Forestry harvesting is beginning at Sandy Point from Monday, May 27. A speed limit of 30km/h for all gravel roads in Sandy Point will be in place for the 10 weeks this work is being carried out near Whaler’s Bay. Please take care and be aware of logging trucks on the road. Parts of the […]
Read More >Food and Fun – It’s Oyster Festival Time
Oyster Fringe Festival A New Event For Bluff | Hot Competition Expected At Oyster Events Around 20,000 Bluff Oysters will lure thousands of people from all over New Zealand and beyond when the 2019 Bluff Oyster & Food Festival takes place in Bluff on Saturday 25 May. As they were last year tickets were sold out […]
Read More >Weighbridge at Invercargill Transfer Station to be repaired + Video
Essential repairs to the outward weighbridge at the Invercargill Transfer station will begin on Monday, 20 May. Drainage and Solid Waste Manager Malcolm Loan said the concrete pit which the weighbridge sits in has begun breaking down due to the movement of the weighbridge when vehicles drive on and off it. “The weighbridge was first […]
Read More >Warning for people using public parks and walking tracks
UPDATE: 23 MAY The following tracks are now open to the public following last week’s closures: Otatara scenic reserve Topuni track Seaward bush The part of the estuary walkway that is used for the Te Araroa trail is open. (The bridge has been checked by an engineer and it has no damage) However, the Estuary […]
Read More >Weather Warnings for Invercargill
Motorists and pedestrians in Invercargill are being advised to take care as high winds are causing a few weather-related issues around the city. There is flooding in Otepuni Gardens, a tree on St George’s Track in Queens Park is down and the track has been closed, and flooding has also closed the Estuary Walkway. Council […]
Read More >Council to consider proposal to invest in City Block Development
The Invercargill City Council will consider whether to put a proposal to invest in the City Block Development out for public consultation. At its meeting on April 16, Council asked that a Statement of Proposal for investment in the City Block and other necessary documents be prepared for consideration. At an extraordinary Council meeting on […]
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