Bus tunnel closed this weekend

Hataitai bus tunnel will be closed this weekend, which means changes for some bus users.

It is the second of four planned closures to do repair and painting work related to the earthquake-strengthening project.

Most of the work on the tunnel is being done while the tunnel is in operation. However, to safely make some improvements to the portals and retaining walls, some weekend tunnel closures are required.

The tunnel will be closed this Saturday and Sunday (14 and 15 March), day and night, and also on the following weekends:

2122 March

1112 April

The No 2 and 91 (Airport Flyer) services will use a different route on these days travelling between Hataitai and the city via Kent and Cambridge terraces and the Mt Victoria road tunnel.

Temporary bus stops will operate in Taurima Street in Hataitai, replacing the usual ones on Waitoa Road adjacent to the tunnel and in the village.

People who normally get on or off buses in Elizabeth, Brougham or Pirie streets in Mt Victoria will need to use stops along Kent and Cambridge terraces instead.

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Americans love their lawns a littletoo much, perhaps. And like all loves, this one too has its chemistry in this case, rooted innitrogen, phosphorous and potassium, the key components of lawn fertilizer. Sure, it makes the grass grow. But thats not where the effects end if people over-fertilize or fertilize carelessly, and these nutrientsend up getting into our lakes, rivers, or water supplies.

According to the U.S. EPAs New England Regional Laboratory, 40 to 60 percent of the nitrogenthat people put on their lawns through fertilizerwinds up in surface and groundwater. Take the case of the Chesapeake Bay: A significant part of the nitrogen and phosphorous that is keeping the Bay polluted comes from urban sources, according to the EPA.

Indeed, careless lawn fertilization can have suchnegativeconsequences that some states have passed laws to restrict phosphorus in fertilizer. As the New York Department of Environmental Conservationputs it, Phosphorus going into the States water has been linked to: reductions in oxygen in waterbodies necessary for fish to breathe; algae that turn water bodies green; and algae and algae by-products that degrade drinking water. Scotts Miracle-Gro, a leading maker of fertilizers and lawn products, itselfannouncedthe removal of phosphorus from a key line of fertilizer products,TurfBuilder, in 2013, saying this was a partial solution to nutrient runoff that can lead to excessive algae growth in waterways.

In general, the concern is that excess nutrients in water can lead to a process of eutrophication, in which algal blooms fed by nitrogen, phosphorous and other nutrients change the chemistry of water bodies, choke off sunlight (potentially killing off plants below the surface) and foster the growth of harmful cyanobacteria. It has been estimated that the damage from eutrophication to U.S. water supplies costs$ 2.2 billionayear to address.

Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution has the potential to become one of the costliest, most difficult environmental problems we face in the 21st century, concluded the EPA in 2009.

This isnt your typical environmental issue, though the cause is not simply some single big polluter. While the eutrophication problem arises from many sources much of it can be traced to agriculture and wastewater treatment plants another key contributor is thelarge number of Americans busily tending tosome37.5 million acres of turf-grass covered residential lawns,and sometimes making mistakes that across our population, can really add up.

For some reason, these Americans feel that their lawns have to look a certain way super green, with turf grass standing tall, as opposed to an alternative, less environmentally impactful lawn approach and that fertilizer is the way to get that to happen. So what underlies the belief?

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The short answer seems to be: Our neighbors. A growing amount of research suggests that people fertilize and over-fertilize their lawns in significant part out of a sense of what those who live around them expect their lawns to look like.

In apaperpublished in 2012, for instance, Amanda Carrico of Vanderbilt and two colleagues found strong social pressures surrounding lawn maintenance in the Nashville, Tenn., area. Some 48 percent of people told the researchers that they used fertilizer on their lawns, and the study found that social pressures were a leading key predictor of their use of fertilizer. As the researchers concluded, maintaining a lawn is an avenue for engaging with ones neighbors, for fulfilling expectations of what it means to be a positive member of a community, and to communicate a willingness to cooperate in creating and maintaining a shared space.

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A pair of Eastern Bluebirds in Michigan, courtesy Wikipedia

Learn the benefits of native plants in the landscape from naturalist/Stewardship Coordinator Gary Siegrist of The Dahlem Conservancy.

At least 5,000 alien plant species have been introduced to the United States, either intentionally or by accident. Learn why it's important to incorporate native alternatives into our yards and landscapes.

Siegrist wil discuss how to design a garden to attract a variety of birds. The free event is set 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 14. Pre-registration is recommended by calling 734-475-3539.

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March 21 Composting Made Easy: Rick Weller, owner and founder of Organically Done, a Michigan-based manufacturer of organic plant products will discuss composting and why it is one of the most environmentally friendly tasks that we can perform around the house. Many homeowners are daunted by the prospect of becoming a composter but we'll make it simple. Topics we'll cover include the science of composting, composting do's and don'ts, simple composter designs and compost troubleshooting among others.

March 28 A Weed by Any Other Name: Some plants we often consider weeds are actually flowers theyre just growing in places we dont want them, like our lawns. That makes them the very definition of a weed, since horticulturalists define a weed as a plant out of place. Join us at The Garden Mill when owner Jennifer Fairfield discusses many common weeds, how to identify them, and strategies to keep them from taking over your yard and gardens.

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Over three floors, the property has exposed ceiling timbers, wooden flooring, vaulted ceilings, fireplaces, thumb latch doors and a striking imperial staircase rising to all floors. Six bedrooms with en suite bath/shower rooms. Cinema room, detached pool house with heated swimming pool and gym, orchard and paddock. 2.44 acres.

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The former Native Police barracks near Heywood, a reminder of a bitter struggle. Photo: Heritage Victoria

Weekends, my mate Pud and I hitched billy-carts to our pushbikes and sweated our way up a lonely track on the slope of a long-dead volcano.

It was a hard ride, the slope getting steeper, the landscape below spreading forever, but we had the hill and a fast dusty track to ourselves.

Drifting around south-west Victoria the other day, I drove out to the hill to check the authenticity of memory. The track was still there among the trees, the slope as terrifyingly steep, the view as extensive as ever.

The place has come to assume a treasured spot in my personal dreaming, but it has a larger, barely whispered role in Australian history.

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The old volcano is known as Mount Eckersley. It rises above the small town of Heywood. A branch of my family a century ago lived and laboured up there on the grazing station, Oakbank, that flows over the hill and boasts a fine bluestone homestead.

In a corner of the property, however, not far from our childhood billy-carting adventures, exists a ruin with the power to haunt.

A stone chimney stands above broken stone walls, the roof and the floorboards gone. Decades ago, the station owner set fire to the place to rid it of rabbits, and few enough now know of its existence. Others want to forget it altogether.

A couple of mates recently jogged my memory of it, for they had climbed fences to assure themselves of its continued existence.

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