Oxford

- Ohoka Community Board update with Thomas Robson

Hi Folks

It has been a busy time for the Oxford Ohoka Community Board, with work continuing on submissions on the Councils Annual Plan and ECANs Annual Plan.

We have included feed back received from the Community on our Facebook page and in person. There has been a lot of interest and support generated for our Submission against the Woodstock Quarries resource consent application to build a landfill at their current site.

We are preparing expert evidence and collating the Communities perspective so as to be able to present this to the Commissioners at the Hearing starting 16th May at the Oxford Town Hall.

It has been pleasing to see the development of the Oaks Walk Way over the last couple of years as this has been a long term Community Board project which is now a real asset for the area and which show cases Oxford’s natural beauty. The wild flowers looked stunning this year so we hope that they will continue to flourish there.

The Wolffs Road suspension bridge has generated a lot of community interest with the Council proposing to disestablish the centre section of the bridge. There have been a number of submissions which is pleasing to see and shows that the Community is keen to be involved in decision making.

For those of you who have missed it we now have a facebook page, (Oxford-Ohoka Community Board) where we keep you up to date with what has been discussed at meetings, and what projects we are working on, as well as any up coming road works or infrastructure projects in the area. We also post the times, locations and dates of our meetings so that should you wish to come and talk to us in the public forum portion of the meeting you are able to. This year we have had a number of people come to discuss their concerns and or ideas regarding issues such as recycling, road safety, pot holes, reserve maintenance, etc and we welcome their presence and input at our meetings and encourage anyone interested to come along.

Please remember that we do have funds available to grant to deserving Community groups, the information on how to apply for this money is on the Councils website under Community Boards.

The Board welcomes feedback from the Community so please contact your local Board members as listed on the Council Website or you can contact me directly at Thomas.robson@wmk.govt.nz