Friday, 30 April 2021, 5:53 pm
L2R:
Ivan Young, Mayor Don Cameron, Scott YoungMayor Don Cameron
discusses options for replacing the Mangateitei Rd rail
over-bridge and the associated issues with Waimarino growers
Scott and Ivan Young of Kim Young and
Sons.
Funding for rural bridges and
the ability of small councils to pay for infrastructure
renewal in support of primary producers, food security and
the New Zealand economy came together at Ruapehu District
Council’s meeting last week.
Following a decision to
introduce new restrictions and compliance cameras on the
Mangateitei Rd rail over-bridge between Ohakune and
Rangataua local growers and contractors made an urgent
Monday, 19 April 2021, 4:21 pm
Chicanes
are being installed at the Ruapehu Rd rail over-bridge to
help limit the size of vehicle that can cross over it. The
old wooden structure bridge is currently limited to 3.5
tonnes which means cars and utes
only.
New restrictions and
compliance monitoring cameras are being installed on the
Ruapehu Rd and Mangateitei Rd rail over-bridges between
Ohakune and Rangataua.
Team Leader Land Transport
Andrea Nicol said that the new restrictions and video
monitoring are as a result of increasing health and safety
concerns over the bridges.
“Both bridges are of
timber construction and have failing components,” she
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Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 10:22 am
Mayor Don Cameron said that a primary focus for Council
in the year ahead will be to support our communities to get
through and adjust to some of the major changes coming their
way. There are a number of significant issues that we
need to face at a district, regional and country level that
are going to be very testing for Council and our communities
over 2021,” he said. It will be a challenging year
for both central and local government balancing the need for
significant infrastructure investment while responding to
global issues such as climate change and COVID-19.
Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 9:59 am
Preparation for desludging of the Taumarunui (Hikumutu)
Wastewater Treatment Plant is well underway with work on a
lined pit for holding three large bio-bags to contain the
settling pond sludge almost complete.
Acting
Environmental Manager Stuart Watson said that the desludging
is part of the scheduled maintenance of the settling ponds
required to keep the bugs in the ponds working efficiently
and producing water clean enough to release into the
environment.
“The settling ponds were last desludged
around eight years ago with the sludge spread directly onto
surrounding fields however new National Environmental
Standards for Freshwater means that this method is no longer