Contractors prepare to install insulation and roofing materials at a Victoria Rd flat, yesterday, as part of a Dunedin City Council project to upgrade its housing units during the next five years at a cost of about $5 million. Photo by Craig Baxter.
A block of 50 units in Victoria Rd in St Kilda is the first of the DCC-administered residences to have contractors begin the installation of insulation and new roofs.
DCC housing manager Sharon Tipa said 328 units are in line to be upgraded before June.
About $1 million has been budgeted this financial year for the project, with 155 units to receive new roofs and be outfitted with new insulation.
Another 173 council flats around the city are to be retro-fitted with insulation, given they are eligible to receive subsidies from the New Zealand Energy Efficient and Conservation Authority.
The council is in the second year of a planned five-year upgrade of its housing estates.
