Photo: LDR / Ashburton District Council
A local developer is looking to reshape Ashburton's triangle, the historic retail centre of the town.
Robert Grice owns a number of buildings on Victoria Street that require earthquake strengthening and he wants to redevelop the existing shops into a new mixed use hospitality precinct named The Ash.
Jonathan also discusses an attempt to add quarter of a million dollars to ECan's annual plan budget which has been labelled a "slap in the face" by Environment Canterbury councillor Ian Mackenzie. And a hold-up of plumbing parts and red tape at the border means the Staveley Ice Rink won't be open to skaters and curlers until at least mid-June.
Local Democracy Reporter - Mid Canterbury Jonathan Leask from the Ashburton Guardian.
