Council News
Increased water use as summer conditions set in has prompted Ashburton District Council to implement level one restrictions on some schemes, effective from Friday 11 December.
Some Mid Canterbury roads will have new speed limits from 11 December 2020 as the first phase of the Council's Speed Limit Review comes into force.
A new campaign to support victims of domestic violence will see information posters hung in public toilets around the Ashburton District this month.
People wishing to submit on Plan Change 4 to the operative District Plan have until 5pm, Friday 4 December to lodge their feedback.
Drivers are being urged to take care coming into the Ashburton town centre on Saturday 5 December as the annual Santa Parade kicks off at 12pm.
An initiative to create more welcoming public places that celebrate cultural diversity has developed what is believed to be the nation's very first public Filipino hut garden, which is now open in the Ashburton Domain.
Parts of Tancred Street in the Ashburton CBD will be off limits to traffic for several days from Wednesday next week (2 December) as streetscape upgrades continue.
Due to bad weather predicted for Friday night (27 November) Ashburton's Light Up the Night Christmas event in Baring Square East will be moving to the next day, Saturday 28 November.