Residents on lower Turuturu Road, Hāwera will have improved water supply availability by the end of this year thanks to a council decision to accelerate the installation of a new $1.15 million watermain.
The decision was prompted by the Longview development on Turuturu Road, with the main work planned to start this month.
“Upgrading the available water supply along Turuturu Road and neighbouring Ohangai Road was initially part of the Council’s 2021-2031 Long Term Plan, but the emergence of the Longview development helped bring that work forward,” STDC business development manager Scott Willson explained.
“It’s been a great collaboration with the developers who’ve contributed more than $425,000 towards the cost of the new watermain,” says Willson.
South Taranaki Mayor Phil Nixon said the watermain project is just one of many projects helping bring long term, sustainable growth and vitality to the district.
“Amongst other initiatives the Council is also working on the Nukumaru Station Road extension near Waverley, the new library, arts and cultural centre (Te Ramanui o Ruapūtahanga) in Hāwera, town centre revitalisations for Eltham, Waverley, Manaia, Pātea and Ōpunakē and infrastructure for a 67ha business park,” he says.
Meanwhile over 46 sections have been sold so far at Longview, which will be South Taranaki’s largest ever residential subdivision. The masterplan development on Turuturu Road will provide 250 new homes to be built in five stages over the next seven years.
The first property titles for Longview are expected in coming months and the first houses will begin to be built in September.
Developers and long-time Hāwera residents Paul and Brenda Schrader have a clear vision to create a high-quality neighbourhood at Longview with features such as street landscaping, a cycle way, wide footpaths, and nature reserve.
The Longview development is being managed by Veros which is currently managing more than ten large scale residential subdivisions across provincial New Zealand creating more than 2,000 sections in new communities.
