Asbestos testing remains Port Otago's focus as it seeks to finalise its options on dealing with aged and degraded corrugated cement sheets on one of its wharf-side properties.
Port Otago closed off one side of Fryatt St in Dunedin's upper harbour last week after a 360m long shed roofed with hundreds of cement sheets was found to be shedding asbestos fibres.
Port Otago chief executive Kevin Winders said yesterday initial containment was almost complete. Shipping containers were being replaced by fencing to keep up to 50 vehicles a day from parking next to the sheds where asbestos was on the ground.
He said the focus was testing the only tenant's workspace, a small recycling plant, then cleaning its equipment and likely moving it to another Port Otago property.
Each space within the expansive warehouse would have to be tested individually to assess its level of asbestos contamination, then cleaning methods decided on, he said.
''Ultimately, we need an asbestos management plan, likely by the end of next week,'' he said.
It was too early to consider all potential options, but removal or mitigation were being considered, Mr Winders saying ''mitigation is looking unlikely''.
The 50 to 60-year-old Super Six cement sheets, impregnated with white asbestos, can be coated with an adhesive spray, but asbestos specialists have said that measure was only ''a temporary fix''.
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"For the purpose of holding on any road any vehicle races or trials, or any processions, carnivals, celebrations, sporting events, or other special events, the controlling authority may, subject to the provisions of these regulations, close the road to ordinary vehicular traffic for a period or series of periods of not more than 12 hours each in any consecutive 24 hours".
"At least 42 days before the proposed period of closure of any road, the controlling authority shall give public notice".
Who is the controlling authority, DCC or Port Otago and why was the public not consulted apart from a news story.
Seems Port Otago are going far outside of their remit which is ports, not roads.