The Central Otago District Council (CODC) and Otago Regional Council (ORC) are at odds over the siting of one of two proposed stock truck effluent disposal sites in Central Otago. Councillors supported the SH85 site, but thought it was ``entirely inappropriate'' to have a site on SH6, just before the Kawarau Gorge. Cr Shirley Calvert said the suggestion of the SH6 site showed ``how little the ORC knows about our area''. The SH6 site was chosen ``based on need and safety. There is spillage of stock truck effluent in the Kawarau Gorge, affecting road safety, the environment and human health''.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 29, 2017 16:18 UTC