Council News
Council has approved the concept design for a new bike skills park at the Ashburton Domain and now the park’s Working Group will seek feedback from youngsters and others who might use it to improve their cycling skills and road safety awareness.
Council’s draft Long Term Plan passed a milestone on Sunday when consultation closed and the massive job of reading and analysing submissions began.
The Ashburton Water Zone Committee has recommended that Environment Canterbury agree to fund a biochar trial in Carters Creek to see if phosphorus can be filtered from the water before it empties into Lake Hood.
Glow in the Park in the Ashburton Domain over King’s Birthday weekend is shaping up to be bigger and brighter, with more lights, more rides and more food.
More than 1500 submissions have been received by the Council in response to its Long Term Plan 2024-34, and more are still arriving in the mail.
More than 1000 photographs and records of the Ashburton District over the past 100 years and earlier will soon be online for people all around Aotearoa New Zealand and the world to discover.
The Netherby roundabout will be fully closed for a week from Monday 29 April, but customers will still be able to park outside the local supermarket, pharmacy, takeaways and other businesses in the Netherby shopping centre.
If you haven’t made a submission on the draft Long Term Plan yet, then you’re running out of time – the feedback period closes on Sunday 28 April.
Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown will be among guest speakers at a civic service and wreath laying ceremony at the Ashburton Cenotaph, Baring Square West, on Anzac Day, Thursday 25 April.
Lake Hood’s new jumping platform is open for business.