Council News
The Ashburton Leaning Centre is collaborating with the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs to help young people and others facing employment barriers find training and job opportunities.
Rain has delayed final asphalting of the roundabout at the intersection of Moore Street, Chalmers Avenue and Beach Road.
Safe Communities is presenting 90 minutes of essential information for those wanting to know more about scams and fraud in the Ashburton District.
I’ve been delighted to see an early and strong response to Council’s draft Long Term Plan, with hundreds of people engaged in person, online or over a sausage in the first week or so.
Council’s stockwater system was once a crucial open race network delivering water to farms around the district, but by today’s standards it is an inefficient and expensive way to deliver water to livestock.
Balmoral Hall, the subject of a key decision in the draft Long Term Plan out now for consultation, will be open on Saturday 13 April so members of the public can look around the building.
About 150 people turned up at the Tinwald Domain on Saturday to look around the ageing Tinwald Pool and talk about future options for outdoor water play in the Ashburton District.
About 150 properties connected to the Mount Somers drinking water supply are being reminded they are still on water restrictions, though that will change when flows at the Stoney Creek intake improve.
KiwiRail is advising drivers and pedestrians to avoid travelling down Fairfield Road, at Fairton, at certain times of day over the coming months.
Council contractors will be laying a new and stronger road surface at two Chalmers Avenue roundabouts this month.