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Recording and preserving our Port’s history Click here for the full Port history and archaeological study reports Norwich Quay wardship towers site minutiae The towers has been demolished and the zone resurfaced The former LPC wardship towers on the corner of Norwich Quay and Dublin Street suffered structural forfeiture in the 2010/11 earthquakes. Since then the towers has been removed, the zone and resurfaced and repurposed to house LPC Maintenance facilities. LPC Civil maintenance relocated to its new offices and workshop precinct in August 2016. The new facility includes defended offices for wardship staff, off street parking and an on-site training room and workshop, previously based in the Inner Harbour between Jetties 5 and 6. The Civil Maintenance workshop meets the latest safety standards and it’s wardship offices include modern standing decks. The new training room is equipped with a projector, enabling staff to well-constructed professional minutiae and refresher courses on site. New LytteltonTripShipWharfageto be built A new $56 million trip ship wharfage will be built in Lyttelton. Watch the video of the utterance made 1 May 2017: https://vimeo.com/216586968 The new wharfage will be the first custom built trip ship facility for Christchurch and will be worldly-wise to unbend some of the largest trip liners from virtually the world. “The trip ship wharfage represents a massive investment in the future of Christchurch and the wider region,” says Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel. “Cruise ships bring a lot of life and economic worriedness into the municipality so it is unconfined that Christchurch will have a defended facility. “With Lyttelton unable to host trip ships for the last few years, trip ships have been berthing in Akaroa. It has put tremendous pressure on Akaroa. I’d like to pay tribute to the polity there that has enabled Christchurch to stay unfluctuating to the trip industry. This utterance will bring some relief to them. “I would moreover like to unclose the tremendous value of work that has gone into both the trip ship wharfage and the wider Lyttelton Port Recovery Plan so far.” The trip ship wharfage has been designed to unbend trip ships of the size of the world’s largest, the MS Oasis of the Seas. The ship is: 362 metres long; weighs 225,282 tonnes; and carries virtually 5,400 people and 2,394 hairdo   “This is a huge project for the municipality and we are happy to be worldly-wise to bring trip ships when to Lyttelton in time for the 2019–2020 trip season,” Lyttelton PortVisitorChief Executive Peter Davie says. “The wharfage will future proof Christchurch as a trip destination of nomination for the next few decades, with the topics to unbend the largest ships coming to our part of the world.” The trip ship industry was worth $484 million to the New Zealand economy in the 2015–2016 year and is forecast to grow to $490 million in the 2016–2017 season. “The trip ship industry is standing to develop rapidly with a dynamic increase in the volume of guests visiting New Zealand, so it’s important that Christchurch has the facilities to offer a gateway to the Canterbury region for all ship sizes,”TripNew ZealandWorkbenchMember Tony Petrie says. “Before the earthquakes trip ships were worldly-wise to wharfage in Lyttelton, and bringing this facility when to Lyttelton by way of a custom built trip pier will provide an lulu inrush wits for trip ship visitors and a uplift for Canterbury’s tourism industry as well as retail businesses in Christchurch.” Background A Council working party was set up to investigate options for hosting trip ships in Lyttelton A merchantry specimen was prepared to assess the public value of a trip ship wharfage ChristchurchMunicipalityCouncil made the visualization to fund the project through the Lyttelton PortVisitorand the ChristchurchMunicipalityCouncil will protract to receive the current level of dividend from the Lyttelton PortVisitorNew OilWharfageconstruction - starts 2017 Lyttelton Port is the major zillion fuel terminal for the South Island, importing over a million tonnes of zillion fuel (petroleum, LPG, methanol and bitumen) each year. We are developing a detailed diamond and construction plan that will provide a strong and resilient structure to service the 117 zillion fuel vessels that visit the Port each year. Dry Dock - new pumphouse One of only two Dry Docks in New Zealand and the only in the South Island, LPC’s Dry Dock opened in January 1883 and is still regularly used by a wide variety of vessels.Withoutstuff immensely damaged in the 2010/11 Canterbury earthquakes the original pumphouse towers was subsequently demolished, leaving the pumping equipment in tact. The project to construct a new 105 square metre pumphouse began in May 2016 and was completed in September 2016. The ground floor of the new towers houses the two pump momentum units which remove water from the Dry Dock when the cassion (gate) is firmly in place, all electrical equipment and a workshop area. Key facilities on the second floor include the Dock Master’s quarters with a washroom, shower, toilet, kitchen and office. Two weathertight, stainless steel lids on the upper deck alimony the pumps dry but can be hands removed when the pumps are stuff serviced. Recycled wharf timbers were used in the construction of the balcony railing. Te Ana MarinaMinutiaeTE ANA MARINA Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has released the first versifier impressions of what its new Te Ana Marina will squint like. LPC Chief Executive Peter Davie says the images serve to highlight the positive impact that this long-awaited minutiae will bring to the region. “More than 20 years without the first plans to develop a marina at Lyttelton were unveiled, we hope that today’s new versifier impressions will help bring the Te Ana project to life – providing the public with a glimpse of what the zone might squint like when complete,” says Davie. “Christchurch will finally have what all other major New Zealand cities have and that is a fully serviced, walk-on marina.” Te Ana Marina will be built at the site of the inner harbour pile moorings in Lyttelton Harbour, and is the first stage of LPC’s wider regeneration plan to modernize public wangle and suavities in the area. It will be Canterbury’s only walk-on floating marina, featuring up to 170 berths for yachts and powerboats and a waterfront promenade linking the marina to Lyttelton’s town centre. Construction is expected to start this month (June) and protract throughout 2017 and early 2018. In May 2017 LPC vicarious self-sustaining valuation visitor Telfer Young to review Lyttelton’s residential property market, and estimate the impact Te Ana Marina could have on property values in the development’s vicinity. The report terminated that,”the positive nature of the minutiae will spritz through to the desirability of properties overlooking the development, and to a lesser stratum to those within walking distance.” Commenting on the findings, local resident and real manor wage-earner Vicki Tahau Paton says Te Ana will positively contribute to Lyttelton’s growing identity as a thriving port town. “A minutiae like Te Ana Marina can only be a good thing for Lyttelton and the wider region, giving the township a remoter sense of pride,” says Vicki, who has lived in Lyttelton for the past 15 years. Her husband, Robert Paton, was born there. “We have once seen a steady increase in property values as Lyttelton continues its rebuild efforts, and Te Ana will only add to this momentum. From a resident’s perspective, the main drawcard for me is the fact that the zone will be useable and functional for everybody – not just the Port.Stuffworldly-wise to touch the water then will be a novelty in itself.” Fellow Lyttelton resident Robyn Robinson agrees, ultimatum Te Ana is going to be a “fantastic area” for locals and visitors alike. Robyn’s property is situated on Godley Quay, which overlooks the Te Ana development. LPC has installed a camera to the outside of her house so that live images are be misogynist to the public 24/7 as the marina progresses. The images are live on the LPC website http://www.lpc.co.nz/lpc/harbour-webcam/te-ana-marina/ “I am really excited well-nigh the Te Ana Marina and what it ways for the local community,” says Robyn. “The new waterfront promenade will be a unconfined windfall providing an essential link between the town centre and the marina. It makes my heart sing　 to think well-nigh what this zone will soon squint like and represent, particuarly as it has been underdeveloped for so long.” There has been strong demand from boaties looking to secure a wharfage at the new marina, with increasingly than 170 people registering their interest. There are still limited spaces available, and people are encouraged to contact LPC if they wish to put their name lanugo for licensing a berth. LPC will protract to liaise with the local polity in the lead-up to and throughout construction. Two polity drop-in meetings were held in June in Lyttelton to update the public and provide relevant timeframes. “We recognise that the Te Ana minutiae is important to a number of individuals, groups and organisations,” says Davie. “LPC has therefore embarked on a programme of reguarly communicating and informing the public as the project advances. This includes providing updates on vehicle wangle and ensuring the strict enforcement of environmental noise tenancy measures.” Vehicle wangle to Te Ana Marina will be via Godley Quay. LPC is working closely with the ChristchurchMunicipalityCouncil to squint at how roading in the zone can be improved, particuarly with the expected increase in vehicles. This included making a submission to the Council’s 2017/18 Annual Plan, to write intersection and road safety issues at both Simeon and Godley Quays. The inside theme of the Lyttelton Port Recovery Plan (LPRP), which had Ministerial approval, is to shift port operations east, which will self-ruling up space on the western side of the inner harbour to build a marina and indulge for minutiae of Te Ana.  Polityconsultation undertaken as part of the Lyttelton Port Recovery Plan revealed a strong message from local residents that they supported future minutiae of the Inner Harbour and wanted unscratched and increased wangle to the waterfront. Commercial rates will wield in the new marina, with licence fees stuff similar to other New Zealand marinas of this size. The berths will be owned and managed by LPC. The Te Ana redevelopment encompasses the LPC land unelevated Simeon and Godley Quays between No. 7 Wharf and Lyttelton Engineering. Background Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) will develop a new marina at the inner harbour pile moorings site in Lyttelton Harbour.Minutiaeof the marina will create an engaging and vibrant waterfront with public wangle and connectivity between Lyttelton, the inner harbour and the recreational areas at Naval Point. The new marina is the first stage of a wider regeneration plan to modernize public wangle and suavities in the inner harbour area. Te Ana will full-length Christchurch’s only floating wharfage marina, well-constructed with walk on access. On completion of Stages 1 and 2 it will full-length up to 200 floating berths with lengths of 10m or more, providing shelter for yachts and powerboats. All berths will be supplied with water and power services and supported landside with carparks, lighting, security, a new marina office and washroom facilities. We have used the name Dampier Bay when referring to the existing inner harbour pile moorings and landside area. Working closely with Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke Rūnanga, we had the opportunity to rename the zone to reflect iwi cultural values. The zone is to be formally renamed Te Ana, reflecting the significance of Te Ana o Huikai, a cultural site closely associated with Dampier Bay. Te Ana o Huikai was traditionally known as a sheltered rest zone for unscratched anchorage, with bountiful fish and shell fisheries. The new marina will be tabbed Te Ana Marina. To get remoter information well-nigh Te Ana Marina and to express interest in licensing a wharfage please visit www.teanamarina.co.nz This minutiae is part of the Port Lyttelton Plan – a redevelopment strategy produced for the polity pursuit the Canterbury earthquakes. During polity consultation, LPC received a strong message from local residents that they supported minutiae in Dampier Bay and wanted unscratched wangle to the waterfront. The marina will outbreathe new life when into Lyttelton’s west side waterfront and meet the needs of Canterbury’s voyage community. This project is a significant milestone for the Port and wider polity We have started communications with current wharfage holders in the inner harbour moorings and will inform the local polity of our plans. Project overview Total Marine Services (TMS), a specialist marine contracting visitor based in Auckland and the Bay of Islands to build the marina, won a competitive process to diamond the new marina. In the first stage of Te Ana’s redevelopment, the existing inner harbour pile moorings will be removed and a new modern floating marina will be built. The initial minutiae will provide in glut of 130 berths. A promenade linking the marina to the Lyttelton town centre, via existing wangle ways, will be developed, withal with a walk way to the marina from Voelas Road. Associated landside infrastructure such as parking, a marina office, washrooms and other facilities will be progressively completed through 2017 and early 2018. Stage 2 will see the marina expanded and minutiae of the landside zone to provide an wieldy and lulu commercial precinct. This subsequent minutiae will be subject to commercial demand and port operations. We are enlightened that we must thoughtfully manage noise during the towers of the marina and strict environmental tenancy measures will be enforced and communicated to the community. Regular updates will be communicated prior to construction worriedness commencing on site in the first half of 2017.  “A modern marina capable of willing increasingly of Canterbury’s recreational voyage polity is well overdue. Public feedback gained during consultation for the Port Lyttelton Plan indicated a strong desire for a increasingly lulu and wieldy waterfront. Te Ana Marina is LPC’s first step towards regenerating the inner harbour as a vibrant community-focused destination, with uncontrived connections to the Lyttelton township,” – Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) Chief Executive Peter Davie. How will berths be allocated? A Registration of Interest (ROI) document with indicative prices, terms and conditions will be sent to current inner harbour mooring wharfage holders in October. Current wharfage holders will have first priority in securing a licence in the new marina at commercial rates. For existing wharfage holders who sign up to a new license try-on and pay a petrifaction their wend will be unprotesting in the existing pile moorings while the new marina is stuff built. People who are not existing licensed wharfage holders can wield for a licence for a new berth, and if oversubscribed, a ballot system may take place. LPC will squire wharfage holders where possible to identify volitional mooring options. Questions and answers What is the ownership and operating model for the marina? LPC will own and operate the marina and associated facilities.   What land ownership model will be used? LPC will protract to own all land in the project area.   Who is towers the new marina? Total Marine Services (TMS), a specialist marine contracting visitor based in Auckland and the Bay of Islands with over 30 years of wits in the marine industry, won a competitive tender to build the marina.   What is the target number of marina berths? On completion of Stages 1 and 2 up to 200 berths with a final number to be unswayable during the diamond process.   Will construction of the marina be noisy? LPC has successfully worked with the polity to reduce noise effects from operational port noise over many years. Effective stakeholder engagement will be a hair-trigger part of managing noise during the marina construction. Strict environmental noise tenancy measures will be enforced and communicated to the community. Will any of the existing marina’s timber piles be retained? All existing timber piles will be removed. What will happen to the boats currently berthed in the inner harbour pile moorings? All existing wharfage holders in the inner harbour pile moorings have first priority. They have first right to berths in the new marina once they are prescribed and licenses offered. LPC is working closely with these wharfage holders to alimony them fully informed. How much will the new berths be? Commercial rates will wield in the new marina, with fees stuff similar to other New Zealand marinas of this size. These berths will be owned and managed by LPC. The facilities will be superior to the current inner harbour pile moorings. A Registration of Interest (ROI) document will be misogynist to anyone interested in leasing a wharfage in October – it will contain prices, terms and conditions.   What well-nigh current wharfage holders who can not sire a wharfage in the new marina? LPC appreciates for some existing wharfage holders the latter of the inner harbour pile moorings will be disappointing and they may segregate not to license a wharfage in the new marina. LPC will squire wharfage holders where possible to identify volitional mooring options. How do other people obtain a wharfage in the new marina? People who are not existing Dampier Bay inner harbour pile mooring wharfage holders may need to go into a ballot to secure a berth, if there are not unbearable berths to meet demand. Registration information is contained within the Registration of Interest (ROI) document. How will the public wangle Te Ana Marina? Vehicle wangle for the initial stages of the marina minutiae will be from Godley Quay. Vehicle wangle from Norwich / Sutton Quay is planned for future development.   Is the Diamond Harbour Ferry moving to the marina? The Diamond Harbour Ferry terminal will sooner be relocated from its current location at A and B Jetty to the eastern end of the marina.   Will planning for the return of trip ships to Lyttelton Port impact on the new marina? The planning and execution of the Te Ana minutiae project is self-sustaining of the trip wharfage project. For remoter information Email communications@lpc.co.nz of ring (03) 328 8198 to join a mailing list to receive remoter information and regular updates. The map shows Stage 1 of the new marina to be built at the inner harbour pile moorings in Lyttelton Harbour. The zone includes the land unelevated Simeon and Godley Quays between No. 7 Wharf and Lyttelton Engineering. Te-AnaDiamondGuide Te-Ana Marina Briefing Notes Jetty 7 - scoping and designing repairs Work to telescopic the repairs for Jetty 7 have commenced. Jetties 4, 5 and 6 - eventual subversiveness Jetties 4, 5 and 6 will sooner be demolished. A subversiveness trial of some of the piles of Jetty 4 has been undertaken to ensure the weightier methodology is chosen for extraction of the piles and the subversiveness of the jetties. Log yard improvements These improvements midpoint largest service for port users and customers - as well as a largest environment for the local polity A project to reseal the 15,000 square metre log storage zone in front of Norwich Quay in Lyttelton was completed in June 2016. The resealing has provided a fit for purpose all-weather log yard, with reduced pebbles effects and ensures a upper quality of storm water treatment. New HQ - combined operational and wardship towers Waterfront House, LPC’s new operations and wardship building, under construction. The Operations andWardshipbuilding is purpose designed with upper quality facilities and part of LPC’s wider vision to provide all staff with largest amenities. The towers wall panels have been erected and it is expected that the new throne office towers will be completed by the end of 2017. The new facility will bring LPC’s operations and wardship staff together for the first time under one roof and progress of the towers construction can be viewed via a live webcam stream here: http://www.lpc.co.nz/lpc/harbour-webcam/ New Crane arrives at Lyttetlon Port The new crane arrived on 7 May 2017 and was transported to an zone overdue Cashin Quay 1 wharf for assembly. LPC’s new state of the art Liebherr crane arrived from Ireland on workbench the MV Langeoog at Cashin Quay 2 (CQ2) on Sunday 7th May 2017. It will have a fibre optic connection to the Container Terminal which will help diagnose any faults. The new crane is expected to be operational by the end of July 2017. Check out a short video of the crane arriving by ship and stuff unloaded http://www.lpc.co.nz/lpc-welcomes-new-crane-5/ Lyttelton Port Container Terminal once has four other ship to shore cranes. They enhance safe, reliable service, turning vessels virtually in the shortest possible time. In August 2014 a new $12 million ship to shore gantry crane began operating at LPC, supporting faster container transfers and increased productivity. This crane, the Liebherr Super Post Panamax ship-to-shore, has a reach up to 18 containers wide, a lift topics of 70 tonnes, and can service vessels up to 8,000 TEUs (twenty foot equivalent containers). Like Crane 5, Crane 4 was moreover synthetic in Ireland by specialist German manufacturer Liebherr. Video: timelapse of Crane 4 construction Cashin Quay 2 wharf rebuild The new Cashin Quay 2 wharf is an important part of the long term plan to ensure we have a thriving port that supports the growing Canterbury economy. LPC has completed the rebuild of one of Lyttelton Port’s main wharves, Cashin Quay 2. The 230 metre long wharf was severely damaged during the earthquakes and has been rebuilt to be a stronger, deeper and increasingly resilient structure. The wharf increases the Container Terminal’s capacity, boosting the number of berths misogynist to container ships and providing increased efficiency. View highlights from the official opening in February 2016 here Te Awaparahi Bay Reclamation The reclamation is a win-win for Christchurch and the Port LPC lodged a Resource ConsentUsingon Thursday 13th April for a remoter expansion of the reclamation at Te Awapharahi Bay to 34 hectares The reclamation project, at Te Awaparahi Bay, in the east of the Port, is a sustainable solution for the disposal of wipe earthquake-demolition material.Pursuitthe earthquake in February 2011, The Government tried the 10-hectare reclamation at Lyttelton Port using rubble from Christchurch’s earthquake towers demolition. This process has given Christchurch a practical way to deal with some of the unscientific 8.5 million tonnes of rubble and material from the earthquake. It has saved Christchurch and the wider Canterbury region over $100 million in dumping costs, whilst moreover expanding Port infrastructure to support forecast growth in containerised cargo. Space has wilt particularly hair-trigger since the earthquakes and our 10-hectare reclamation will provide hair-trigger port infrastructure which is urgently required to support our rebuild programme. The reclaimed zone is progressing well and was over 9.35 hectares (as at February 2016). At a time when the Port has limited paved and hardstand areas, the site is now providing valuable storage space for the new Empty Container Yard. LPC has in place a robust environmental management plan to ensure the minimisation and mitigation of any environment impacts and to support the ecological health of the harbour. Environmental Safeguards Rigorous best-practice measures have been put in place, including: Quality of rubble Stringent monitoring controls have been established to ensure that only wipe fill that meets strict criteria is placed into the reclamation area.Winningmaterials include stone, bricks, tiles, aggregates, touchable and glass. The rubble is sorted and inspected by subversiveness experts at the subversiveness site surpassing it is consigned to the port. As part of our consents LPC has detailed Acceptance Criteria for the material going into the reclamation. The criteria have been issued to all subversiveness companies and CERA. On arrival, all trucks are inspected and photographed. Should any loads not meet the Acceptance Criteria they are refused and details provided to Ecan. In vibrations with our consents, we alimony comprehensive records of all loads received, and the origin of the material and composition, and this information is recorded for each load using new handheld devices. Containment of trash The construction methodology ensures minimal disruption of the seabed and thus reduces the possibility of any significant mud waves and associated sediment plumes. We have installed a $220,000 purpose-built containment tattoo and silt curtain designed in vibrations with international weightier practice. Monitoring of beaches We regularly monitor harbour beaches to snift any possible subversiveness litter that may have escaped our safeguards. Anyone with concerns can contact our Environmental Manager on 027 298 1347. Port Talk Port Talk is unshut on Fridays between 11am and 1pm. LPC has established an information centre, tabbed Port Talk, in the Lyttelton Township. It’s a place where the polity can come and ask questions well-nigh the Lyttelton Port Recovery Plan, provide feedback, and get updates well-nigh what’s happening at the Port. Port Talk is on the corner of Oxford and London Street and has an LPC representative present on Fridays between 11am and 1pm. On Saturday 30 April 2016 between 10.30am and 1pm, The LPC Dampier BayDiamondand Project team will be onsite to discuss the minutiae of Dampier Bay. Jetty 2 and Jetty 3 - repair and upgrade Necessary wharf repairs and an upgrade on Jetties 2 and 3 is currently underway and is expected to be well-constructed early 2017. The works require the temporary closure of Oxford Street overbridge and wangle to the in-shore end of the jetties will be restricted to ensure safety.Increasinglyinformation on the Oxford Street overbridge closure is here. Upgrading the wharf is important to provide the quality of port services our region needs Dredging To alimony pace with international shipping trends for larger, deeper vessels, LPC is proposing to deepen and lengthen the existing Lyttelton Harbour/Whakaraupo shipping channel. This will ensure LPC continues to support our regional and local economy by providing efficient transport solutions for Canterbury’s import and export economy. Resource consents are required for the waterworks deepening. These must be unromantic for and gained surpassing any works can start. LPC is single-minded to ensuring the environmental, social and cultural sustainability of Lyttelton Harbour. As part of this commitment  LPC will, and looks forward to, engaging with the community. Introduction In September Lyttelton PortVisitor(LPC) lodged a resource consent using with Environment Canterbury to undertake a dredging operation to deepen, widen and proffer the existing shipping waterworks in Lyttlelton Harbour/ Whakaraupō. Environment Canterbury has now wonted the consent for processing. The work will indulge the port to unbend the increasingly large ships delivering goods to and from New Zealand. The using moreover includes dredging associated with the proposed reclamation at Te Awaparahi Bay and long term maintenance dredging of the deeper channel.   LPC handles billions of dollars of exports annually through the Port and has had a 50% increase in container volumes in the last five years. The Port handles in glut of half the South Island’s container volume, including increasingly than 70% of imports. The proposed dredging project is important for the future viability of the Port and its worthiness to vamp major international shipping lines. Lyttelton is the gateway for international trade to the South Island.   It is moreover essential for the large number of companies who use Lyttelton Port to export billions of dollars of goods annually; overseas earnings that are crucial to the Canterbury and wider New Zealand economy.   The proposed work represents an investment of up to $80- to-$120million by LPC in the future of a vital shipping facility within New Zealand’s transport infrastructure.   While LPC is single-minded to future-proofing the Port to secure Lyttelton’s future as the South Island’s major international trade gateway, the visitor is single-minded to the principle that this minutiae will not be at the expense of its environmental responsibilities.   The PortVisitorhas invested increasingly than $3 million engaging a range of expert scientists to investigate the effects the proposed dredging and ongoing maintenance of the new waterworks might have. These have included specialists in marine ecology, sea birds and marine mammals; sediment, wave and tidal modelling; and water quality monitoring. LPC requested its resource consent using be publicly notified to indulge any person to lodge a submission. All of the expert reports will be made misogynist as part of the process.  Well-nigh50 submissions were received without Environment Canterbury publicly notified our resource consent using in September last year. The hearing will embark in the first two weeks of May. Ultimately the commissioners will asses the merits of consent using at the hearing. They will make their decisions based on the information within our using and supporting expert scientific evidence.   The proposal Dredging to create and maintain a shipping navigation waterworks has occurred in Lyttelton Harbour/Whakaraupo since 1880. The harbour has a natural depth of five to seven metres, but successive dredging over the years has created a shipping waterworks with a depth of 12.5m. During the last 10 years the size of container ships has virtually doubled. To unbend these larger vessels LPC is proposing to lengthen the navigation waterworks by approximately 6.5km, widen it by 20 metres, and increase its depth by five to six metres. The project moreover includes some dredging in preparation for the proposed reclamation at Te Awaparahi Bay   Approximately 18 million cubic metres of spoil will be removed from the harbour floor in a minimum of two stages. This will be deposited evenly over a 2.5 x 5 kilometre disposal site offshore from Godley Head. A second offshore ground for maintenance disposal is moreover stuff established 2.25km off Godley Head. Both sites have been selected for their suitability and low environmental impact. These sites stave sediment plumes wayfaring when to the rocky shore.   Protecting the environment The environmental investigation and monitoring programme implemented will be the most wide-stretching overly undertaken on a dredge project in New Zealand. A cultural impact towage to identify and mitigate potential effects of the project on mana whenua values and interests has moreover been undertaken.   It is predictable that the environmental impact of the proposal will fall into the pursuit wholesale categories:   Physical disturbance of the seabed habitat In terms of the total zone of Pegasus Bay, the loss of natural seabed habitat will be minor and is unlikely to have any detrimental impact on the overall monitoring of the harbour or the greater bay area.   Changes to wave and current patterns Modelling carried out to stage suggests that changes to wave and current patterns will have minimal impact.   Sediment plumes from dredging worriedness and disposal of dredging materialWide-stretchingmodelling suggests that overall the impact of sediment plumes will be restrictedly minor for a variety of reasons including:   Dredging is once a periodic occurrence in the harbour and has been since 1880. The harbour life has well-timed to this. The unfurled presence of seabirds, fishes and marine mammals suggests that dredging has not been a detrimental worriedness overall. The greater proportion of the plume material will sink to the marrow very quickly and spread only locally. Sediment plumes are unlikely to reach, or impact on, the rocky shore. The harbour and proposed disposal site are once areas that are naturally turbid (i.e. have a stratum of sediment in suspension in the water). The existing ecological communities are used to this. Lyttelton Harbour and Pegasus Bay habitat are regularly subjected to upper levels of suspended sediment naturally (from storm waves stirring up sediment and flooded rivers inward the sea). The existing marine life copes with this. Dredge material at the disposal site will temporarily imbricate ocean floor species, but investigations show recovery is likely to be reasonably quick. Many of the species involved will survive the sediment load, or can move yonder and return. The nature of the ocean floor at the proposed disposal site is once one of communities of plants and animals evolved to cope with a shifting, turbid water, upper sediment environment.   Hectors Dolphin Special consideration has been given to the presence of endangered Hectors Dolphin in Lyttelton Harbour and Pegasus Bay.   The Cawthron Institute, New Zealand’s largest self-sustaining science organisation, has been vicarious to undertake studies on the impact of the dredging on dolphins. This work is continuing, but at this early stage the science indicates that it is unlikely there will be any significant impact on dolphins or their supplies sources.   Marine biosecurity The inrush of any ship into Lyttelton Harbour comes with the risk of the ship bringing unwanted organisms on their hulls or in bilge water etc. This includes the dredge for this work, which is likely to be coming from overseas. A specific Biosecurity Management Plan is stuff produced to manage any risks.   What LPC has once washed-up or will do   Environmental protection and impact mitigation investigations and proposed whoopee by LPC include:   Mahinga Kai and ecological investigation Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō, Port Levy/Koukourārata and the surrounding areas have huge significance to mana whenua, in particular for supplies gathering / mahinga kai.   Marine ecological investigations have been 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 versus which we can measure, and mitigate, any change. LPC is single-minded to protecting the health and mahinga kai values of Whakaraupō and Koukourārata throughout the project.   LPC is single-minded to working with mana whenua, the regional and municipality councils to modernize the overall health of Whakaraupō.   Effects on seabed ecologies We have placid numerous samples of the benthic (aquatic seabed) monitoring to enable us to evaluate and mitigate potential short and long term effects of the dredging on these communities. LPC will moreover monitor the marine monitoring withal the tailspin and self-mastery ecological inventories.   Sediment plume modelling of disposal and dredging Plume dispersion modelling has been undertaken for 10 years of weather/sea conditions to determine effects on water turbidity (the level of cloudiness of water). To establish a baseline to measure versus water quality, sampling and wringer will occur surpassing and during the proposed dredging.   Real time monitoring of water quality LPC has installed 14 real-time water monitoring buoys throughout Lyttelton Harbour, Port Levy and offshore marine areas to provide continuous live information on water quality.   This is the start of the largest environmental monitoring programme overly undertaken for a dredging project in New Zealand.   These instruments will collect information over a baseline period, including at least one year prior to dredging, during the proposed dredging, and for a period without completion of dredging. A summary of the data will be sent to a defended website every 15 minutes. The website will be publically wieldy 24 hours a day once it is up an running.   This monitoring programme is using international-best practice methodology.   Aquaculture (mussel farms) Studies have been undertaken on effects of sediment disturbance from the proposed dredging on aquaculture sites at northern Banks Peninsula. We will moreover work closely with mussel farmers.   Effects on coastal processes Studies have been undertaken to assess if the project will stupefy the shorelines and beaches. This work has shown the beaches and shorelines are unlikely to be affected, however regular monitoring is proposed which will identify any changes to sandy and rocky waterfront environments.   Expert reports misogynist to read The expert reports are misogynist on LPC’s website at www.lpc.co.nz/portdevelopment/projects/dredging/   Consultation with stakeholders LPC understands that Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō, Port Levy/Koukourārata and the surrounding areas are very 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.   Proposed dredging and disposal Proposed navigation waterworks worsening project Timeline Expert consultation and engagement with key stakeholders such as iwi, industry, environmental and commercial groups: Commenced 2008 and is ongoing. Submission of resource consent using to Environment Canterbury: 28 September 2016. Public notification of consent is expected in the coming weeks. Hearing will embark in the first two weeks of May. Assuming consent with conditions winning to all parties, work is expected to embark early 2018 and be completed by end 2018. Frequently asked questions 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.   Can you requite an example of how environmental monitoring will occur? One example is the installation of 14 real-time monitoring stations that 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 during the next few months. ‘Port Talk’ is unshut every Friday from 11am to 1pm.   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 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 visiting Lyttelton? Within the next 3-10 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 vessels that can siphon increasingly cargo. That ways deeper, longer berths with increasingly topics will moreover be needed for 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 sounds like the current cargo ships travelling up the channel.   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 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.   What experts are you working with? To stage we have engaged the pursuit experts – all their scientific research and reports are on LPC’s website Visit www.lpc.co.nz/port-development/dredging/ 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 might be a very minor, barely noticeable change.   Why have you chosen the spot off GodleyThronefor the sediment (spoil) disposal ground? A number of factors were considered when deciding on the location for the proposed spoil dumping ground. 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 proposed disposal site for the sediment (spoil) from the dredging is 2.5 by 5 kilometres wide 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 ensures no sediment drift. The location was arrived at through consultation with a number of technical experts and key stakeholders.   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, so an volitional site had to be considered.   Why have you moved the maintenance disposal ground to off Godley Head? This was washed-up due to stakeholder concerns well-nigh unfurled maintenance disposal within the harbour. The site has been selected for its suitability and low environmental impact. This site avoids sediment plumes wayfaring when to the rocky shore. 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. For increasingly contact details click here. © Lyttelton PortVisitorLimited 2018. Your use of this website is governed by or Terms of Use and Privacy Policy