Many of these dredged sites later require maintenance dredging (removing any sediment which has accumulated in the bottom of the dredged channels and berth boxes). Capital dredging projects can be both extensive and expensive. Recent and current examples include the London Gateway Port Development Project, the New Port Project in Doha, the expansion of Southampton docks in the UK and development of the Port of Hastings in Victoria, Western Australia. LegaSea Hawkes Bay urged the Regional Council to find a land-based solution in preference to polluting inshore waters.New port developments, and expansion of current facilities (including larger and deeper access channels, turning basins and appropriate water depths) are required along waterside facilities to accommodate these vessels. LegaSea Hawkes Bay and other submitters were supportive of the Clive River dredging proceeding with the dredge material being deposited on land, not the foreshore. On 6 December 2021 LegaSea Hawkes Bay submitted in opposition to the HBRC’s application to dredge the Clive River and dispose of the dredge material on the foreshore. On the HBRC advised they had withdrawn the resource consent application. A submission was sent to the HBRC on 6 December 2021.

LegaSea Hawkes Bay worked with the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council and LegaSea (national) to develop a response to the consent application. A different team within the Regional Council was appointed to consider the submissions in response to the application. Submission deadline was 7 December 2021.ĭue to the nature of the proposed work and requirements under the Resource Management Act, the Regional Council was bound to publicly notify this consent application and call for submissions. In September 2021 the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC) called for public submissions in response to its resource consent application to dredge the Clive River and dispose of the dredge material on the foreshore.

Dredge report/dec 2018