Re: Grey St Project Concerns (April 27 letter).
I referred to the Resource Management Act and the resource consent process that the Gisborne District Council (GDC) must follow — Section 6 Part 2. I see part of it is now starting to be followed: on the Grey St site now, “a billboard will be placed at the site of the proposed activity”.
Interestingly, the council has deleted an important section, Our Tohu, and only shown six waypoints (1-6). In the plans I have uplifted there are 11 and all cultural paraphernalia has been removed on the billboard.
In my view, the council has stuffed the CBD up and they shouldn’t start doing the same to the side streets. Leave Grey St alone as it is. The people are dead against this Streets for People project. Wake up!
Whoever on the GDC is answering questions, answer positively. Stop the repetition of negative jargon. And don’t waste any more of the $900,000 pool. Use it more wisely.
We are also now losing 42 angle parks.
I’ve been informed that another meeting will be held at Ray White’s, corner of Grey St and Childers Rd, at 9.9.30 on May 13. All welcome.
Tiny Thompson
