Floating Lagoon
The food protection scheme is divided into five main sections of stopbanks:
Lower Orowaiti, Upper Orowaiti, North End, Lower Buller and Upper Buller.
The Floating Lagoon stopbank is a smaller stopbank. It starts at Talley’s bund and meets North End stopbank.
Estimated construction dates Floating Lagoon: starting mid 2026
Four months construction time
(construction dates are subject to consenting)
Floating Lagoon area
The Floating Lagoon area abuts the North End stopbank
Complete:
Final design and geotech investigations.
Removal of vegetation around the smaller existing stopbank.
Geotech investigations.
The peer review of the detailed site investigation (DSI) and a leachate investigation are complete. A plan is in place for mitigating the contamination from historic railway material.
Environmental investigations are complete.
Current status:
We expect to be able to put a Resource Consent application for this stopbank in late January 2026. We first need to engage with local iwi and nearby residents, and ensure awareness of the upcoming consent application.
Once consent is granted, or once we have indications that it is close to being granted, the contract will be put out to tender. The stopbank will take around four months to build.
Estimated construction dates: Starting Mid 2026 (subject to consenting)
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