Council News
Vehicle access to the jumping platform at Lake Hood will be restricted in the evenings and overnight in an attempt to curb unsafe behaviour and damage at the lake reserve.
Set aside Saturday 29 March in your calendars, a new outdoor music event has been announced for Ashburton: Live on the Lawn will offer an afternoon of live jazz set amongst the trees, grass and flowers at Ashburton Domain.
Council is seeking the views of the wider community on the future of the Pudding Hill stockwater intake, following a survey of the properties that use water from the intake.
Sand for the outdoor volleyball court at EA Networks Centre arrived onsite today, as the project nears completion.
Council is cohosting a free seminar about passive houses on 12 March and the event will include a visit to a passive house in Methven.
Council will apply for a variance of the Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum’s resource consent so a ground enclosure can be built to house new heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.
Council contractors will begin work on Chertsey’s new water treatment plant on Monday, 10 February.
Councillors have spent two and a half days giving direction to staff on the draft Annual Plan for 2025-26, which will determine this year’s rates.
Council has been asked this week to investigate the introduction of a cat management policy.
The Hinds drinking water supply will be temporarily shutdown overnight (Wednesday 5 February) between the hours of 11pm and 3am, to allow for urgent repairs following the discovery of a leak in a watermain at the water treatment plant earlier today.