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tuesday 22 May 2018
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EDUCATION CArEErs AND
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Stoke makes a splash
page 25
Stormwater storm brewing Charles Anderson Editor
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The state of the city’s stormwater problems have been laid bare by desperate residents asking the Nelson City Council to do something to alleviate the rising tide of
flood-related issues. Everyone from kindergartens, homeowners and businesses have asked the council to help solve issues, some which have been going on for years. Last week the Nelson Weekly reported on one such group of residents who feared the next
big rainfall would wash away the land behind their properties on russell st. However, a swathe of other submissions to the council’s Long Term Plan reveal the problem is widely felt and acute. A council report into the state of the city’s infrastructure estimates the cost of solving the city’s piped
water issues will cost more than $300m over the next 30 years. The infrastructure strategy report outlines some of the longer term issues related to the city’s outdated stormwater and wastewater network. But residents from across Nelson want action now. “In the winter of 2000 a failure
developed on the slope above my property during high rainfalls,” says Megan Gordon, who lives next to Bolwell reserve in Enner Glynn. “This occurred again in 2014 and this year it has occurred twice.”
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