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Dear Mr. Strong,

 

Thank you for your email to the Council received on 26 July 2017 in which
you requested information relating to the clean-up and maintenance of
Worser Bay since the storm of June 2013. Your request was forwarded to the
Council’s Complaints and Information Assurance Team to provide a response.

 

I will address your questions in the order of your email.

 

1) “How much has been spent on Worser Bay sand drift cleanups/
maintenance and boulder wall storm repair by year since June 2013? This
should include the regular street sweeper and all contractors involved for
more thorough sand removal from the roadway including Fulton Hogan,
Legacy, Downers and others.”

 

The annual costs in respect of clean-up’s and maintenance (including
traffic management, project management, and Council labour etc. For the
financial years 2013/2014, 2014,2015, 2015/2016, and 2016/2017 are as
follows:

 

o 2013/2014         $23,750
o 2014/2015         $5,050
o 2015/2016         $2,090
o 2016/2017         $29,850

 

The cost for repairs to the boulder wall following the June 2013 storms
(installation of concrete blocks) was $7,152

 

2) “How much was spent on plants and labour in the May 2017 replanting of
the Worser Bay sand dunes?”

 

The planting undertaken on17th May, was a mix of dune sand binders,
spinifex, pingao and some wiwi, sand coprosma and sand piripiri.  The
planting is part of an ongoing project we have been working on for a
number of years at Worser Bay since 2011.

 

A sand dune normally would have spinifex planted on the seaward side of
the dune, which eventually forms a gentle slope towards the sea with
pingao further back. The way the dunes work is, during a storm the toe of
the dune would be washed out to sea and over the following months the sand
returns to the beach with the sand binders capturing the sand around the
plants. However, Worser Bay has a steep dune face and is still recovering
from the damage caused from the 2013 storm.

 

The planting carried out in May 2017 involved planting along the seaward
side of the dune at the southern end and a portion of the plants at the
northern end and along the top of the dune infilling some of the previous
plantings. A portion of the plants have been put in to try and reduce the
flow of the sand heading south from the northern end of the beach.

 

The amount spent on the ongoing project on the dunes for the 2016/2017
financial year (plants and labour) is approximately $18,633.

 

Kind regards,

Ian.

 

 

Ian Hunter
Assurance Advisor | Complaints and Information Assurance | Governance and
Assurance Directorate | Wellington City Council
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