assessment before the licence period recommended by the authorised to Council’s onsite wastewater page. expiry date. A payment fee is required with person. In these cases PCC will give you a each application. However, invoices will not written explanation for why they have done For further information on onsite wastewater be sent out until late February/ early March, this. systems licensing please refer to PCC’s so, as the property owner, you can either website at: http://www.pcc.govt.nz/A-Z- wait and send the application and payment In particular PCC would like to clarify the Services/Onsite-Wastewater-Systems together on receiving the invoice or make difference between an inspection requirement payment prior to this and it will be matched- and de-sludging as it has been brought to their Jim Sutton up in our system on receipt of the attention that some property owners are under Manager Environmental Standards application. the misconception that tanks must be de-sludged 30 April 2015
on the date shown on the licence. On the licence Porirua City Council has recently carried out it states: “Authorised Person Maintenance a review of how long they are licensing Requirements De-sludging recommendation
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