Council News
Hamish Riach has been reappointed as the Chief Executive of the Ashburton District Council for the next five years.
Five weeks of night work to resurface a section of SH1 in Ashburton is due to start from Sunday 30 March through to around 9 May.
People who normally drive south of Ashburton in the evening or early hours of the morning need to plan around some night-time bridge closures, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
On 4 September 1939, the newspaper headlines declared: “THE EMPIRE AT WAR”. This was the beginning of the Second World War for the people of Ashburton.
A poster in the staff lunchroom caught my eye this week – it featured comedian Josh Thomson dressed as a stalk of broccoli.
Finding the traffic moving a little faster these days? Or that you’re not so confident behind the wheel?
Council is implementing a hosing ban on the Methven and Methven Springfield water supplies from Wednesday 26 February to allow maintenance on one of the reservoirs at the Methven water treatment plant.
Detailed concept plans have been developed for a new facility in the Ashburton Domain that will help teach bike and road safety skills.
Methven community members who came along to a public meeting about the future of the Pudding Hill stockwater intake are being encouraged to take part in Council’s online survey about the intake.
Council is extending the conserve water notice for the Hakatere drinking water supply for another three days so additional work can be done on the water plant infrastructure.