Snells sun shelter nears completion
Kawau Bay Fishing Club hopes a controversial sun shelter that it is erecting at Snells Beach will be finished before the end of summer.
Club secretary Gael Knight says the shelter at Sunburst Reserve is in fact complete, but there needs to be further drainage works and the installation of a table, which will be undertaken by Auckland Council.
The fishing club decided to gift the sun shelter to the Snells Beach community using money raised for a clubrooms project, that was ultimately abandoned.
The fishing club secured more than 280 signatures in support of the project but around 30 residents living in nearby streets strongly objected to it – fearing the shelter would become a focal point for noisy parties, alcohol and drug use.