Council News
As part of the Annual Plan process, Council is currently consulting with the community as to whether or not $1.7 million should be taken from the forestry reserve and used for repairing the district's roads.
Fine weather on Tuesday provided the perfect opportunity for Mayor Neil Brown and Councillor Stuart Wilson to see the pothole eliminator at work on Forks Road.
Ashburton District residents have a little over two weeks remaining to have their say on Council’s Annual Plan.
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.