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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Climate
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Iconic 'sinking city' home to over 300,000 Americans faces terrifying new threat
An iconic American city already sinking at an alarming rate now faces a fresh threat as a monster storm approaches the Gulf Coast, threatening heavy rain and flash flooding. New Orleans is sinking by up to 2 inches a year as its marshy clay soil compresses under the weight of buildings.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Harbinger of housing crisis: One of America's ritziest neighborhoods rocked by shock spike in foreclosures
It's known for its facades. Both its buildings, and the people they house, need to keep up appearances. But one of them has failed, and it's not the 100-year old New York City buildings that are in trouble. It's those who live in an elite ZIP code who are desperately trying to keep up with the Joneses and no longer can.
RNZ News
7 days ago
- Politics
- RNZ News
Marlborough council pushes ahead with changes despite Govt 'plan-stop' policy
By Kira Carrington , Local Democracy Reporter The potential for buildings and frost fans to obstruct a plane's air space is a matter of aviation safety, the Marlborough District Council says. Photo: Daniel Hutchinson / Marlborough Express Marlborough's council will charge ahead with changes aimed at airline safety, despite the government pushing pause on plan amendments. The district council's environment plan changes aim to ensure that buildings or objects that could compromise aircraft safety cannot be built close to Marlborough's three airports. Resource Management Act (RMA) reform minister Chris Bishop announced on Wednesday that the government wants to stop councils from passing amendments to environment and land use plans. Councils should not be wasting resources on making changes to plans under the RMA, ahead of major reforms expected in 2027, he said. "Even though councils know the RMA's days are numbered, many are required to continue with time-consuming, expensive plan-making processes under the RMA," Bishop said. "The government's intention is that stopping plan requirements for councils will enable them to focus on critical work to prepare to transition to the new system." RMA reform minister Chris Bishop says councils making plan changes under the soon-to-be defunct RMA is a waste of time and money. Photo: Kai Schwoerer / The Press Councils would be required to withdraw any planned changes that had not progressed to hearings within 90 days of the RMA Amendment Bill coming into effect in early August. The Marlborough District Council environment and planning committee unanimously voted to prepare a change to their Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan on Thursday, 24 hours after Bishop's announcement. Council strategic planner Clementine Rankin said the planned change would ensure buildings or objects that could compromise aircraft safety could not be built within the vicinity of Marlborough's three airports. "For safety purposes, it's critical to provide protection for air corridors used in approaches to, and departures from, our airports," Rankin said. "It is a civil aviation safety issue when structures like buildings or frost fans penetrate into [air corridors]." Visual and structural objects that penetrated into an airport's approach airspace were already prohibited under Civil Aviation Authority rules. But the council could not legally deny resource consents for people who wanted to build those objects without a change to the Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan. Rankin said there were recently constructed frost fans that had become a safety risk. Frost fans are used to stop cold air from settling in vineyards, preventing frost damage to grapes during winter. Photo: Scott Hammond / Marlborough Express "This issue has occurred due to the focus [in rural zoning] on noise only. "The controlled activity rule does not include an airport protection standard." Rankin said that the council would move forward with the plan change, despite Bishop's announcement, and would ask the Environment Minister for an exemption if they had to. Only private plan changes, natural hazard changes, and changes directed by the minister were automatically exempt. All other exemptions had to be requested from the minister within three months of the policy becoming law. Councillor David Croad greeted the announcement with a shake of his head, calling it "disingenuous". "I don't often participate in politics, but yesterday's plan-stop thing, [saying] 'we're stopping that because we want to save ratepayers' money', it's a little bit disingenuous in my opinion," Croad said. "Ultimately, it implies that the staff that we have in our planning departments are going to go home and go off payroll for a period of time. "We have great people in this building, and it takes a while to build good teams. "We just don't get to turn these things on and off at will." LDR is local body journalism co-funded by RNZ and NZ On Air.
South China Morning Post
14-07-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
In pictures: Hong Kong's long lost landmark buildings
Hong Kong is an ever-changing city and nothing exemplifies this more than the pace of development of its buildings, harbourfront and landscapes. Many buildings, once considered an iconic part of the city's character, are no more, existing only in memories and photographs. The Furama (right) and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Central, Hong Kong, were torn down for redevelopment in 2001 and 2008, respectively. Photo: SCMP Archives The Jumbo Floating Restaurant in Hong Kong, in 1990. The restaurant, which closed in 2020, capsized and sank in the South China Sea in 2022. Photo: SCMP Archives Singer Frances Yip outside Lee Theatre, in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, in 1991. Built in 1925, the Beaux-Arts-style theatre was demolished in the 1990s. Photo: SCMP Archives The 1930-built Tung Tak Pawn Shop, in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, in 2015, just before it was demolished. Photo: SCMP Archives The old General Post Office building in Central, Hong Kong, was built in 1911 and torn down in 1976. Photo: SCMP Archives
Time of India
04-07-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
AP set to launch pothole-free road project with Danish tech
Vijayawada: In a first-of-its-kind technology for road laying in the state, the roads and buildings (R&B) department is set to use the Danish Asphalt Reinforcing Fiber method for road construction. The govt will introduce the Denmark-based Danish Fibre Road construction method for the two-lane road between Mudigedu and Sanjamala. This project, costing 12.58 crore, will be constructed in the Banaganapalli constituency, represented by R&B minister BC Janardhan Reddy in Nandyal district, on a pilot basis starting Friday. Engineers from Danish Fibres AS will personally supervise the road construction process using the Danish Asphalt Reinforcing Fiber method between Mudigedu and Sanjamala in the Banaganapalli constituency. The Danish Asphalt Reinforcing Fiber is a unique, innovative, sustainable, and recyclable technology for reinforcing asphalt roads. It is designed to prevent 100% of potholes on asphalt roads, while also preventing cracks, rutting, and premature failures. This method extends the longevity of asphalt roads by 50% or more, thereby reducing maintenance costs. The Danish Asphalt Reinforcing Fiber is a high tensile strength synthetic fiber blend formulated with Aramid and Polyolefin fibers to reinforce asphalt mixes in both new roads and the rehabilitation of existing cracked roads. Minister Janardhan Reddy stated if the pilot project is successful, the technology will be implemented in all road construction projects across the state. The successful execution of the new technology in Andhra Pradesh will position the state as a pioneer in road construction, setting an example for the rest of the country.
