Ashburton Courier: January 14, 2021
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COUNCILBRIEF<br />
5Baring SquareWest,<strong>Ashburton</strong> |POBox 94, <strong>Ashburton</strong>, NewZealand 7740 | Telephone (03) 307 7700 | Website ashburtondc.govt.nz<br />
East Street upgrades kick off<br />
Week of 11 <strong>January</strong><strong>2021</strong> |ISSUE 11<br />
LakeHood River<br />
Trailremedied<br />
Major improvements to <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s<br />
town centre are now only 12months<br />
away from completion ascontractors<br />
begin the newyearonEast Street.<br />
The two-year streetscape revitalisation<br />
project has already transformedCass and<br />
Tancred Streets with wider footpaths, new<br />
street furniture, plantings, a new road<br />
surface and one-way access along some<br />
streets.<br />
The Tru-Line Civil contractors began<br />
working on East Street this week,<br />
installing new underground stormwater<br />
infrastructure atthe Kermode and East<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> bus<br />
stop moves to<br />
WalnutAvenue<br />
If you're planning to catch the bus in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> or need to pick someone up<br />
from their trip, make sure you head to<br />
WalnutAvenue, not East Street.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> bus stop has temporarily<br />
moved next to the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Domain<br />
to allow for the major CBD streetscape<br />
upgrades to continue along East Street.<br />
The relocated bus stop can be found<br />
near the public toilets towards the<br />
north-eastern corner of the Domain. It<br />
was officially moved onWednesday 13<br />
<strong>January</strong>.<br />
Signs have been placed at the East Street<br />
bus shelter advising people that the bus<br />
stop has moved to Walnut Avenue, and<br />
bus companies are advertising the new<br />
location on their online booking sites.<br />
Street intersection. Installations will<br />
continue moving north toMoore Street<br />
before switching to the Tancred, Burnett<br />
and HavelockStreetintersections.<br />
Residentsare being advisedthat the work<br />
will force East Street tobeone-way only<br />
(northbound traffic) while the work is<br />
happening, but detourswill be in place.<br />
New kerbs, gardens and footpaths will<br />
then begin construction as the contractors<br />
move back to the southern end of the<br />
streettowards the start of February.<br />
Learn more about the CBD streetscape<br />
upgradesatashburtondc.govt.nz/cbd<br />
Bikeriders willhaveaneasier time using<br />
the recently reopened section of the<br />
Lake Hood River Trail, after work was<br />
completed last week toremove excess<br />
shingle on thetrack.<br />
The trail between Boundary Road and<br />
Grove Farm Road had been reinstated<br />
after the completion of the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
River Crossing &Pump Station project,but<br />
riderswereinitially unabletobikethrough<br />
the newly laid shingle veryeasily.<br />
Seipp Construction, working on behalf<br />
of the Council have gone back to fix the<br />
issue, leaving the track primed for walks<br />
and rides all the way from Lake Hood to<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> bridge.<br />
Clean up at<br />
Pendarves<br />
Council is working totidy up some of<br />
its old unused pits, with the Pendarves<br />
pitonthe corner of Chertsey Kyle Road<br />
currentlybeingcleared.<br />
Many of the pits are untidy and<br />
overgrownwithillegaldumping taking<br />
placeonthese sites.<br />
Council is keen to clean up the sites<br />
while it considerspossible future uses.<br />
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Week of 11 <strong>January</strong>2020 |ISSUE 11
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