MINUTES
DATE
25 May 2021
TIME
5-7 PM
LOCATION
The Mercury Plaza, Cross Street
STAKEHOLDERS
Muy Chhour, Grady Elliott, Michael Richardson, Miriam Croucher, Kate Woodruffe, Spencer Moris, Philip Jones, Adriana Christie, Sarah Trotman, Kerrin Leoni.
LINK ALLIANCE ATTENDEES
Simon Mitchell, Community Manager; Deirdre Fitzgerald, Communications & Engagement Adviso; Jonathan Hill, Project Manager; Adam Stilges Senior Project Engineer; Michael Coup, Senior Project Engineer; Jeremie Lore, Senior Project Engineer
SUBJECT
May CLG
Agenda 5:00 – Networking – coffees to order and light snacks 5:30 – Brief welcome – Simon Mitchell, Community Manager 5:35 – Project introduction - Jonathan Hill, Station Manager Karangahape Station 5:45 – Tunnels update – Jeremie Lore - Senior Project Engineer 5:55 – Mercury Lane update – Eva Brosius, Site Engineer 6:05 – Beresford Square update – Michael Coup, Senior Project Engineer 6:15 – Business Support – William Keung, Business Support 6:30 – Questions 6:40 – End
Minutes: •
Introduction
Simon Mitchel welcomed everyone and introduced the meeting agenda and venue. •
Project overview –Jonathan Hill, Construction Manager
•
Mined Tunnels – Jeremie Lore - Senior Project Engineer
Southbound tunnel top heading (223-metres) is complete and adits of the tunnel under way. •
Mercury Lane overview – Eva Project Engineer Mercury Lane
Steel-fixing and concrete for B1 slab complete, start to excavation beneath B1 slab. •
Beresford Square – Michael Coup, Project Engineer
Steel-fixing and concrete for B1 slab underway, excavation below B1 underway, Samoa House Lane repair works underway. •
Communications - Simon Mitchell, Community Manager
Went through key issues of stakeholders through the month: vibration; parking; access; lighting. Then went through key focus areas: Beresford Square market; a graffiti jam wall; site tours; STEM school initiatives; recycled laptop for local journalist. •
Business Support - William Keung, Business Support
Went through the small business and funding programme and the eligibility criteria for business support for businesses in the Karangahape area. Questions
Answers
Where does the spoil go?
To Woodhill at the moment and some gets reused from there. Spoil from the tunnel goes to Three Kings.
Can you store and reuse the spoil at the
Not at the moment as there is not space on site to
station?
store it and the spoil is mainly rock which can not be reused here.
Can we open the left-hand side of Pitt Street
This has been considered numerous times. There
where the site is?
is not enough room to allow pedestrians safely cross on that side due to truck movements and the minimal space that is free. However it will be considered again towards the end of the project.
Can a pedestrian crossing be put in across
Again, this has been considered but sue to truck
Pitt Street near Red Bar?
movements and the fire and ambulance services in this location it’s not allowed. We will look again at this towards the end of the project.
What is the loud vibration and banging
This is from concrete breaking under the slab and
coming from underneath the slab in
it falling to the ground.
Beresford Square?