Posted on January 2, 2017
By Damian George, Stuff
CentrePort’s plans to dredge more than 6 million cubic metres of sediment from Wellington Harbour have hit a snag due to the November 14 Kaikoura earthquake.
The port is hoping to gain resource consent to deepen a 7-kilometre channel for heavy sea traffic into the harbour, at a cost of between $37 million and $44m.
It says deepening of the channel is needed to accommodate new, larger ships expected to begin arriving in New Zealand.
But it is understood the project has been put on hold while the company recovers from the impact of the magnitude 7.8 quake.
Source: Stuff
