Council News
Recent rain does not seem to have held up our four-month road resealing programme, which has about a month to run.
Survey work has begun on a new road in Tinwald that will link to Ashburton’s planned second bridge off Chalmers Avenue.
The drivers of agricultural contracting vehicles in Mid Canterbury are being reminded they risk a $150 fine if spotted illegally using their cellphone on the road.
The installation of lights as a traffic detour management tool in the Rakaia Gorge was raised at a meeting of the Ashburton District Road Safety Co-ordinating Committee recently.
Waka Kotahi NZTA advisory for Walnut Avenue traffic lights project: We want to alert you to a closure of Walnut Avenue beside the Ashburton Domain.
Ashburton District Council will be sending weekly samples of its wastewater for analysis, to help monitor the spread of Covid-19 in its communities.
An enthusiastic group met at the Ng King Brothers Chinese Market Garden Settlement in Ashburton today (Thursday 17 February), armed with paintbrushes and buckets of stain and whitewash.
Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown says the district is well prepared to deal with Omicron, as positive cases were confirmed in the community yesterday (Wednesday, 16 February).
Work to improve the road surface and drainage on a section of Christys Road is on target to finish in March.
New Zealand has now moved to the second phase of its Omicron response, and that means measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus rather than stamp it out.