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Shoring up the stop banks before more rain on Monday next week. Marlborough’s recovery was going well and the focus was firmly on residents and communities, Leggett said. “We are conscious that more rain over the weekend could impact our already fragile roads so we will keep a close eye on the weather forecast over the next few days,” he said. “We will continue our work with the emergency team, and the many Marlborough-based agencies, organisations and iwi over the weekend, and weeks and months ahead, to get our region back up and running as soon as possible.”
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 2:19 pm
Marlborough Mayor John Leggett has established a Mayoral
Relief Fund to assist the region in its storm recovery
effort following the weekend’s event.
In announcing
the fund, Mayor Leggett thanked Acting Minister for
Emergency Management, Kris Faafoi, for the Government’s
generous donation of $100,000.
People wishing to
donate to this fund can do so online via online banking.
Simply add the Marlborough District Council’s account
number: 02-0600-0202861-00 and include ‘Mayoral Fund’ as
a reference.
Alternatively people can make payments to
the fund at Council reception in Blenheim.
Mayor
Leggett says Marlborough’s recovery is going well and the