The Whakatāne District is to receive Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment funding to improve infrastructure at several of its public campgrounds.
Whakatāne Mayor Tony Bonne says a $1.5 million grant towards the redevelopment of the Whakatāne Museum Research Centre, confirmed today by the Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage, the Hon. Maggie Barry, is a huge boost for the preservation of the region’s cultural heritage.
A further 1000 metres of the coastal section of Ngā Tapuwae o Toi Walkway is set to be upgraded. Work will be undertaken on the track between Ōtarawairere Bay and the Kōhī Point outlook, beginning after Christmas 2016.
From Tuesday, 25 October to Monday, 7 November, customers can select a ‘mystery date book package’, available only at the Whakatāne Horizon Energy Library at Te Kōputu.
Whakatāne’s first Glo Rush may have been postponed thanks to weather on Friday, 14 October, but the Whakatāne District Youth Council is determined it will make its debut next Friday, 28 October.
A successful traffic flow trial at the Landing Road bridge roundabout, which will come to an end this Friday, has demonstrated significant benefits for traffic entering the Whakatāne urban area from SH30.
The cost of upgrading the McAlister pump station in Whakatāne has increased by $275,000, largely as a result of a change in the construction method required to install a 3-metre x 1-metre box culvert gravity-bypass through the Whakatāne River stopbank.
Stormwater infrastructure in the Maraetotara East area of Ōhope is to receive a major upgrade with the installation of a new stormwater reticulation system. The work is scheduled to begin on 3 October 2016 and will be undertaken by Waiotahi Contractors.
The inaugural Oxfam Trailwalker in Whakatāne helped raise nearly $1 million for great causes and despite some ‘challenging’ weather was hailed a success by organisers and participants alike. Oxfam New Zealand is now preparing to do it all again in 2017, and to get the ball rolling they are hosting an information evening in cooperation with Whakatāne District Council.
There has been a large slip onto the Ngā Tapuwae o Toi Walkway between Ōhope and Ōtarawairere Bay. Due to the hazardous nature of the slip, the amount of slip material and partial loss of safety barriers, this section of track is now fully closed until further notice.
Whakatāne is to see its first electric vehicle charging station thanks to the initiative of Horizon Energy with the cooperation and support of the Whakatāne District Council.
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