Marlborough council sets up sub-committee to decide road names
4 Apr, 2021 02:19 AM
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Several Marlborough councillors last year criticised Rose Manor s new road names for having colonial cringe . Photo / Chloe Ranford, LDR
Several Marlborough councillors last year criticised Rose Manor s new road names for having colonial cringe . Photo / Chloe Ranford, LDR
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By: Chloe Ranford
A new group will be formed to screen road names in Marlborough after councillors criticised developers twice last year for choosing names that were too English.
Councillors first butted heads in March last year after a developer asked to put down English-themed street names, some of which were criticised for reeking of colonial cringe .
Blenheim breached air pollution standards twice last year.
Photo: LDR / Chloe Ranford
Councils have to worry about particulate matter smaller than 10 micrometres under New Zealand s air quality regulations, but the government is proposing a shift to particles under 2.5 micrometres, which go deeper into the lungs.
Marlborough District Council air scientist Sarah Brand said if the proposal went ahead, Blenheim s air pollution breaches could increase 20-fold, prompting significant management changes.
Marlborough s capital was already struggling to meeting the government s air quality target for bigger particles (PM10), having gone over the pollution limit almost every year since 2006.
The limit was more than 50mcgs of bigger air pollutants in a cubic metre of air, and exceeding this increases the chance of health issues.
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