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Money trickling in to support the dredging of the Mahurangi River permitted some tidying up of previously dredged areas last month, but major funding still needs to be found.
Mahurangi River Restoration Trust management committee chair Steve Burrett says private donations allowed the clearing of silt that had been dislodged from under the pontoons at the Warkworth Wharf.
“We have just enough money to keep nibbling away as the funding allows,” he says.
Nevertheless, the Trust will require millions more to complete the dredging, which is expected to cost $5.1 million.
So far, funding applications to the Minister of the Environment, the Department of Conservation and the Provincial Growth Fund have been unsuccessful.
Mr Burrett hopes that an approach to the Hauraki Gulf Forum will generate more support and more funding.
