Council News
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Glow in the Park is returning this year to the Tinwald Domain over King’s Birthday weekend and organisers are flat out finalising all the dazzling details.
The words of hundreds of residents in the Ashburton District will be captured in a time capsule being included in the new library and civic building, Te Pātaka a kā Tuhituhi and Te Waharoa a Hine Paaka.
Those who ticked the Phill Hooper box at election time will be happy to hear that I am still very much enjoying my time around the Council table.
Contractors are about to start the next phase of work at Baring Square East and it will include landscaping and planting hundreds of shrubs, native grasses and perennials.
Mid Canterbury school crossing patrollers and safety ambassadors are being encouraged to dress as super heroes on Wednesday 17 May as part of events to celebrate Road Safety Week.
An army of teens is busy refurbishing donated laptops in the Ashburton District and giving them to families who need them.
Portaloos are on their way to the Hinds Domain after the Council had to close the public toilets there again because of a malfunction in the waste disposal system connected to the public conveniences.
Contractors are about to begin work on new public toilet facilities at the Mayfield Domain.
Plans for the highway and rail through Tinwald are progressing nicely.