Press Release – Marlborough District Council Recovery efforts are continuing this weekend with roading and river stop bank repairs being carried out today. Marlborough Emergency Management Incident Controller Dean Heiford said while we have scaled back our response and recovery just a little this …
Recovery efforts are continuing this weekend with roading and river stop bank repairs being carried out today.
Marlborough Emergency Management Incident Controller Dean Heiford said while we have scaled back our response and recovery just a little this weekend to give our teams a brief rest this will be scaled back up again on Monday,” he said.
Friday, 23 July 2021, 4:08 pm
Local
residents on Queen Charlotte Drive express their gratitude
to road workers as the clean-up from the storm
continues.
If a region could be
measured by the compassion of its residents, Marlborough
would be off the scale, says Marlborough Mayor John
Leggett.
As a huge week of emergency response comes to
a close in the region, he took the opportunity to thank all
those involved in responding to last weekend’s storm.
“This has included several Council staff from Canterbury
who arrived in the past few days to shore up resources,”
said Mayor Leggett.
“It’s a good time for us to
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Press Release – Marlborough District Council Status of the Kenepuru Road & Queen Charlotte Drive Marlboroughs recovery effort is continuing with agencies and contractors working hard to connect communities still isolated. The following is the latest update regarding the Kenepuru Road and …
Status of the Kenepuru Road & Queen Charlotte Drive
Marlborough’s recovery effort is continuing with agencies and contractors working hard to connect communities still isolated.
The following is the latest update regarding the Kenepuru Road and Queen Charlotte Drive:
Linkwater to Havelock, along the Queen Charlotte Drive, is closed and should not be used. There is no vehicle access whatsoever.
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