Miscellaneous Infrastructure action contributing towards Board goals.

July 2024

• The Board submitted on the Council’s Long Term Plan 2024-34 asking Council to consider bringing forward Project 57808 Duvauchelle Water Supply membrane filtration to stop the carting of water. The Council Long Term Plan 2024-34 has allocated $4.029 million for the Duvauchelle Water Treatment Plant Upgrade in 2024/25 and 2025/26.

12 August 2024

• Approved the removal and replacement of trees at the Duvauchelle Showgrounds Recreation Reserve as part of the Duvauchelle Wastewater Project

25 November 2024

• The Board received a briefing from Smart Christchurch, FENZ and the Akaroa Fire Brigade about the Fire Detection Sensors network that could be used for weather events, and Police investigations, the Kōtuitui smart pole project, and Christchurch Free Wi-Fi.

Items that the Board advocated for are included in the draft Annual Plan 2025/26:

• Fire fighting equipment for fire response (refer Pg 77)
• WS Banks Peninsula communal fire water storage tanks (Refer Pg 99)

Measures of Success

We understand the current levels of service for rural roads and marine structures.

Progress to date/actions taken

11 April 2023

• The Board agreed to write to Waka Kotahi NZTA raising its concern about road work sites being set up with no contractors working on site.

April 2023

• The Board advocated in its 2023/24 Annual Plan submission to Council for an increase in the future budget for the repair and maintenance on retaining walls within Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula community ward.

29 May

• The Board agreed to request staff advice on the maintenance and the progress to repair the two culverts between numbers 152 – 176 Pā Road, Koukourārata/Port Levy and the Koukourārata stream bridge.
• The Board agreed not request a staff briefing with the Unit Heads on working with multiple Council units within Papatipu runanga areas

26 February 2024

• The Board received a Hui a Hapori Community Open Forum presentation from Pam Richardson and Hugh Eaton, representing the Pigeon Bay Settlers Hall Committee regarding the Pigeon Bay Hall, and other local issues pertaining to Pigeon Bay including community resilience, fit for purpose roading and roading maintenance.

July 2024

• The Board submitted on the Council’s Long Term Plan 2024-34 outlining the need for Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula rural roads level of service to be reviewed and that the area rural roads are given a higher priority with the Council’s minor safety works programme. The Board has been advised that Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula roads are to be maintained to the agreed levels of service in the Council’s operational budgets.
• The Board submitted on the Council’s Long Term Plan 2024-34 outlining the need for funding for the replacement of the Pigeon Bay seawall and as a project under the Council’s Coastal Hazards Adaptation Programme. The Board has been advised that the Pigeon Bay seawall will continue to be monitored and if required, Council will look at options for remediating the seawall.

7 October 2024

• Received a Public Forum from Akaroa Salmon regarding a project to investigate a dedicated fishing and aquaculture wharf facility in Akaroa Harbour.

21 October 2024

• The Council Transport team presented an information session about their capital programme for 2025/26. The Board agreed to request staff advice on the grading maintenance programme for Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula unsealed roads.

25 November 2024

• The Project Manager and the Manager Regional Parks presented to the Board on the overall progress of Akaroa Wharf rebuild, Drummonds Jetty re-development and Dalys Wharf strengthening.

24 February 2025

• Board members attended the re-opening of Drummonds Jetty and Pontoon in Akaroa.
• The Board received information about Banks Peninsula marine structures current maintenance levels of service and renewal programme.

March 2025

9 Years of continued advocacy by the Board has resulted in the following update provided by Transport staff:

• Over the past three years we have managed to double the budgets usually being spent on the peninsula, which they feel has had a significant positive effect on the network.
• Where we have had weather events, we didn’t just replace everything in a ‘like for like’ solution, but in most cases upgraded the network to make it more resilient. Which has resulted in areas being able to withstand the increasing number of rain events you are witnessing.

• We have delivered significantly more chipseal and asphalt resurfacing over the past three years than previously delivered, again helping to improve the quality of peninsula roads and make them more resilient.

• The maintenance team have been conducting full road rehabilitation works this season, which they haven’t been able to do for many years due to funding constraints. This sees the team completely renewing a road and giving it back a minimum of 25 years life.

• The majority of the Fulton Hogan (FH) team that work on the peninsula, live in the communities and take significant pride in their work. This came across as being evident during the recent tender process for renewing the peninsula contract and they are absolutely over the moon at retaining it.

• Usually, the maintenance contracts have been running on a 3-year contract with the opportunity to extend it for a further 2, 1-year terms (3+1+1) making it a 5-year contract. This is now FH’s 26^th year of maintaining the peninsula contract. The Maintenance Manager was able to influence Council into extending the contract dates to be a 5+3+2 (10 year) contract term, as this will not only prevent significant costs to both contractors and council having to run the tender process every 3.5 years but will enable the contractor to invest in new plant and equipment that can help maintain the network to a higher level.

• Now that FH have retained the contract, they will be investing significant amounts of money into more environmental initiatives that will see less trucks carting materials around the peninsula. They will be able to achieve this through reusing materials already on the peninsula and not having to take materials back to Christchurch and bring back new aggregates. Instead, they will be working with farmers to stockpile materials and reuse that material across other sites to conduct repairs.

31 March 2025

In its Draft Annual Plan 2025/26 submission the Board:

• endorsed the establishment of the Climate Resilience Fund, emphasizing its alignment with the community’s priorities. The Board expressed a strong preference for the fund to focus on enhancing community resilience, particularly through the renewal of marine structures in Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula.
• requested that the 2026 budget include funding for the planning of marine structure renewals and upgrades, as outlined in the Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan – March 2025, for the 2026-27 Annual Plan.
• requested that the Council consider allocating additional funding in the Council's Long Term Plan 2027-37 for Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula Marine Structures to support the implementation of the approved Coastal Adaptation Plan.

Measures of success

We have an opportunity to contribute to the review of levels of service for rural roads and marine structures through the long term planning process.

Capital and operational funding is increased for drainage/stormwater infrastructure on Banks Peninsula.

Progress to date / actions taken

22 July 2024

• The Board held a public information session providing staff advice about the Banks Peninsula Stormwater Management Plan, including flooding and drainage issues and contaminant mitigation.

July 2024

• The Board submitted on the Council’s Long Term Plan 2024-34 urging the Council to address flooding management on Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula. The Council Long Term Plan 2024-34 has allocated $215 million for stormwater drainage, which includes flood management support. Council is preparing a stormwater management plan for Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula settlements.

21 October 2024

• Head of Three Waters, presented to the Board outlining the Three Waters Capital Programme within Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula for 2025/26. Three Waters staff have drafted proposed changes to the FY26 Capital programme which were highlighted to the Board.

24 March 2025

• Sam Hampton, Lecturer in Geology, University of Canterbury and staff presented to the Board on a research study on the current state of drainage systems within Okains Bay valley floor and the impacts during rainfall.

Measures of success

Progress is made towards establishing rating districts in those communities that have expressed an interest in this approach (e.g., Little Akaloa and Le Bons Bay).

Progress to date / actions taken

September 2023

• The Little River Ratings District has been renewed and work is ongoing. Liaison between ECAN and Council staff, Wairewa Rūnanga, the Little River Wairewa Community Trust and ECAN and Council elected members is being maintained through the Little River Flooding Round Table group to ensure that work is targeted to minimise the effects of flooding on the township.

June 2024

• Little River River Ratings Staff are actively involved in the Little River Flooding Round Table group and provide regular updates on flooding mitigation work in Little River.

June 2024

• ECAN staff have reported that these rating districts are unlikely to be effective in small communities where the population size means the amount of income from them would be minimal.