Article: Local paving wanted

Paving stones for the $4 million redevelopment of Cathedral Square should be sourced locally if possible, says Christchurch City councillor Denis O'Rourke.

He was responding to news that some of the pavers being considered by staff and council consultants for the redevelopment were made in Perth, Western Australia.

``We will be hung, drawn, and quartered if we say to people we are dragging shingle (paving stones) thousands of miles from Perth when

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