However, the yellow bin is for glass. The council stopped recycling after June 2020, saying at the time there were no overseas markets for plastic and mixed paper, and to stockpile them above ground was not desirable from an environmental perspective. The council elected not to renew its recycling processing contract with SdE. Standring says in the report the final payment was $23,757.
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Gore District mayor Tracy Hicks, whose council stopped recycling in mid-2020. The council does offer free green-waste dumping, but Standring’s report says questions have been raised about the abuse of this service by a few residents/contractors.
Roading contractors work on Block Road, near Waikaia, on Friday morning.
Road damage because of flooding in the past week is estimated to cost the Southland District Council about $300,000 to repair. Contractors have been working to repair damage after heavy rainfall in the headwaters of the Mataura and Waikaia Rivers caused them to burst their banks on Sunday, and further rainfall caused another flood in the Waikaia catchment on Tuesday night. While most roads had reopened, there was precautionary signage on flood-affected roads throughout the district will remain in place until water dissipates completely, but a section of McLean Rd near Garston would remain closed until further notice.
“We are looking at trialling adjustments to a few key roads to calm traffic and improve safety for everyone.” “On some roads we will look to make crossing the traffic safer by introducing pavement marking and planters to narrow the travelling carriageway. This will not only reduce the crossing distance for pedestrians and cyclists but also lower the average traffic speeds. “We’ll also be organising more creative interventions such as street art, a play trial area and pocket parks – spaces in urban areas where people can sit and relax, or children can enjoy an activity such as hopscotch.” Standring said community engagement in the latter half of this year gave the team six key themes to work with.
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Work to finalise the Streets Alive trials - initiatives aimed at making Gore’s streets safer, more accessible for everyone and the town more people-friendly - is continuing apace behind the scenes.
Gore district Roading Asset Manager and Project Lead Peter Standring said the team has been working really hard to line up projects across the town. We are looking at trialling adjustments to a few key roads to calm traffic and improve safety for everyone. On some roads we will look to make crossing the traffic safer by introducing pavement marking and planters to narrow the travelling carriageway. This will not only reduce the crossing distance for pedestrians and cyclists but also lower the average traffic speeds.