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Drilling deep into the Alpine Fault

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« on: August 18, 2012, 09:56:55 pm »


Alpine Fault to be mapped

By REBEKAH FRASER - The Greymouth Star | Friday, 17 August 2012

ALPINE FAULT

WESTLAND RESIDENTS will soon be able to see exactly where the Alpine Fault cuts through the district.

Maps showing the location of the faultline are being drawn up and should be available through the Westland District Council by the end of next week.

District planner Rebecca Beaumont said about 20 maps covering the entire district would be available as the council moves ahead with a plan to create a fault avoidance zone (FAZ) at Franz Josef Glacier township.

“The proposed plan change, to create the zone, should be notified by the end of next week and the maps will be linked on council’s website.”

The FAZ is being created after surveys showed the faultline runs straight through the Franz Josef Glacier township.

Mrs Beaumont said Franz was the only built-up area in Westland that the fault ran directly through.

“There are one or two other structures that the faultline runs through, but the majority is land.”

The council plans to create the zone with a corridor 120m to 140m either side of the faultline. No new buildings will be allowed to be built within that zone. Existing users could be able to modify their buildings in certain circumstances, but no extensions will be permitted.

Existing residents and businesses within the zone will also not be able to “change or increase in an activity”, meaning that somebody wanting to convert a motel to a cafe, or something similar, could also be turned down.

The FAZ could impact those in the Franz Josef community pushing ahead with an “urban revitalisation” plan.

Franz Inc has developed plans to rejuvenate the village, including suggesting that lightweight single-storey commercial buildings could be built within the zone.

The council strategy committee considered the plans at its quarterly meeting yesterday.

Mrs Beaumont told the committee the plans would be in “potential conflict” with the council’s proposed plan change.

“However, I quite like the idea of a walkway along the faultline, it’s undeveloped and what we are looking for.”

Franz Inc plans also include a new “river gateway” walkway from the town centre to the river, new car parking and a new flight centre, and a “pedestrian precinct” in Cowan Street.

Mayor Maureen Pugh commended the community for the ideas.

“It is great to see that the community has shown leadership in planning for its future.”


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