A hearings committee will
reconvene on Friday 13 May to decide whether to recommend
that Christchurch City Council sell 11.5 hectares of QEII
Park to the Ministry of Education.
Consultation ran from 2
March – 3 April, gathering 381 submissions from local
residents and school communities to gauge their views on the
proposal to sell the land. The Ministry has proposed using
the land, which is in the southeast corner of the park, for
the relocation of Avonside Girls' and Shirley Boys' High
Schools.
"The deliberations saw us consider the feedback,
hear from 14 submitters who requested a chance to speak, and
make a site visit to QEII Park to see first-hand how some of
the issues raised might affect the area if the sale were to
go ahead," says Councillor Yani Johanson, chair of the
hearings committee.
"We had a number of important issues
raised through the submissions, which has led the panel to
seek further information from Council staff before we make a
formal recommendation next week."
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