Council News
Mid Canterbury farmers and landowners affected by May’s one in 200-year rainfall event are being encouraged to apply for support from a $4 million flood relief fund.
Winter driving messages are being reinforced by the Ashburton District Council with frosts forecast and the possibility of icy roads.
A new timetable with more offerings for group fitness classes at Ashburton District Council's EA Networks Centre will get more hearts pumping, with the first classes now starting at 5.50am.
Council is hosting three community meetings on Tuesday July 13 at Greenstreet, Winchmore and Mt Somers to provide an overview of the flood recovery progress. Speakers from organisations including Council, Environment Canterbury and Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust will outline responses so far, and work identified for the future.
Property owners hit by the May floods are being encouraged to apply for money from the Mayoral Relief Fund.
Sixteen local families, connected through in a legacy book about the heritage of the Ashburton district, will have pride of place in the Ashburton Museum for the next three months.
The Ashburton CBD streetscape upgrade is now 71 per cent complete, with work at the intersection of East and Havelock Streets due to finish next week. Here is the latest update on the work programme.
Dogs are a big focus for Council in July, with registration of around 6,600 dogs beginning on July 1 and consultation on a draft Dog Control Bylaw and Policy open until July 11.
The Ashburton Art Gallery will merge with the Ashburton Museum with one director now overseeing the combined in-house activity of the Ashburton District Council.
Council is aware that the flood event may have affected the water quality of private wells for drinking water and is urging all flood affected properties to have their wells tested.