Road users are advised to ‘expect the unexpected’ on our roads over the next week or so.

With the recent wet weather conditions affecting many roads, Council staff and contractors have been busy checking and addressing issues that may affect road user’s journeys.

Ever wondered just how eco-friendly that compostable packaging is? The truth is a lot of packaging marked as compostable or ‘eco-friendly’ is in fact rubbish, which ends up in the landfill.

The Waimakariri Water Zone Committee is supporting biodiversity funding of $23,600 to restore approximately two hectares of remnant podocarp forest, wetland and a stream located near Oxford.

Residents will be looking forward to Bob Robertson Drive opening tomorrow lunchtime connecting Ravenswood, Woodend through to SH1 at the Pegasus roundabout.

A new community hub is one step closer to being realised after the Kaiapoi-Tuahiwi Community Board approved its location in the Kaiapoi South Regeneration area and recommended that $435,000 be allocated for the project in the Council’s Long Term Plan.

Design is close to complete, consent applications are lodged and contractors have been shortlisted as part of an $18m project to reduce the flooding in Kaiapoi.

Work on the final section of the Kaiapoi Cycleway is hitting high gear and should be completed by the end of June.

It’s National Road Safety Week this week and a good time for us all to look at the ways we can all help keep ourselves and others safe on the roads.