Thames Street trial ends this weekend Published on 27 March 2025 The six-week Streetscape trial on Lower Thames Street, East Bank on Thames, will end this weekend with the project team and other contributing contractors removing the extended pedestrian area, planters, beams and other features of the trial on Sunday 30 March. Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Water treatment solutions in place for Ōmārama and Lake Ōhau Published on 27 March 2025 Residents of Ōmārama and Lake Ōhau are benefiting from Waitaki District Council’s investment in long-term water treatment infrastructure in the Ahuriri ward.Lake Ōhau’s new water treatment plant, the first for the village, was commissioned earlier this month. This follows the replacement of the Ōmārama water treatment plant in 2024. Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Top Pond top priority for silt removal Published on 20 March 2025 Work will begin on removing around 1,045mᶾ of silt from the Top Pond, or around 1/3 of the silt in the pond, in the Oamaru Public Gardens next week. Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Ground broken at Forrester Gallery extension Published on 14 March 2025 A ground-breaking ceremony at the site of the future Forrester Gallery extension took place today, following a month of prepartory work and ahead of piling beginning on Monday 17 March. Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Waste Levy for Project Reclaim waived Published on 06 March 2025 The Ministry for Environment has approved the waiver of the $4,047,929.40 waste levy for Project Reclaim. This will reduce the total cost of the project to $14.5 million, with potential further cost reductions possible if an ETS waiver of around $1.4 million is granted by the government. This is not money returned to Council, but money that Council now does not have to pay. Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Work to begin on Public Gardens Mirror Pond silt removal Published on 21 February 2025 On Monday 24 February 2025, work will begin on removing silt from the Oamaru Public Gardens Mirror Pond.This work is anticipated to take around eight weeks, and will involve relocating fish and eels into the Top Pond before the Mirror Pond is drained down.This is the first desilting of this pond since Waitaki District Council was formed in 1989, and Council has no record of it having happened Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Work to begin on Forrester Gallery Extension Published on 17 February 2025 Preparation work has begun on the long-awaited Forrester Gallery Stage 2 extension, with construction firm Naylor Love beginning to establish their site for works this week. Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Lower Thames Street takes shape with proposed public space trial Published on 11 February 2025 A long-discussed trial of additional pedestrian space in Lower Thames Street will be considered by an additional meeting of Waitaki District Council at a meeting on Monday 17 February. Tagged as: , Community, Media Releases, Projects & Works
New Toilet Block for Moeraki Boulders carpark Published on 22 January 2025 Construction of the new Moeraki Boulders toilet block is set to begin on Monday 27 January 2025.The toilets will be of the same design as those elsewhere in the District such as at All Day Bay and Shag Point and improve the Moeraki car-park site, keeping one of our important local attractions and UNESCO Waitaki Whitestone Geopark sites clean and hygienic. Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Oamaru Water Supply fluoridation to recommence Published on 22 January 2025 The fluoridation of the Oamaru Water Supply will recommence on Thursday 23 January.Daily testing will be done in the network until fluoride is present in the supply. From then, weekly testing of the supply will be undertaken both at the point of fluoridation and elsewhere on the network, to ensure that the water is fluoridated between 0.7 and 1.0 ppm, with the target level set at 0.8 ppm. Tagged as: , Projects & Works