Council News
Under COVID-19 Protection Framework Orange there is almost no impact on Ashburton District Council services.
The public holidays over Easter and Anzac Day will see some temporary changes to a few Council services and facilities.
Council’s popular school holiday outreach programmes, this time involving painting and propagating, will run in Rakaia and Methven in the second week of the school holidays.
Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown joined Mayors and CEs representing the 32 member councils of Communities 4 Local Democracy He hapori mō te Manapori (C4LD) in Wellington to present politicians with a plan for three waters reform that could gain wide support.
EA Networks Centre is introducing new closing times for its pools and aquatic area, to help reduce operating costs for ratepayers and better reflect patterns of use.
Over the last few years, local government has had a reducing say in the communities they serve - primarily driven by government ideology but also through necessity, due to Covid-19 management policies.
Litter-Free Ashburton is holding a special pick-up litter day in the school holidays and hopes families will join them on a mission to clean up a section of Melrose Road by the Ashburton River.
A row of trees on the edge of the Ashburton Domain along Oak Grove is being removed this week.
Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown is backing a call for central government to support regional councils with long-term commitment and co-investment in flood protection.
Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown says it has been a year of challenges, with the ongoing impacts of Covid-19, recovery from the May 2021 floods, high inflation and increasing Government regulation all putting pressure on budgets and rates.