Cost blowout renews call to scrap council’s Akaroa wastewater plans – RNZ Article:
A Banks Peninsula residents’ group has renewed calls to scrap council plans for a wastewater plant in the Akaroa township, following a cost blowout of more than $70 million.
Under the Christchurch City Council proposal, the existing sewage plant would be relocated and treated wastewater discharged onto farmland and native plants at Hammond Point and Robinson’s Bay, instead of into the harbour.
For more than 60 years, Akaroa’s sewage has been treated and discharged into the sea at the bottom of the culturally significant Takapūneke Reserve.