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When principal Tina Johnson walks out of Opihi College for the last time she will be focusing on her health and trundling around in her motorhome.

“Emergency works were undertaken to retain ongoing and future flood flows within the main channel,” Griffiths said. “Current works to address the immediate flood risk to the community include extension of the emergency embankments and construction of stopbanks and gravel groynes at the three breakout locations, and strengthening of existing rock stub groynes and construction of additional groynes adjacent to the Rangitata South Irrigation Ltd ponds.” Supplied The December 2019 Rangitata River floods devastated a lot of farmland. The remaining 36 per cent of the cost will be co-fun...

“The MyWay trial has replaced the previously scheduled bus services in our district with a successful public transport solution that is far better suited to the needs of our community,” Timaru District Council’s submission to the LTP says. “In particular, it caters exceptionally well to the needs of Timaru's growing aged population, the disability sector and new migrants. “Council feels strongly that discontinuation of MyWay would disadvantage these sectors and constitute a major step back in the suitability of public transport service provision.” The submission also argues th...

The Rangitata Awa in flood in 2019. Photo: Supplied / Flickr An update was provided to the council last week on the Rangitata Awa Restoration Project, where concerns were expressed on both the makeup and transparency of the associated working groups on the project. The formation of the group last year was largely spurred by major flooding of the Canterbury river in December 2019 and the need for further engagement from iwi on future flood protection. It was part of government-funded $2.7 million regional council work programme for work to mitigate flood risk, further investigations, and futu...

One report, by Jacobs Engineering Group in July 2020 and commissioned by Environment Canterbury and the council, details the effect sea level rise will have by 2070 and 2120 with different ranges reflecting various magnitudes of sea level rise. South of Timaru, the South Island Main Trunk railway line will “most likely be compromised by erosion over a 100-year timeframe under all sea level rise scenarios,” with parts of the track compromised in the next 50. JOHN BISSET/Stuff A digger works on a rock wall to protect the South Island Main Trunk rail line from the advancing Pacific Ocean n...