Council News
Glow in the Park in the Ashburton Domain over King’s Birthday weekend is shaping up to be bigger and brighter, with more lights, more rides and more food.
More than 1500 submissions have been received by the Council in response to its Long Term Plan 2024-34, and more are still arriving in the mail.
More than 1000 photographs and records of the Ashburton District over the past 100 years and earlier will soon be online for people all around Aotearoa New Zealand and the world to discover.
The Netherby roundabout will be fully closed for a week from Monday 29 April, but customers will still be able to park outside the local supermarket, pharmacy, takeaways and other businesses in the Netherby shopping centre.
If you haven’t made a submission on the draft Long Term Plan yet, then you’re running out of time – the feedback period closes on Sunday 28 April.
Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown will be among guest speakers at a civic service and wreath laying ceremony at the Ashburton Cenotaph, Baring Square West, on Anzac Day, Thursday 25 April.
Lake Hood’s new jumping platform is open for business.
Work to improve signage and visibility at 33 sealed rural intersections should be complete by the end of April.
Thinking about buying a new car? You should check out the Decepta car that will be on display outside Te Whare Whakatere for a week from Monday 22 April.
I often hear people say “Council never listens” but that is not the case.