Council News
Fitch Rating Services has given the Council an AA+ rating for the fifth year in a row.
A specialised team of technicians will be listening for the sound of water running underground, with Council’s leak detection programme under way over the next three weeks.
Land owners who have water races on or adjacent to their property and who pay stockwater rates for water from the Methven Auxiliary Intake are receiving letters this week asking them to take part in a survey about the future of the intake.
Ashburton’s Recycle a Device programme is running from the Ashburton Library this year and continuing to refurbish donated laptops for charity.
Ashburton’s profile on Wikipedia is about to receive a refresh, thanks to a project involving Council and Wikipedian-at-large Dr Mike Dickison.
A new pedestrian bridge is being installed today alongside State Highway 1 at Tinwald, so people walking along the grass roadside can safely cross over Carters Creek.
A wrought iron fence that has stood in front of the old Polytech building on Cameron Street for over 100 years is being removed, restored and relocated to the Ashburton Domain.
I’ve been sitting on a tractor this week because it’s harvest time on the farm and it’s provided some time to think about what’s ahead for our district, our country and even the world.
We all want Mid Canterbury to be a place with clean air, clear waterways and protected for future generations and that’s why Council is beginning work on the district’s first Climate Change & Sustainability Strategy.
Council is undertaking more physical work at Lake Hood to improve water circulation.