Senior Planning Engineer for the Ocean Outfall, John Moore, said a report was being prepared for the committee, which meets from 9.30am on Tuesday, November 25.

The report would compare Jellicoe and Beatty streets as route options. It was hoped that the committee would then make a recommendation on its preferred route for the City Council to endorse at its meeting on 11 December.

The report is being prepared after various meetings were held in September with Beatty Street residents and other key stakeholders, after the Council decided to examine the street as an alternative pipeline route in response to submissions about Jellicoe Street as the pipe route.

Consultation in relation to Beattie Street as a pipe route ranged from a community meeting at the South Brighton Community Centre attended by about 60 residents, to other meetings with people from South New Brighton School, the South Brighton Playcentre and meetings in people's homes.

Although the Council had already undertaken consultation regarding Jellicoe Street as a pipe route, those residents were also asked if they had identified any new or different issues since the decision to undertake consultation regarding Beatty Street as a pipe route.

Among some of the concerns aired by Beatty Street residents at the community meeting were:

• The risk posed to South New Brighton School children walking to and from school along Beatty Street and through the domain
• There being too many community activities already in the Beatty Street area (day and night community centre users, playcentre, bowling club, and school nearby) to allow likely traffic disruption and Occupational Safety and Health risks posed by the pipeline
• Effect of contractor activity, noise, vibration, and dust on nearby homes and school
• Effect on the estuary edge
• Potential damage to private property, particularly houses built on sand dunes above the level of the road

Some of the main concerns identified by the Jellicoe Street residents were:

• Loss of further trees in the domain
• Risk to business in the vicinity of Jellicoe Street
• Loss of use of the sports ground during construction
• The Jellicoe Street route is 150m longer and this represents an additional cost
• Potential damage to private property

• By the close of submissions on the pipeline route on 7 October, the Council had received about 240 comments, including those from 28 pupils at South New Brighton School. The earlier consultation process regarding Jellicoe Street drew about 300 submissions.