Councils

Ratepayers are being asked to make a huge decision – whether to back the Invercargill City Council’s request for a loan from developers for the CBD development. An additional $16 million is needed before the major inner city project goes ahead, and the council has already contributed $30 million. Wi

We hear you, Southland building industry We’ve been hearing a lot of frustration in the building community in the past week as work resumed under Alert Level 3. There’s been an expectation that our building team would have been able to deal with your consent applications as fast as they came in. We’

Invercargill City councillors agreed this week to make the increase minimal because of the impact of Covid-19 on the economy and after advice from council’s finance manager. Rates will only increase by 2% for the year starting July 2020. The council was told year 3 of the long-term plan forecast a 3

SdE has welcomed last week’s confirmation that the current contract with WasteNet for the processing of recyclables will cease on 30 June 2020 and that both the Southland District and Gore District Councils will explore alternative options. This decision provides us with the certainty we have been s

Just when the Southland Museum saga couldn’t get any crazier, it’s been revealed that SMAG (Southland Museum Art Gallery) who everyone was lead to believe were owners of the building, are not. The true owner of the museum building is Invercargill City Council as documented in the agenda for the ICC

Now that I’m on council, I would like feedback on whether there is any other facility you would like us (ICC) to close before we start to digest how we can re open any of the following list: Andesons Park – closed for 4-5 years with no resolution Museum – closed for 2 years with […]

Work is starting on one of two new roundabouts for Invercargill this week, with traffic congestion and safety expected to improve once they are complete. Last week, Invercargill City Council contractors began work at the intersection of Dunns Road and Marama Avenue in Otatara, where the first new ro

One of the three buildings that comprise Southland District Council’s headquarters in Forth Street, Invercargill, has been rated as earthquake prone and staff who work in the building will be relocated into temporary leased office space elsewhere in the city. Following a detailed seismic assessment