Council News
Despite the wet and chilly weather last weekend, we had just under 50 people (47 to be precise) visit our drop-in information event at Lake Clearwater.
Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown is supporting members of Ashburton’s Tongan community, sending goods to family and friends back home as the Pacific Island recovers from an undersea eruption and tsunami.
Ashburton District Councillors are proposing to use $2 million from a rainy day reserves fund to boost roading work in the 2022-23 budget.
Council has granted $9547 to help Hakatere Huts residents set up a water source for fighting fires in the coastal settlement.
From Waka Kotahi/NZTA: We have been talking to our residential neighbours about our plan for four weeks of night works starting next week. If you live adjacent to our work site, please keep the contact number below in a safe place as we are here to help you as much as possible.
Ashburton District Council is introducing special parking permits for drivers over 80 years old, allowing them to park longer in free parking spaces around the town centre.
The Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum is preparing for three new exhibitions, which staff hope will have something for everyone.
Two roundabouts at Rakaia have been reconstructed and given asphalt treatment, designed to cope with heavy vehicles making high-stress turns.
Community recycling facilities at Willowby are under review after household rubbish was dumped there twice in the past four weeks.
We have been working hard over the past week or so to keep next year’s rate rise as low as possible in the face of serious challenges, such as the level of Government compliance expected on our drinking water schemes.