Central raises health concerns over South Wairarapa quarry

Children from Featherston’s St Teresa’s Institutions working on a creek restoration throw, funded by Greater Wellington Comarcal Council. Photo / Supplied

A quarry to be able to South Wairarapa would create a health care risk and lessen the within the of the town, a Featherston primary has told council.

Jennifer Muth represented the Street Teresa’s Primary School board in a South Wairarapa District Council living up to in Martinborough yesterday.

A PJ Warren quarry near Kahutara, Reliability Wairarapa. The firm has created a resource consent for another site next Featherston. Photo / Supplied

She appeared to be one of three Featherston locals approaching councillors on the controversial resource authorization for rock crushing.

In August, Greater Wellington Regional Authorities approved a 10-year consent credit card application by PJ Warren Earthmoving to positively extract rock from a 32ha piece on the outskirts of the town.

The company then applied to SWDC for a consent to crush gravel on the site.

St Teresa’s, an integrated Catholic school with a recede of 98, is the closest involving Featherston’s primary schools to the Underhill Rd site.

Muth said the application would put routines at the school and nearby Routines Hub at risk due to increased web page from heavy goods vehicles.

She also said the dust particles and noise could prove harmful, so lessen the attraction of the student and town.

“The potential for that dust to effect our school, our students, regarding staff, is of huge concern.

“It’s already difficult to generate prospects teachers in Featherston. If you use a health risk, you’re facing not being able to staff the schools. ”

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She said a trustworthy GWRC-backed project to restore wildlife for the nearby Donald’s Creek could also wither.

Sharon Garrett, each hypnotherapist whose home office is along the site, also spoke at the getting to know.

“The deep claim of relaxation needed would be unachievable due to the vibration and constant reverberation of a rock crusher”.

Garrett said other businesses in Underhill Rd would be similarly contacted.

Responding to the public distribution, South Wairarapa Mayor Alex Beijen said councillors could not direct employee on the matter.

Beijen said the application’s status made it00 “not appropriate for councillors to make demands of officers”.

“This is an entirely operational matter with the officers exercising the delegated properties given to them under RMA [resource management] legislation. ”

PJ Warren Earthmoving was most approached for comment.

Director Peter Warren reiterated their own stance that he did not want to one-way links publicly during the consent process.

The consent remains along with hold after SWDC requested for more information from the company.