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It is full stream ahead for the Waihao Community Restoration Project.
The project was established to redevelop the Waihao River area as a recreational amenity, and it is about to pick up momentum.
In February, the Waimate District Council approved the establishment of a memorandum of understanding with the Waihao Wainono Community Catchment Group.
Last year, the group was granted funding from the Canterbury Community Trust, on the condition it gained approval from the Waimate District Council.
Catchment group chairman Roger Small said the river area was once a nice spot for people to gather and enjoy a picnic.
But in 1986, the landscape was altered by flooding.