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Council campaign to remedy unsafe rural entranceways

Friday, 1 June 2012, 1:01 pm | Timaru District Council

The Timaru District Council is advising rural property owners to be more aware of their responsibilities when it comes to farm entranceways and driveways. Road user safety is paramount and to ensure this Council bylaws require that all new entranceways ... More >>

Elite Swim Coach Joins CBay Team

Wednesday, 30 May 2012, 1:54 pm | Timaru District Council

Internationally-recognised swim coach Roly Crichton joins the Caroline Bay Aquatic Centre team in July as swim programmes head coach. More >>

First sod turned in $15 million domestic sewage treatment up

Thursday, 19 April 2012, 4:12 pm | Timaru District Council

One of Timaru District's biggest sewerage improvement projects got under way this week (eds: Monday, April 16) with the turning of the first sod on the $15 million domestic wastewater treatment plant upgrade on Aorangi Road at Seadown. More >>

$15m sewage ponds contract awarded by Council

Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 11:10 am | Timaru District Council

The culmination of years of work by the Timaru District Council to improve the way the district’s sewage was piped and treated was reached today with the awarding of a $15 million contract to upgrade the domestic waste water treatment plant on ... More >>

Talbot Forest Working Group Information day

Monday, 12 March 2012, 12:32 pm | Timaru District Council

On Saturday 24 March 2012, Talbot Forest Working Group will be holding an information day at the Tripp Street Car Park in Talbot Forest Scenic Reserve Geraldine, between 9.30am and 12.30pm. More >>

Roundabout for high-crash intersection on North Street

Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 4:51 pm | Timaru District Council

Traffic safety, vehicle flow, cyclist and pedestrian safety and high-grade road surfacing will be priorities for the Timaru District Council as it begins a major improvement of the North Street -Wilson Street-Woodlands Road intersection in Timaru. More >>

New sewerage pipe will improve Grasmere Street system

Tuesday, 31 January 2012, 2:01 pm | Timaru District Council

New sewerage works across Ashbury Park mark another milestone in Timaru District Council infrastructure renewal and are designed to reduce overflows and the consequent public health risk in the Waimataitai catchment during heavy rain. More >>

Aorangi Stadium and CBAY forge gym link

Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 3:03 pm | Timaru District Council

The management and operation of Timaru’s SBS Events Centre in Morgans Road as well as the Fitness Studio gymnasium business is to be transferred to the Timaru District Council from 1 February 2012. More >>

Work begins on final sector of main trunk sewer renewal

Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 3:13 pm | Timaru District Council

Timaru District’s $36 million main trunk sewer renewal programme is continuing on schedule this month. More >>

Quickbuild house sells for $193,000

Monday, 19 September 2011, 5:38 pm | Timaru District Council

The Caroline Bay Aquatic Centre is $193,000 better off today after a Quickbuild house, built from the ground up in just 36 hours over the weekend, sold at auction on-site on Sunday. The buyer, from the Timaru District, wishes to remain anonymous. Bidding ... More >>

Council calling for aquatic staff

Friday, 2 September 2011, 5:58 pm | Timaru District Council

Careers in the aquatic recreation, sports and leisure industry with ongoing training leading to national and internationally-recognised qualifications are on offer in South Canterbury with the Timaru District Council calling for staff for its existing ... More >>

New Ashbury sewer will upgrade Grasmere Street area

Thursday, 25 August 2011, 5:16 pm | Timaru District Council

Work will begin in November on a new 1.1km sewer line that will start under the coastal railway line on Ashbury Park, cross the park and State Highway One and travel along the length of Grasmere Street. More >>

Fibre optic technology for the new aquatic centre

Monday, 15 August 2011, 4:39 pm | Timaru District Council

The Timaru District Council has let a contract to Downer EDI to install a fibre optic cable link between the council offices in King George Place and the Caroline Bay Aquatic Centre. More >>

Stan climbs down from his refuse truck for the last time

Monday, 8 August 2011, 12:20 pm | Timaru District Council

Shadowy, nightshirt-clad figures stealing their way across pre-dawn, frosty city streets – he’s seen them all. More >>

Council calls for interest in aquatic centre café business

Thursday, 28 July 2011, 12:19 pm | Timaru District Council

Those interested in running a café business at the Caroline Bay Aquatic Centre are being asked to put their names forward to the Timaru District Council. Expressions of interest close on Wednesday August 31 for the management and operation of the ... More >>

Wild pig shock for recycling staff

Thursday, 7 July 2011, 12:27 pm | Timaru District Council

Wild pig shock for recycling staff The carcass of a fully-grown wild pig placed into a yellow recycling bin delivered a grisly surprise to staff at the Timaru District Council’s Redruth recycling plant this week leaving them shocked and upset. More >>

Waimataitai Pupils Take a Lead in Environmental Care

Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 3:40 pm | Timaru District Council

Waimataitai Primary School in Timaru has taken a lead in environmental management that sees pupils caring for the school grounds, fattening worms, and read and feed sessions where time on the mat also means an opportunity to eat morning tea. More >>

Lighthouse gets a makeover

Friday, 20 May 2011, 11:29 am | Timaru District Council

Timaru District Council parks liaison officer Gary Foster prepares to plant an anthropodium cirrathum in a beautification project for Blacketts Lighthouse that will see pathways and shrubs provide “charm and appeal to the old building and mark its important ... More >>

Water toy feature of Caroline Bay Aquatic Centre

Thursday, 5 May 2011, 1:43 pm | Timaru District Council

Wet will certainly be the way to play at the Caroline Bay Aquatic Centre in Timaru when it opens in July next year. More >>

Aquatic centre hydroslide sub-contract for local company

Monday, 14 March 2011, 3:20 pm | Timaru District Council

Timaru composite manufacturing company Aeromarine Industries Ltd has been awarded a substantial sub-contract to build the Caroline Bay Aquatic Centre’s hydroslide following a United States peer review of Aeromarine’s design that included 3D “live” ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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