Emergency quake law to push landslide debris into the sea

Emergency quake law to push landslide debris into the sea
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 28 (BusinessDesk) - The government will introduce three emergency pieces of legislation this week to over-ride normal environmental and planning law in favour of quickly restoring infrastructure damaged in the Kaikoura earthquake. The one-off laws will permit landslide debris covering the coastal State Highway 1 to be pushed into the sea and early dredging of Kaikoura harbour, where boats are trapped following the seafloor rise caused by the 7.8 magnitude quake just after midnight on Nov 14, severing the road and...