Back on the beaches

Contractors yesterday began the $52,000 further “partial” clean-up of the city beachfront, targeting the considerable amount of driftwood debris between Grey Street and Beacon Street Reserve.

Work is expected to be finished by Friday. Gisborne District Council last week voted for what it called a “controlled clean-up”, due to financial constraints.

Council liveable communities director Michèle Frey has asked beach users to be mindful of the contractors who operate big machinery.

“The larger logs will be moved off the beach and closer to the sand dunes, with the smaller debris then placed behind those logs.”