August 2021
The Ministry for the Environment has given the Council a grant of almost $1.5 million through its Freshwater Improvement Fund to help fund restoration work on Cashmere Stream.
The Council has also committed $1.6 million for this project over the next three years.
Spring 2021
We’ve drawn up initial concept designs, which we shared with the community on 22 November. See the initial concept designs. [PDF, 9.3 MB]
Summer 2021
See the detailed designs for the first stage [PDF, 5 MB].
Design for the other stages will roll out after completion of each stage, and take on board any learnings from the construction of previous stages.
Autumn 2022
Construction is starting on the first stage near Sutherlands Road in April. Read the work notice(external link).
Winter 2022
Work on stage 1b and 2 starting. Read the work notice [PDF, 487 KB]. Work on these stages is expected to be completed in December 2022.
See the finalised plans for stage 1b and 2 [PDF, 8.5 MB].
Summer 2023
We now have all the consents and agreements in place to start works on stages 3 and 4. See the final draft design plans for stage 3 [PDF, 7.8 MB] and stage 4 [PDF, 6.8 MB]. Construction is planned to start in February 2023.
Works in these two stages include realigning the stream, building a 3 metre wide pathway, placing instream features and areas to access the water and planting over 12,000 native plants.
Winter 2023
Work on the final stages of the project is nearing completion. The final community planting day for the project will take place on Saturday 24 June. Led by the Cashmere Stream Care Group, 2000 plants will be planted during the session.
Winter 2024
All stages planned to be completed. We’ll continue to monitor the ecological and cultural health of the stream.
August 2021
The Ministry for the Environment has given the Council a grant of almost $1.5 million through its Freshwater Improvement Fund to help fund restoration work on Cashmere Stream.
The Council has also committed $1.6 million for this project over the next three years.
Spring 2021
We’ve drawn up initial concept designs, which we shared with the community on 22 November. See the initial concept designs. [PDF, 9.3 MB]
Summer 2021
See the detailed designs for the first stage [PDF, 5 MB].
Design for the other stages will roll out after completion of each stage, and take on board any learnings from the construction of previous stages.
Autumn 2022
Construction is starting on the first stage near Sutherlands Road in April. Read the work notice(external link).
Winter 2022
Work on stage 1b and 2 starting. Read the work notice [PDF, 487 KB]. Work on these stages is expected to be completed in December 2022.
See the finalised plans for stage 1b and 2 [PDF, 8.5 MB].
Summer 2023
We now have all the consents and agreements in place to start works on stages 3 and 4. See the final draft design plans for stage 3 [PDF, 7.8 MB] and stage 4 [PDF, 6.8 MB]. Construction is planned to start in February 2023.
Works in these two stages include realigning the stream, building a 3 metre wide pathway, placing instream features and areas to access the water and planting over 12,000 native plants.
Winter 2023
Work on the final stages of the project is nearing completion. The final community planting day for the project will take place on Saturday 24 June. Led by the Cashmere Stream Care Group, 2000 plants will be planted during the session.
Winter 2024
All stages planned to be completed. We’ll continue to monitor the ecological and cultural health of the stream.