Posted on January 19, 2016
By Simon Hartley, Otago Daily Times
Port Otago has stopped using its offshore spoil dumping site – 6km off Taiaroa Head – after realising it had not completed one of several baseline studies, as required under its resource consent.
The port company is just weeks away from reaching its target depth of 13.5m in deepening its shipping channel, which runs for about 13km between Port Chalmers and Taiaroa Head.
Port Otago chief executive Geoff Plunket said the consenting issue at the offshore site was “purely a technical issue” and there was no environmental effect.
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