Investing in our community
Council's Assets and Services committee has approved funding of just over $1M for the betterment of community facilities throughout Marlborough.
Funding from Council's Land Subdivision account will be spread across the region's parks, reserves, sportsgrounds and playgrounds, benefitting the local community.
Assets and Services Chair, Councillor Nadine Taylor says it's great to see this funding allocated to so many fantastic community projects. The investment reflects the importance of recreational areas to our Marlborough communities and it will help to improve facilities to ensure they meet growing demand, Clr Taylor said.
From playground improvements, to a kitchen upgrade in the Wairau Valley hall; from additional water fountains and shade cover at the Picton Foreshore to the development of recreational areas, tracks and trails at three ecological reserves, this funding supports a range of local projects.
It's been a tough year for many in Marlborough due to Covid-19, the July storm and more recently the flash flooding event. This funding will help to enhance our really popular reserves and open spaces which will in turn have a positive flow on effect for locals and visitors to our region, she said.
Council's Land Subdivision Account is funded by levies charged to developers for reserves and community facilities.
Throughout the year Council reallocates this funding to a range of local projects. Projects that received funding were referred to the Land Subdivision Reserve from the Long Term Plan 2021-31.
The following list of projects was approved by the committee, subject to full Council ratification:
- Te Pā Wānanga o Omaka Marae and Ward School playground upgrades
- The upgrade of the Wairau Valley Hall kitchen
- Additional water fountains and shade cover at the Picton Foreshore
- The fit-out of the new Lansdowne Park Sports Hub
- A new system to support the maintenance and sustainability of Lansdowne Park's new No.1 field sand surface
- An upgrade to the gravel-banding at Endeavour Park to help reduce surface pooling
- A new softball diamond at Lansdowne Park
- A report to consider improved drainage systems at Athletic and Lansdowne Parks
- The development of recreational areas, tracks and trails at three ecological reserves
- Improvements to a number of the regions reserves and tracks including: Kahikatea Reserve and Victoria Domain track in Picton
- Drainage works at Anakiwa
- A contribution towards Havelock's Waterfall Track carpark and wayfinding signage.
For more information on the projects funded visit: https://bit.ly/31YxuIQ
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