Some south Christchurch homeowners did not know their land was contaminated when they bought the properties. A $600,000 shortfall to cleanup 18 lead-contaminated properties in south Christchurch could fall on to ratepayers. ALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF Contaminated south Christchurch property owners are in limbo over a $600,000 funding shortfall to remediate their land. Contaminated land team lead Graham Aveyard said no decision had been made as to whether ECan would provide some or all of the missing funding. ECan's factsheet on land contamination can be found online at http://llur.ecan.govt.nz/Public

Source: Stuff January 26, 2020 16:45 UTC