The Woodville section of Te Ahu a Turanga from last year. Much progress has been made since then. Photo / Leanne Warr
The Woodville section of Te Ahu a Turanga from last year. Much progress has been made since then. Photo / Leanne Warr
Roadworks on SH3
Those driving between Woodville and Palmerston North should expect delays for planned work on the Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū-Tararua highway roundabout site.
New Zealand Transport Agency/Waka Kotahi advise there will be stop/go for about two weeks from July 22 from 8am to 4.30pm each weekday at the Woodlands Rd intersection to allow drilling work to be done.
Delays of up to 10 minutes should be expected.
Works may be rescheduled if there is bad weather. Keep an eye on the NZTA Facebook page for updates.
Trust House is a community housing provider. Photo / Warren Buckland
Wairarapa-based community housing provider is planning to invest $130 million in redeveloping or rebuilding most of its housing portfolio over the next five to seven years.
The investment will be financed by the sale of about 240 existing Trust House homes, on sites deemed unsuitable for redevelopment, as well as increased debt funding.
Chief executive John Prendergast said a significant number of existing homes were at or approaching the end of their useful lives.
“Our rebuild strategy is about transforming our housing portfolio and providing our tenants with quality homes that they are happy and proud to live in.”
The strategy would see a net addition of approximately 120 homes to the overall housing stock by 2031.
Construction is expected to commence around April next year.
There are no planned changes to tenancies in the short term and sales of houses would initially be those that have become vacant.
Trust House currently owns 94 houses in the Tararua District - 64 in Dannevirke, 22 in Pahiatua, six in Woodville and two in Eketāhuna.
Reservoir repairs
Eketāhuna residents have been asked to conserve water as Tararua District Council commences essential repairs on town reservoirs.
One of the reservoirs has been emptied with repairs set to begin this week, with the second one still operational.
A council spokesperson said the reservoir undergoing repairs was an old timber-style tank built in 2000 and an assessment earlier this year had found the tank to be in poor condition.
