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Wednesday 4 December 2024
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Waimea Dam cost balloons to $211m MAX FRETHEY
Local Democracy Reporter
Arbitration costs have now driven the cost of the Waimea Community Dam up to more than twice the $104.4
million cost forecast at the time of its approval. The cost of the dam is now sitting at $211.3 million, up almost $4m from the $207.5m it was sitting at in September. Legal costs for the council-con-
trolled dam operator Waimea Water’s arbitration, relating to a dispute with the joint venture contractor who built the dam, were behind the increase. Chief executive Mike Scott told Tasman District Council on
Thursday that the disputes were the last remaining risk to the dam’s cost. “We expect to have more clarity around that in the near future,” he said. Councillor Mark Greening de-
scribed the increase, when compared to an early figure of $75.9 million which had been said to have a confidence level of 95 per cent, as “staggering”.
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Central Park in The Meadows now has a defibrillator and local business teams have completed the course to know how to use it if someone needs its life-saving electric shock. The Richmond West Development Company that developed the new subdivision donated the defibrillator, which is now installed outside Alioke Eatery. Co-owner of The Meadows Sprig + Fern, Nick Rose, says defibrillators improve the chance of survival during cardiac arrest by up to 40 per cent and it is good to have one in the community. Maarten Verschuuren from Hato Hone St John, left rear, donated a ‘3 steps for life’ session to Vicki Rose, left, Luca Murdoch, (behind) Bailey Murdoch, Sally MurryCampbell, Craig Bishop-Everett, Marc Hunter and Nick Rose. Photo: Anne Hardie.
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