Council News
Twenty-seven young people from around the Ashburton District learned about different jobs and why people love doing them at an event last week designed to inspire future work choices.
River levels in both Pudding Hill Stream and the North Ashburton are continuing to drop – there is no more water available to take with the level the streams are currently at.
Ashburton District Council has been given a strong bill of financial health by one of the world’s largest independent credit rating agencies.
Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown was among mayors from across New Zealand to welcome the repeal of Three Waters yesterday.
Work has now resumed on the SH1 Tinwald project with crews focusing on upgrades to the Viaduct and Graham Street.
I was pleased to hear this week that Government would repeal the Three Waters reforms next week and replace them with a model that is much more akin to our Council’s thinking.
About 180 Lake Hood residents gathered at the Lake House restaurant on Monday night to hear how the Lake Hood Water Quality Taskforce is battling algal bloom, which has seen a health warning on the lake since January.
About 150 properties connected to the Mount Somers water supply are being advised there will be a late-night water shutdown for three hours on Thursday 15 February.
Elected Councillors are looking forward to restarting their weekly Talk it up Tuesday sessions with the community, in a new spot at Te Whare Whakatere, the new library and civic centre.
One of the final visible aspects of the new library and civic centre, Te Whare Whakatere, is being completed in the next few days as contractors attach an aluminium mesh shroud to the front of the building.