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A Transit NZ commitment to planting a recently cleared area at the Lake Hayes outlet has been welcomed by the Queenstown Lakes District Council and the Department of Conservation. "In agreement with the DOC, Transit cleared the overgrown willows, which were causing shade problems to the state highw...Read More

Unconventional new signage is being introduced in an effort to raise the awareness of winter driving conditions on the Crown Range Road, Queenstown Lakes District Council operations manager Chris Hawker said. "The signage is unlike any you will see elsewhere in the country and basically reflects th...Read More

The proposed Queenstown Lakes District rate increase for 2006/07 will come in under 1 percent, down from the Council's original forecast increase, QLDC finance manager Stewart Burns said. "An overall rates increase of 0.8% for 2006/07 is required (after allowing for growth). The effect of this incr...Read More

A conservative estimate in the growth of the rating base in the Queenstown Lakes District has largely offset unforeseen additional rate funded expenditure, QLDC finance manager Stewart Burns said. The full council would be asked to set the rates on Friday (July 29). "The additional rate funded exp...Read More

The inaugural Queenstown Lakes District Council Recycling Competition response had exceeded the Council's expectations, QLDC waste manager Dr Linda Wright said. Dr Wright launched the competition in May to uncover the champion recyclers of our district. The competition had three categories: young ...Read More

A sizeable further part of the Queenstown Lakes District Council District Plan will become operative from next week, QLDC chief executive Duncan Field said. "Basically the Environment Court has resolved a number of outstanding issues and granted consent to the Council to make further parts of the P...Read More

Civic Corporation Limited74 Shotover StreetPrivate Bag 50077QUEENSTOWN Telephone +64 (03) 450 0300Fax +64 (03) 442 4778www.civiccorp.co.nz PRESS RELEASE14 July 2005 224C & STREET NAME SIGNS, ROAD MARKINGS,ROAD TRAFFIC SIGNSFollowing on from a meeting with the Council, the instruction below ha...Read More