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Environmental damage caused during the construction of Penlink may have a bright side for Edith Hopper Reserve in Manly.
One way to mitigate damage, is for companies to fund environmental work elsewhere. A recent local example of this was the work on D’Oyly wetland in Stanmore Bay, which was funded by the developers of the subdivision in Link Crescent, Whangaparāoa.
At a Hibiscus & Bays Local Board workshop last month, members were told that a project that has been in the wings for some time – the recovery of a stream through Edith Hopper Reserve – could go ahead, funded in mitigation for piping streams on the Penlink route.
The work will involve the removal of a considerable length of concrete-lined channel that runs through the reserve, stream naturalisation and planting of the banks.
Preliminary design work will start this month, with consultation still to occur as well as confirmation of the funding.
There are three clubs based in the reserve who may want to have their say – Hibiscus Coast Netball Centre, Manly Bridge Club and Whangaparāoa Tennis Club, as well as Hibiscus Coast Football Club which practices on the fields, and local residents.
Detailed design is expected to be completed early next year, the local board was told.
