Monday, July 30, 2012

A new look CBD planned - what about the families living in Christchurch East?

A great looking plan was revealed last night for the rebuilding of the earthquake devastated  Christchurch CBD.

It will be a modern  "greenacres" with much of the infastructure within walking distance, including a revamped or replacement townhall, convention centre and even a new covered stadium.

It will be a morale-boosting project for the people of Christchurch. Central government will be purchasing  land needed for the new area and the finance needed for infastructure. There are bound to be cost blowouts because the projects will be extended over a number of years. This will be underwritten by central government because Christchurch City will have limited finances.

This is all fine and morale - boosting as I said, but the rebuild and repair of thousands of homes in the eastern suburbs in particular, and in other suburbs as well, is a priority as well.  Those insurance companies covering these claims need the proverbial kick up the backside because many families are spending their second winter in damaged homes, in sheds, tents and  even in cars. The delay is not satisfactary by any stretch of the imagination.

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Prime Minister John Key presented a three-minute video showing a bird’s eye view of the new city

Prime Minister John Key presented a three-minute video showing a bird’s eye view of the new city...

By Hamish Clark
Cantabrians will tonight finally get to find out what their new city will look like.
Prime Minister John Key was at the City Council headquarters this evening for the launch of the new CBD, where he presented a three-minute video showing a bird’s eye view of the new city.
It is a compact, green city centre.
“I think it’s a very good plan,” Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee told media today.
In the wake of the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, over 70 percent of buildings in the central city have been, or will be, demolished.
Christchurch residents were called on to put forward ideas of what their new city should look like. They responded with over 106,000 ideas for the blueprint and the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan.
The new compact CBD will be made up of 12 anchor projects, framed by a corridor of green, wide open space.
“I think it is a brilliant plan,” says Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker . “It lays the framework for our future and we finally have a definitive plan.”


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