Council News
It’s only a matter of time before a positive case of covid is in our community, says the Ministry of Health.
It seems we are all on tenterhooks waiting for Omicron to explode around the country, and that can be an exhausting and frustrating state of play.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency urges drivers to be aware of potentially hazardous ‘summer ice’ on South Island roads currently. Like the better-known black ice of freezing winter days, summer ice is often invisible to drivers but is just as slippery and hazardous.
Council has introduced a wheelie bin tag system that will alert residents when their recycling is not up to scratch.
FROM COMMUNITIES 4 LOCAL DEMOCRACY: New Zealanders will pay more and receive less under Three Waters
New Zealanders are likely to pay more and receive fewer benefits under the Government’s proposed Three Waters reform model, according to Communities 4 Local Democracy He hapori mō Manapori (C4LD), the local government action group formed to bring fresh ideas to the Three Waters debate.
Everyone aged 18 years and older who has received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine can now book their free booster dose using BookMyVaccine.nz or by calling the COVID Vaccination Healthline 0800 28 29 26 (8am - 8pm, seven days a week).
Residents connected to the Montalto water supply are being reminded to boil their drinking water before use, after the Council detected E.coli in the supply today.
The Ashburton Dog Park will be closed temporarily on Monday 17 January for contractors to roll new soil and grassed areas.
Council issued 234 building consents for new homes in 2021, nearly 100 more than the previous year.
A new year begins, with hopes that 2022 will be better than the last and that covid’s sticky tentacles are loosening up and the recovery from last winter’s floods continues.