Wood piles
are being placed in each of the three main centres in
Hastings, with residents able to help themselves.
Hastings
District Council staff are cutting trees knocked over by
Cyclone Cook into manageable rings and dropping them at
sites in Flaxmere, Havelock North and Hastings.
“There
won’t always be firewood there; it will be dropped off as
our clean up teams deal with trees across the region,”
said parks manager Colin Hosford.
Council says people have
to put the rings in their vehicles and take them home to
chop up. Chainsaws and axes should not be taken to the
sites, he said.
“We want to be able to offer this wood
to residents able to remove it but our first priority has to
be health and safety – if issues arise out of it, we will
have to look at a different approach.”
The three sites
are:
Flaxmere: Chatham Rd, by the gum trees
Havelock
North: On the edge of Tainui Reserve, on Keirunga
Rd
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