Press Release – Marlborough District Council What lies beneath Blenheim is a mostly unseen but significant driver of economic activity for Marlborough. Since Marlborough emerged from COVID Level 4 in August last year, more than $30 million in critical infrastructure contracts have either … What lies beneath Blenheim is a mostly unseen but significant driver of economic activity for Marlborough. Since Marlborough emerged from COVID Level 4 in August last year, more than $30 million in critical infrastructure contracts have either been awarded or restarted in the region with local contractors benefitting from close to $17 million of these. This is just one part of the Council’s overall capital expenditure (core infrastructure) programme, which is budgeted to be $74 million in 2021/2022.