The establishing of a controversial new barge facility in a small East Coast town has received a setback after failing to obtain a special government consent.
A group hoping to establish a controversial barge facility at the northern tip of the East Coast is confident it will get the project across the line in the coming months.
An airstrip built in a protected wetland area was granted consent retrospectively despite objections from Gisborne District Council's own ecologist and the Department of Conservation.