$341,873 allocated to city projects

Less than half of a $842,106 heritage funding pool has been used on city projects in its first six months.

However, Christchurch City Council officials believe there will be a "full take-up" in the second half of the financial year.

A six-monthly report on the council's heritage and covenants scheme shows eight grants totalling $341,873 have been allocated. One grant – $141,920 for St Paul's Presbyterian Church – was committed a year earlier, but the money changed hands only recently.

Council urban design and heritage team leader Ceciel DelaRue said that was one of four confirmed annual payouts to the church.

The other large grant was $106,760 for restoration work at the former Crown Hotel on Moorhouse Ave.

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