Latest News Riversdale Beach Sewerage Scheme - Tender Let The design tender for the Riversdale Beach Sewerage Scheme has been let, enabling work to commence on the design of a pond-based scheme on land owned by the Tatham family.  The Council, at a special meeting yesterday (October 1), accepted a fee proposal from Duffill Watts Group worth approximately $670,000 to provide professional services for the Riversdale Beach Community Sewerage Scheme.   Council Chief Executive Officer Wes ten Hove said they had invited Requests for Proposal from five short-listed consultancies and received 3 submissions.   “All were of a very high standard and we are pleased to be able to get the ball rolling sooner rather than later,” Mr ten Hove said.  Duffill Watts Group will undertake investigation, preliminary design, will work with Council’s nominated resource consent consultant to gain resource consent, will complete the detailed design incorporating any requirements of the resource consent, will tender the project and manage its construction.   The project is due for completion in November 2010 when commissioning of the new sewerage treatment and disposal scheme will begin. This is expected to last some 3 months.   Reports and information relating to this project are in the public arena and can be downloaded on the Council website here or by contacting Ian Steer on (06) 370-6300. 2 October 2008