Building infrastructure has been a major focus of the Waimakariri District Council during the last 12 months.
The council adopted its annual report for the 2018/19 financial year last week, ahead of Saturday's local body elections.
In a report to last week's meeting, finance and business support manager Jeff Millward said the 2018/19 year focused on the building of infrastructure, with accompanying work to further develop ''the value-add services the council supplies on behalf of the community''.
Highlights include adopting the Kaiapoi Town Centre Plan and starting work on the Rangiora Town Centre Plan.
Regeneration work in Kaiapoi is continuing, with sports fields and the BMX track completed, the planting of the Honda Forest under way, and work to improve the use of the Kaiapoi River ongoing.
Open road links were established, including the West Belt extension in Rangiora, and the Feldwick Drive re-alignment, and reconstruction of Courtenay Drive and Jones Street in Kaiapoi.
There was significant investment in the Oxford Rural No.1 water supply's drinking water scheme, a new ultraviolet treatment plan in Waikuku, and the joining of the Pegasus and Woodend schemes.
Work is progressing on upgrades to Rangiora's primary sewer main, increasing capacity for cluster housing in Tuahiwi and upgrading the Oxford treatment plant.
There was also work to upgrade several parks, including the Ohoka Domain, which hosts the weekly Ohoka Farmers market, and Gladstone Park, while work is ongoing to upgrade facilities in Kairaki and other places.
Construction has started on the multi-use sports facility on Coldstream Road, Rangiora.
The new three-bin kerbside collection service was also rolled out, ready to begin on July 1.
''Year-end accounts show a net surplus for the year, before taxation and other gains, of $29.5 million,'' Mr Millward says.
''This was primarily due to $37.7 million of assets such as roads, footpaths and parks which are built as part of new sub-divisions, being vested to the council, being offset with a $7.8m write-down on revaluation of interest-rate swaps.''
He said borrowing for the year was lower than expected, at $27.9 million under budget, due to some capital works being delayed.
