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wednesday 6 october 2021
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Who turned the lights out? Sara Hollyman Editor
sara@nelsonweekly.co.nz
Upper Trafalgar Street’s $860,0000 catenary lights project needed to be switched off after
only seven days in operation because water leaked into faulty casings, Nelson Weekly has learned. The lights on Upper Trafalgar St were installed in July and were switched on just in time for Te Ramaroa/Light Nelson, on
Wednesday 14 July. However, Nelson City Council group services manager Alec Louverdis says that, due to a fault in the casings, water was able to leak in around some of the LED lights during rainstorms prior to
Te Ramaroa. “This meant LEDs failed on six of the eighteen strings, the lights were turned off and replacements were ordered,” he says. Upper Trafalgar St was made a permanent pedestrian area in
2019. The project aimed to be a people-focused, place-based project, which aimed to draw more people, events and activities into the city centre. An initial budget
SEE PAGE 2
Nayland student’s month-long te reo Māori mission
Xanthe Banks says Māori is the original language of this land, so it is appropriate that we celebrate it in Aotearoa. SEE PAGE 6 FOR FULL STORY. Photo: Melissa Banks.
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