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uardianASHBURTON Tuesday, August 10, 2021 $2.20 Your Week Shaper Your Trusted Guardian – Proudly serving Mid Canterbury since 1879 Methven One of the biggest events in Methven for the year, the winter White Out Festival, rocks was a rockin’ success at the weekend. Snow-coated P2 READ MORE P7 Pothole misery P3 Dancing queen P4 Ph 03 307 7900 to subscribe! 2 NEWS Ashburton Guardian Tuesday, August 10, 2021 Snowfall coats high country ton Lakes which was also closed to non-residents at Hoods Road. Adam Methven’s Mount Hutt College decided to close for the day ear- Burns ly yesterday morning to ensure it had an up-to-date picture of conditions in the area. Pupils were encouraged to Parts of Mid Canterbury were participate in a snowman build- coated in snow towards the end ing competition on the school’s of the weekend causing road and Instagram page to help pass the school closures. time. However the region appears to Skiers were also forced to defer have seen the worst of the wintry their plans yesterday. blast with the weather already Mt Hutt Ski Area sales and improving in the past 24 hours. marketing co-ordinator, Richie Metservice said a significant Owen, said they had received low pressure system, that has 35cm of fresh snow, however it brought southerly gales, rain and was too windy on the access road snow to parts of New Zealand, to open on Monday and they was moving away from the coun- were bracing for a big day on the try today. slopes today. Snow warnings were con- firmed for many areas of the All 53,000 acres of Mount Algidus Station, in the Rakaia Gorge, made for a snowy scene yesterday. South Island on Sunday as a PHOTO MARG BROWNLIE deepening low made its way across the country. tions as non-residents were ad- access from the highway for the cil confirmed late yesterday High country roads west of the vised to avoid Ashburton Gorge latter. that the roads remained closed plains succumbed to the condi- and Blackford Roads, including The Ashburton District Coun- alongside access to the Ashbur- Young Guns – Some wheelie good people The Young Guns also take yearly trips around the South Island to see differ- Maddison ent tracks around the country and they Gourlay know the value of the Ashburton tracks. “The people in the Mountain Bike Ashburton Club have done an excellent job in maintaining the tracks,’’ Young The misnomer is their Young Guns Guns’ spokesman Mervyn Gray said. nickname because the old fellas who “It’s obvious how much work they make up the Ashburton social cycling have put into it.’’ group have an average age of 80. It sure is obvious and the need for Age aside, they’re generous to a fault more hard work to get the tracks back and that was obvious yesterday when up to scratch was just as clear. they donated $1000 to Mountain Bike Mountain Bike Ashburton Club pres- Ashburton to help the voluntary or- ident James Reid said he was grateful ganisation with the cost to repair the for the donation because it would help flood-ravaged mountain bike tracks with getting the tracks alongside the along the Ashburton River. river back to their full glory after the The track means a lot to the Young flooding. Guns, who were formed in 2009, have Reid also said it was enjoyable to meet 20 members and who use the river another group who used the tracks and tracks regularly on their fortnightly who appreciated the hard work put in The Young Guns handing over their $1000 donation to Mountain Bike Ashburton president James Reid rides. by the Mountain Bike Ashburton Club. before their fortnightly ride. 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WARRANTY Ashburton Guardian Tuesday, August 10, 2021 NEWS 3 Rakaia residents going potty Potholes becoming a frustrating safety issue Maddison Gourlay Potholes. It’s the one word that seems to be on the tip of many Rakaia residents’ tongues. The biblical-like May rain- fall, which closed the Ashburton bridge and forced a State High- way One detour that saw truck drivers turn off at Elizabeth Ave- nue in Rakaia, has been a catalyst for the emergence of dangerous potholes around the township’s roundabouts. And that’s led to increased resident frustration. “Truck drivers that know the district, came over the Rakaia Bridge and turned at Elizabeth Avenue by the Mobil Garage and came through here,’’ Rakaia resi- dent Graham Wilford said. “So this basically became State Highway One for the people that knew where they were going.’’ Now there were numerous pot- holes and confusion among resi- dents about whose responsibility it was to fix them. anyM residents were under the impression it was an Ashburton District Council concern. But residents who have contacted the council have been told by those in power told that a contractor looked after the pot- holes. A post on the Rakaia commu- nity Facebook page added to the debate, with many residents say- Graham Wilford is among other Rakaia residents that believe that the pothole ing they had contacted the coun- situation around Elizabeth Avenue roundabouts is dangerous. cil about it but seemed to be get- PHOTO MADDISON GOURLAY Pothole problems ting different answers. Wilford said even with the Do you have a pothole problem where you live in the confusion of who should fix the ing and the potholes fill up and bigger. potholes, residents and ratepay- they just look like puddles.” Wilford just wants the council Ashburton district? ers should be listened to when it Wilford said he understood to fix the issue, to stop the pot- Could it become a safety issue? came to issues within their town. that a contractor had been to fix holes getting bigger and more Who do you think should fix pothole problems? “At this point, it has become a them, but it hadn’t been done dangerous. massive safety issue, especially properly. As soon as it rained “I don’t think it’s too much to Email: [email protected] on a day where it’s heavily rain- again, the potholes often became ask,” he rightly pointed out. 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