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Press Releases
Thu 22nd Dec 05
Community Road Safety Advisor Appointed
Winter driving and pedestrian and cyclist safety will be high on the agenda for the newly appointed joint Community Road Safety Advisor for the Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago District Councils.
Alexandra woman Joanna Robinson has been appointed to the role and will take up her new position on J...Read More
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Thu 22nd Dec 05
Library to Reopen After Christmas
The Queenstown and District Library, situated on Gorge Road Queenstown, will reopen after Christmas, Queenstown Lakes District Council, library manager Adele Hewlett said.
The library sustained substantial flooding damage to carpets on Wednesday after heavy rain caused pooling around the entrance t...Read More
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Thu 22nd Dec 05
Arrowtown Camp Landscape Plans Available
The Council is seeking feedback on a landscape and redevelopment plan for the Arrowtown Campground and Reserve, Queenstown Lakes District Council director of parks Paul Wilson said.
"The plan delivers the policy changes identified in the camp strategy adopted by Council in August, including the reo...Read More
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Tue 20th Dec 05
Draft Signage Bylaw Last Call
Only a few days remain for the community to have its say over the proposed draft Signage Bylaw.
"We would value feedback from a wide sector of the community. It really is something that potentially affects all of us and I recommend people take five minutes to look at the bylaw and make a comment," ...Read More
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Mon 19th Dec 05
Town Link Track on Target
The Fernhill town link track from Cameron Place to Thompson Street is on schedule for a January opening with the One Mile Bridge being installed tomorrow (Tuesday), Queenstown Lakes District Council project manager Anne Relling said.
Structurally the 800 metre track had almost been completed with s...Read More
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Mon 19th Dec 05
Kelvin Heights Plans Unveiled
A 10-year landscaping plan for Kelvin Heights was presented to residents at a report back session late last week.
"We held the initial workshop in October, which proved a really positive exercise. It was well attended and we received some great suggestions. The report back session allowed us to pre...Read More
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Fri 16th Dec 05
SH6 Kawarau Falls Bridge Traffic Signals
Queenstown's first traffic signals are expected to be operational on Monday afternoon 19 December at the Kawarau Falls bridge on SH6 south of Frankton.
Continued growth in the Queenstown area has now reached a stage that the priority on this single lane bridge needs to be positively managed with tr...Read More
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Thu 15th Dec 05
Carols for Christmas
Traditional Christmas Carol singing will take place across the Queenstown Lakes District this weekend.
In Queenstown this year there will be a special reading of Dr Seuss' The Grinch who stole Christmas., featuring Mayor Clive Geddes and of course a special guest appearance will be made by the Grin...Read More
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Tue 13th Dec 05
Table and Chair Hearing
The Draft Queenstown Lakes Distrcict Council Table and Chair Policy Submssion Hearing scheduled for Wednesday, 13 December 2005, in the Council Chambers, Civic Centre, 10 Gorge Road Queenstown has been postponed until February 2006.
The Council received 80 submissions on the notified draft policy, ...Read More
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Thu 8th Dec 05
Helicopter Application Completed
A helicopter herbicide application was successfully carried out this morning on parts of Lake Wanaka, the Lake Wanaka Lagarosiphon Management Group confirmed today.
The application was part of the 2004/2005 interim programme for the control of the weed Lagarosiphon in Lake Wanaka as agreed by a man...Read More
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