Image: AFThe Westland District Council is keeping up the pressure so properties built right on the Alpine Fault in Franz Josef Glacier are relocated. While the council had no jurisdiction to enforce the move, it had resumed a "master plan" involving rezoning land to the north for future subdivision. The Franz Josef master plan was back on the agenda of the council meeting last week, although discussed behind closed doors. "The council and the community have made it very clear that a slow progression to the north is the way of the future." The master plan would focus on future land use, including zoning changes in the short term.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 07, 2021 16:51 UTC