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Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor update May 2022
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New Medway St bridge opens
The twisted and distorted bridge that became a symbol for the power of the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes has a new incarnation.
The Medway Street footbridge was officially opened to the public today, the second of three new pedestrian bridges to be built in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor.
Work starts on Waitaki St stormwater basin
The first work on a series of stormwater basins in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor (ŌARC) has begun, with construction of a nine-hectare flood management area under way beside Anzac Drive and Pages Road.
Autumn bounty at fungi farm
Mushrooms are a-growing at the Fungi Farm in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor Regeneration Area.
The project is an initiative of the Riverlution Collective and driven by the Richmond Community Garden, but spokesperson Hayley Guglietta says it will take a couple of years for the fungi populations to get well established.
Honey, I'm home: bug hotel for native bees installed
A bug hotel shaped like a whare has been installed in the Ōtakaro Avon River Corridor to help boost the population of native bees.
Christchurch City Council Urban Rangers made and installed the hotel in the Horseshoe Lake regeneration area of the Ōtakaro Avon River Corridor (OARC) in a bid to establish more colonies of ngaro huruhuru/native bees.
First riverside landing opens at Dallington
The first of the landings in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor (OARC) has opened to the public.
The Dallington Landing was officially opened in March with a small ceremony and community picnic for local residents.
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