Council News
Ashburton District Council is applauding Ruralco for a campaign aimed at generating national appreciation and recognition for farmers.
Thursday 24 November 4.30pm - The boil water notice for the Mount Somers water supply has been lifted, but the notice in place for Methven-Springfield remains.
Good things take time – I remind myself of that line from the cheese advert from time to time.
Thousands of visitors who drive to Awa Awa Rata Reserve to view its magnificent native bush and flowering rhododendrons will soon be able to use new public toilets, designed to be in harmony with the idyllic spot.
The choir is practising its festive songs and the dancers are limbering up for our Nights of Lights festival which gets under way in a week!
A $270,000 project to renew wastewater pipes on two blocks of William Street is about to begin.
The first dirt has been turned in a project that will bring big changes to the way goods and produce are moved out of the Ashburton District to market.
Roading contractors working for the Ashburton District Council are wrapping up the reconstruction of a 2.3km section of Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road between Mount Somers and Staveley, with three other roading projects also due to be completed before Christmas.
Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown says the new traffic lights at Walnut Avenue will make a big difference to the community and be safer for school kids crossing the railway tracks and State Highway 1.
Motorhome drivers and caravanners will be able to pull up in Rakaia and take a load off, literally, thanks to a new waste dump station now operating in the town.