Council News
We hope a good number of our residents will join us tonight for the first of our community meetings on the draft Annual Plan for 2022-23.
Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury and Ashburton Youth Council have been working together to recognise the work of youth volunteers and launched an inaugural awards event this week, to co-incide with Student Volunteer Week.
Stretching your legs at the Rakaia Salmon Reserve on SH1? Follow a newly-laid path and learn about Rakaia’s special history.
An important piece of water infrastructure for the Ashburton District will be open to the public on Sunday, so people can see a new $17 million fish screen on the side of the Rangitata River before it is submerged under water.
Parts of the Methven Cemetery will be closed for two weeks from Monday 4 April as contractors working for the Ashburton District Council undertake groundworks for a new driveway in the cemetery.
Ashburton District Council is inviting members of the community to take part in a wilding pine and rowans removal day at Lake Camp on Saturday 23 April, as part of work to control invasive weeds around the lake.
Ashburton District Council has approved an extra $300,000 to spend on roading maintenance over the next month, before winter weather arrives and impacts road repair work.
I’m looking forward to a field trip on Monday when Councillors will get to see one of the largest and most complex fish screens in the southern hemisphere. And it is in our patch, on the side of the Rangitata River at Klondyke.
Ashburton District Council will begin consultation on its Annual Plan 2022-23 with an online meeting next week, followed by face-to-face meetings in Ashburton, Methven and Rakaia.
Ashburton District Council will remove My Vaccine Pass entry requirements from seven facilities, including the EA Networks Centre and Ashburton Public Library, from 11.59pm on Monday 4 April.