Prime Minister Christopher Luxon who is visiting southern areas today is due to hold a briefing in Ashburton.
Luxon will address media after going on a walkabout to chat to residents in the town.
The briefing is due to start at 12.30pm and willl be livestreamed at the top of this page.
The Mid-Canterbury town is hoping for a new bridge and when Transport Minister Simeon Brown visited in April he was repeatedly asked when it might be built.
The Transport Minister is not ruling out introducing a toll on a second Ashburton bridge - either on the new bridge or existing State Highway 1 crossing - to help pay for its construction.
Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown remains confident that the town's second bridge won't fall into what could be a $24 billion fiscal hole.
Farmer Ray Logan has had enough of what he describes as the "over-the-top" use of road cones.
The statue is in need of work, but with the project unbudgeted the council has yet to work out where the cash to fund it will come from.
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