After a period of consultation with interested parties the BCI Scheme has lodged applications for a suite of consents to enable the construction of a new intake and settling pond at Barrhill, a seven kilometer pipeline in the Rakaia River bed, and the installation of a small hydro generation plant. This primary infrastructure will deliver to two distribution lines, the Barrhill Line and the Chertsey Line.
The scheme will soon be working with land owners and potential irrigators to finalise the layout of the distribution network. The aim is to begin construction in autumn 2014 if the consent process is complete and irrigator support sufficient.