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Resource consent using submitted to Environment Canterbury on Wednesday, 28 September 2016. A Resource consent hearing occurred early May 2017. A visualization on the consent will be made virtually mid 2017. Assuming consent is granted with conditions winning to all parties, the first stage of work is expected to embark early 2018 and be completed by the end of that year. Environmental Monitoring LPC will undertake at least a year of baseline water quality measurement surpassing any dredging commences to prepare the shipping waterworks in Lyttelton Harbour for larger container ships. The baseline water quality monitoring program was co-developed by LPC, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke, Te Hapū o Koukourārata, Sanfords and Ngāi Tahu Seafoods Installed in September/October 2016 LPC 14 real-time water quality monitoring buoys were planted throughout Lyttelton Harbour, Port Levy and offshore marine areas to ensure the monitoring programme has continuous live information on water quality, waves, rides and sedimentation rates. There are moreover five seabed water quality stations (two of which measure light) and two devices which continuously measure transpiration in seabed level. Parameters such as water turbidity (water clarity), pH, temperature and nutrient levels will be constantly measured during the baseline period. A summary of the data will be sent to a defended website every 15 minutes here. For all information that cannot be placid in real time such as mammal and marine life monitoring, this data will be released monthly via ‘reports and information’ which can be found below. Monitoring data: A summary of the real-time water quality data is misogynist here, note that current data represents natural conditions as no dredging has occurred. Currently the data is compared versus the past data to exhibit if the water clarity is ‘normal’ (green), ‘cloudier than normal’ (yellow) or ‘cloudy’ (orange). The 14 water monitoring sites will provide an in-depth understanding of the existing preliminaries conditions. Information from the sites will enable the proposed dredging operations to be constantly managed and well-timed to ensure environmental effects are minimised and fall within predictable levels. Weather information including temperature, waves and wine direction are moreover misogynist here What are we proposing? The first dredge ship came to Lyttelton Port in 1880 and every year since dredging has occurred in Lyttelton Harbour /Whakaraupō. Dredging has occurred to ensure ships could safely enter and exit the harbour.　 The harbour has a natural depth of 5-12 metres, but with successive dredging campaigns/projects have created a shipping waterworks with a resulting depth of 12.5m. Over the last 10 years the size of container ships internationally has virtually doubled. To unbend larger vessels, Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) is proposing a waterworks worsening project which will see the depth of the shipping waterworks increase by 5-6m to indulge for these larger, deeper ships. With 99 percent of New Zealand’s freight carried by sea, it is important that this dredging project occurs so LPC can protract to provide efficient transport services for the region How Dredging works Dredging is an underwater excavation process, using a specialised ship, to remove sediment from the waterworks and petrifaction it at an offshore disposal ground. In order to well-constructed the project, the dredge ship　repeats this process virtually 10 times a day for approximately 12 months. Take a squint at these videos which explain why we are dredging, how dredging works and how we will ensure the health of the harbour and marine life.                Usingfor Resource Consents In preparing for the resource consent LPC has invested increasingly than $3 million dollars working with a range of expert scientists to undertake investigations into the effects the proposed dredging could have. The experts include specialists in marine ecology, sea bird and marine mammals, sediment, waves and tidal modelling and water quality monitoring among others. LPC’s assessments to evaluate and mitigate potential effects of the project are ongoing and polity input is now sought to ensure all issues and concerns are considered. Consultation and engagement LPC understands that Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō, Port Levy/Koukourārata and the surrounding areas are really important, for many reasons, to the whole community. LPC has worked closely with representatives from the community, iwi, environmental and commercial groups to consult on the proposed project and to seek feedback on our plans. A cultural impact towage to identify and mitigate potential effects of the project on mana whenua values and interests has been undertaken.MisogynistResources The proposed plans, expert reports and videos of theWaterworksDeepening Project can be viewed at: www.lpc.co.nz/port-development/projects/dredging/Polityfeedback can be sent to: feedback@lpc.co.nz Please see “Let’s Talk” unelevated for details of how to contact us. FAQs Let's Talk Reports and Information Frequently Asked Questions LPC will seek resource consents so Lyttelton Harbour can be dredged to indulge wangle by container ships with draughts up to 14.5 metres. The Port can currently unbend container vessels up to a 12.4 metre draught. The largest vessels now visiting the Port siphon increasingly than 4,500 twenty-foot containers (TEUs). In future, larger vessels will have up to 8,000 containers. Container ships have doubled in size in the last ten years and are standing to grow worthier as shipping lines develop larger vessels that can siphon increasingly cargo. That ways deeper, longer berths with increasingly topics will be needed for the Port to remain competitive.   Why does Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) need to undertake this spare dredging? Internationally, container ships have been getting worthier for many years. To ensure LPC can unbend these larger ships it is proposing a waterworks worsening project of the Lyttelton Harbour. This will see the depth of the shipping waterworks increase by 5-6 metres to indulge for these larger and deeper vessels to safely negotiate the channel. LPC is proposing to lengthen the existing waterworks by approximately 6.5 kilometres and widen it by 20 metres. The spare waterworks depth will support LPC as the South Island’s major international trade gateway and develop a thriving and competitive Port for the future that is worldly-wise to service the region’s long-term trade growth. Without worsening the Lyttelton Harbour channel, exporters and importers may squatter increased transport financing or a reduction in nomination of shipping lines. Both would negatively impact on the region’s economy. How much will this forfeit and when will you get a return on the investment you propose for wanted dredging? We estimate that the total project will forfeit between $80 million and $120 million. This is dependent on tender responses from dredging companies. The value is in stuff worldly-wise to grow and develop LPC so it can unbend larger vessels. If LPC cannot do that then it would reduce its worthiness to service the region. This would significantly impact Canterbury’s growth. With 99 percent of New Zealand’s freight carried by sea, it is important to undertake waterworks worsening so LPC can protract to provide efficient transport services for the region with a nomination of shipping lines. This ensures our exporters remain competitive in the international market and the forfeit of importing goods to New Zealand is kept low. Is this the first time the waterworks has been dredged? Dredging of the waterworks is not new and has occurred regularly since the first dredge came to Lyttelton Port in 1880. The harbour has a natural depth of five to 12 metres, but with successive dredging a shipping waterworks with a resulting depth of 12.5 metres has been formed. To indulge the worthier ships to undeniability at Lyttelton Harbour, LPC needs to deepen the existing waterworks to approximately 17-18 metres. When will the proposed dredging to overstate the shipping waterworks start and how long will it take?Surpassingany work can embark on the waterworks worsening project, LPC must proceeds resource consent under the Resource Management Act. The consent has been lodged with Environment Canterbury. LPC has requested that it is publicly notified – permitting anyone to lodge a submission. While the consent is stuff processed, LPC will undertake 12 months of baseline monitoring of the water quality conditions in the harbour. Once this is well-constructed and resource consent has been granted the dredging will start. The primeval dredging could embark is late 2017. Each of the project’s two stages will take virtually 9-12 months. What will be the effects on marine life? The waterworks worsening project will not have long-term effects on the marine life. There will be short-term disruptions to the seabed monitoring and marine life in the firsthand vicinity of the waterworks and offshore disposal ground during the operational period. These communities are highly resilient to disturbance. Mobile species such as fish are expected to stave the firsthand zone during the dredging period and seabed communities will re-establish quickly once waterworks worsening is complete. What scientific research have you washed-up so far to ensure the proposed dredging will not adversely impact on the environment? As part of preparing for the resource consent LPC has invested increasingly than $3 million, working with a range of expert scientists, to undertake investigations into any effects the proposed dredging could have. The environmental monitoring programme implemented will be the most wide-stretching overly undertaken on a dredge project in New Zealand. Assessments are ongoing and polity input is now sought to ensure all issues and concerns are considered. These reports will be misogynist in the next few weeks at http://www.lpc.co.nz/port-development/projects/dredging/. LPC has engaged a series of experts in areas including marine ecology, sea bird and marine mammals, sediment, waves and tidal modelling and water quality monitoring among others to thoughtfully evaluate and mitigate potential effects of the project. A cultural impact towage to identify and mitigate potential effects of the project on mana whenua values and interests has been undertaken. Can you requite an example of how environmental monitoring will occur? One example is the installation of 14 real-time monitoring stations which will be unfluctuating wideness Lyttelton Harbour/Te Whakaraupō, Port Levy/Koukourārata and offshore marine areas to ensure LPC has continuous information on water quality. Continuous towage of the data, coupled with weather reports and comparison to modelled scenarios, will indulge the proposed dredging operations to be constantly managed and well-timed to ensure environmental effects are minimised and within predictable levels.Wangleto real-time water quality information at all the locations will be misogynist via a defended website Have you undertaken any consultation with Port users and the community? To date, LPC has worked closely with polity representatives, iwi, environmental and commercial groups to consult on the proposed project and to seek feedback. LPC is currently requesting feedback from the wider polity to ensure all issues and concerns are considered prior to lodging its resource consent. Drop in meetings at ‘Port Talk’, the company’s information centre on the corner of London and Oxfords streets in Lyttelton, will be held over the next few months. ‘Port Talk’ is unshut every Friday from 11am to 1pm. Interested parties can moreover visit http://www.lpc.co.nz/port-development/projects/dredging/ to view proposed plans and watch a series of comprehensive videos to requite feedback or email: feedback@lpc.co.nz What consultation have you undertaken with iwi? We have had extensive, ongoing consultation with iwi over many years and will protract to do so. We are single-minded to working in partnership with them to support the harbour’s health. Lyttelton Harbour/Whakaraupō, Port Levy/Koukourārata and the surrounding areas have huge significance to mana whenua, in particular for supplies gathering/mahinga kai. LPC has consulted with mana whenua at all stages of the project to ensure values and interests of the local iwi are taken into consideration and effects on them are minimised. Marine ecological investigations are stuff carried out withal the coastline and within the harbour to identify present mahinga kai species and habitats. This will provide a baseline and help us understand the characteristics of the existing ecological communities. When will the larger ships that need the deeper draught start coming to Lyttelton? Within the next 1-10 years larger vessels will have up to 10,000 containers. Currently the largest vessels coming into Lyttelton Harbour siphon virtually 4,500 containers. Container vessels have doubled in size in the last 10 years and are standing to grow worthier as shipping lines develop larger vessels that can siphon increasingly cargo. That ways deeper, longer berths with increasingly topics will moreover be needed for the LPC to remain competitive. Will this be a noisy operation? The proposed dredging will operate 24 hours a day, seven days per week. It will not be noisy, rather it will squint and sound like the current cargo ships travelling up the channel. What experts are you working with? To stage we have engaged the pursuit experts – all their scientific research and reports will be made publicly available.   Expert Company Scope of work Dr Brett Beamsly, Dr Peter McComb MetOcean Solutions Ltd Waves, currents and tidal modelling Sediment transport/plume modelling Ross Sneddon (and others) Cawthron Institute Marine monitoring (benthic and shoreline) Dr Deanna Clements Cawthron Institute Marine Mammals Andrew Purves Andrew Purves Planning Ltd Planning Dr Shaun Ogilvie Tonkin + Taylor Ltd Aquaculture and Mahinga Kai Mike Copeland Brown Copeland and Co Economics Derek Goring Mulgor Consulting Ltd Tides and waves (within harbour) Gary Teear OCEL Consultants Ltd Dredging, seafloor conditions and sediment movement Dyanna Jolly Witaskewin Cultural impact towage Rob Greenaway Rob Greenaway & Associates Recreational towage Dr Tom Shand Tonkin + Taylor Ltd Coastal geomorphology summary Dr Leigh Bull Boffa Miskell Ltd Sea Birds Dr Leonie Anderson Vision Environments Ltd Water Quality Monitoring Dolphins are an important part of Lyttelton Harbour/Whakaraupō/Koukourārata – how can you be sure they will not be harmed? The Cawthron Institute, New Zealand’s largest self-sustaining science organisation, has been vicarious to undertake specific studies on the impact of the dredging on dolphins. At this early stage, the science indicates it’s very unlikely there will be any significant impact on dolphins or their supplies sources. However, we will need to wait until the studies are completed surpassing providing the confirmed results. That should be within the next few months. The scientific studies are ongoing and will be publicly available. How does dredging work? The dredge follows the route of the channel, sucking up the soft sediment from the seabed. Once full, the dredge proceeds to the proposed disposal site and the spoil (sediment) is distributed evenly wideness the site. How much material will be dredged? Approximately 18 million cubic metres will be dredged to deepen the channel, including some dredging associated with the proposed reclamation.Increasinglythan half of this will be dredged in the first stage of the works. The dredged material will be transported and deposited evenly over a 2.5 by five kilometres offshore disposal site. Could the proposed dredging programme transpiration the wave height in the harbour? LPC is working with leading scientists and their work to stage indicates there may be a very minor, barely noticeable change. Why have you chosen the spot off Godley Head for the sediment (spoil) disposal ground? A number of factors were considered when deciding on the location for the proposed spoil dumping ground location. The remoter yonder the site is from the harbour, the higher the fuel financing to transport the dredged material to the dumping location. However, the closer the disposal ground to the harbour, the higher the risk of sediment-induced effects on the environment. The chosen location is 3.3 kilometres from Banks Peninsula at its nearest point and achieves a wastefulness between cost-efficiency and minimising potential effects. The location was arrived at through consultation with a number of technical experts and key stakeholders. The proposed disposal site for the sediment (spoil) from the dredging is 2.5 by five kilometres and is located approximately 6 kilometres offshore from Godley Head. It is the most cost-effective and efficient location closest to Lyttelton Harbour’s archway which minimises the potential for sediment drift. Why not petrifaction the sediment from the dredging in the reclamation? It’s possible we may consider depositing some sediment in the reclamation but there will be far too much to petrifaction all of it there, thus an volitional site had to be considered. Let's Talk If you would like to know increasingly well-nigh our dredging plans come withal to our Port Talk Information Centre in Lyttelton on the corner of Oxford and London Street for a yack with us. Our team will be there to discuss the proposed project, wordplay questions and provide information. Port talk is unshut every Friday from 11:00am – 1:00pm, and on some Saturday mornings. See unelevated for the upcoming Saturday Port Talk dates: Saturday 25th June 10:30am – 1:00pm   Feedback Thanks for your interest in our project. We’re keen to hear from you. Either fill out the feedback form unelevated or contact us using the pursuit details: (+64 3) 328 8198(+64 3) 328 8198 feedback@lpc.co.nz 41 Chapmans Road, Hillsborough Private Bag 501, Lyttelton 8841 Thanks your for your enquiry, if requested, someone will be in touch with you soon. 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Security Code REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS A4 Dredging Brochure Consent Applications Glossary of Terms Appendix 1: Maps Appendix 2: EconomicTowageAppendix 3: Cultural ImpactTowageAppendix 4: Landscape and Visual AmenityTowageAppendix 5: Effects on Recreation and Tourism Appendix 6: Effects on Aquaculture and Mahinga kai Appendix 7: Effects on Coastal Processes Appendix 8: Aspects of Marine Physical Environment Appendix 9: Plumes During Dredging Appendix 10A: Plumes During Disposal (capital) Appendix 10B: ROMS Validation Appendix 11: Plumes During Disposal (maintenance) Appendix 12: Behaviour of Sediment afterWantedDisposal Appendix 13: Behaviour of Sediment without Maintenance Disposal Appendix 14: Effects on Harbour Waves & Currents Appendix 15A: MarineMonitoringAssessment Appendix 15B: Reef and Shoreline Marine Ecologies Appendix 16: Marine MammalsTowageAppendix 17: Effects on Marine Birds Appendix 18: NoiseTowageAppendix 19: Commentary on Statistics for Turbidity Triggers Appendix 20: Recommendations on Measuring and Determining Turbidity & Trigger-values Appendix 21: Water Quality Monitoring Appendix 22: Draft Environmental Monitoring and Management Plan Appendix Appendix 23: Proposed Conditions of Consent LPC corporate office Waterfront House, 37-39 Gladstone Quay, Lyttelton, 8082 Postal write Private Bag 501, Lyttelton 8841, New Zealand Phone: (+64 3) 328 8198 Email: allreceptionists@lpc.co.nz   Send us a message. 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