3/5 Waters Entity Looks to Control of Large Swath of Chch Red Zone Land
December 13, 2022
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Control of some of the residential red zone is expected to pass from Christchurch City Council to the new Three Waters entity in the coming years.
About half of the red zone in the east of the city may fall under the entity’s control, a council map suggests.
It is a possibility because the red zone is being transformed into an area that will treat one of the three waters – stormwater.
“The water service [entity] will be responsible for the urban stormwater infrastructure currently owned and operated by [city council],” Andrew Rutledge, the council’s head of parks, told the inaugural meeting of the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor co-governance establishment committee on Monday.