Tauranga City Councillors are going to consider expanding The Strand night management plan when they consider a final report on it today.
The plan is a partnership between the council, police, and the hospitality industry as a collaboration to control out-of-bar-behaviour of the crowds gathering near the bars at night.
It was adopted in June 2008 and has resulted in a number of changes, including closing off the northern reclamation Strand car park at night, repositioning the pedestrian walkway and redefining the bars' outside licence areas, repositioning CCTV cameras and refusing to renew the former Harington's nightclub's 5am licence to ensure all bars close at 3am.
The Strand is considered a much more organised, controlled and safe environment as a result of the plan, which allows multiple agencies and premises to take a coordinated approach to managing the environment and activity.
The success of The Strand plan, which focusses on The Strand, from Red Square to Harington Street, is encouraging a look at widening its scope across the city centre.
It's something the council's projects and monitoring committee members will be looking at, at today's meeting.
Council staff are suggesting aspects of the Strand night time management plan be widened in scope to include areas of the central city currently outside the plan.
8 comments
What does that cost and who pays?
Posted on 26-03-2012 10:30 | By SpeakUp
This is a NON-CORE council matter. Council, stay out of this.
Posted on 26-03-2012 11:40 | By traceybjammet
how about council focus on the waterfront plan for the strand instead of interfering in police and bar-owners responsibilities
How does this work?
Posted on 26-03-2012 14:05 | By tibs
Council and Police are Buddy Buddy and prod the Hospitality Industry into a "collaboration"? The Police still justify having a "Police Club" because it's unsafe for them to drink on The Strand. It should be safe for all people to drink on The Strand. If it's unsafe, then it's likely that laws are being broken and who's responsible for maintaining law and order?
How has this worked
Posted on 26-03-2012 15:05 | By Jack the Lad
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How has this worked
Posted on 26-03-2012 15:05 | By Jack the Lad
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No Council Kudos
Posted on 26-03-2012 15:11 | By Jack the Lad
From me, all the original plan did, was push the problem to outside those boundries, which now includes residential and accomadation areas, which I will add are still in the liqour ban area. If the Council want to do something light up the Rose Garden, and the Redoubt.
gj10
Posted on 26-03-2012 16:59 | By Ross01
Better street lighting and under veranda lighting might be appropriate on the Strand too. Most of whats there now is hidden behind trees and awnings . It midght make the area less attractive to hoons and therefore safer for all
Go on do it.
Posted on 27-03-2012 08:47 | By Zara
Being non core business has not slowed the Council down so far.
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